Swimming lessons in North West

Star Swimming Academy teaches parent and baby lessons in a purpose built 34 degree pool at Seascope Maritime Training in Fazakerley, for babies from 12 weeks to age 3.

Aquanauts teach baby and toddler swimming in a small warm hydrotherapy pool at Gorton Education Village, using the Birthlight method their founder has run since 2006.

JA Swim Academy hires Manchester Grammar School's pool on two weeknights a week for group lessons for 4 to 12 year olds, run by a small independent outfit rather than a national franchise.

Puddle Ducks runs its 0 to 4 baby and pre-school programme in a warm gym pool at Everlast Rose Lane in Mossley Hill, with a parent in the water for every class.

Puddle Ducks run baby-to-ten swimming classes in a warm 1.83m private members' pool at Castlefield's Y Club, a five-minute walk from Deansgate.

Swim! runs a dedicated 19 metre teaching pool at Speke, south Liverpool, with weekly lessons from baby swim up to age 11, plus private and school holiday intensive courses.

Adult only one-to-one swimming lessons in a 20 metre hotel pool at Worsley, about fifteen minutes from central Manchester, with your own lane and kit included.