Swimming pool

The swimming pool was built in 1964 at a cost of over £8,000, on land purchased from a Mr. S.T.Belton. It was officially opened by the mayor Geoff Moulder, himself an alumnus of BGS who later became chairman of the school governors.

The pool was open-air and located just south of the first science block (in the Mart Yard). It remained in active use until around 1981, at which point the operating costs of the pool were found to be prohibitively expensive.

In subsequent years the pool was filled in, and in the early 1990s the land was occupied by a dedicated Sixth Form Block.

Since the closure of the school pool, swimming lessons at BGS have been conducted at the nearby public Geoff Moulder Leisure Pool on Rowley Road. This centre was named after the same Geoff Moulder who opened BGS' pool.