Northbridge Baths Aquatic Fitness Centre

★★★★★5.0

Visited my wife’s relatives here in Australia January 2025. Northbridge Baths is tucked away in upscale Northbridge neighbourhood. But it’s a very inviting public enclosed beach. Amenities are great including bbq stations which you don’t see often in North America now. Great for picnics or similar celebrations. Worth visiting if you’re a tourist or even a local

★★★★★5.0

Wonderful local swimming baths in the harbour. 8 lakes of 50 m swimming section and enormous open area. Wonderful spot.

★★★★★5.0

Beautiful location below bushland park with gentle shelving beach into still clear saltwater. Perfect for families with small children with FREE parking, FREE entry, FREE hot showers and FREE electric BBQ. The jewel in Willoughby City's crown.

★★★★★4.0

Found this little treasure today Beautiful and clean and amenities are great Natural wildlife roaming freely Small but perfect Amenities are clean Definitely will visit again.

★★★★★4.0

We’d never visited Northbridge Baths before and wondered why when we got there. Wrapped around by beautiful bushland and very expensive houses, this attractive corner of Sydney Harbour is home to this excellent retro bathing enclosure first opened in 1924. It’s all free as a bird: free parking, free entry, free BBQs, no staff, no lifeguards, no opening hours - a little example anarchism in action that really works. The locals look after the place, energised by campaigning against the local council that was planning to shut it down. They seem to have convinced the council to continue to support it too, as everything feels well-maintained now and it’s a great place to bring a picnic and chill. There’s a full 8–lane section for the lappies and still plenty of space for the rest of us. It’ll be at its best around high tide but even towards low it’s still good. We will definitely have this on our “worth revisiting” list.