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Ponds Forge

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Ponds Forge
Ponds Forge

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre is a leisure complex in Sheffield, England, that contains an Olympic-sized swimming pool with seating for 2,600 spectators, family and children's pools (50 m Competition pool and 25 m diving pit), water slides and other sports facilities.

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Ponds Forge
Sheaf Street, Sheffield Park Hill

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Ponds Forge International Sports Centre

Sheaf Street
S1 2BP Sheffield, Park Hill
England, United Kingdom
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