Absolutely brilliant for swimming! We're on holiday and was hoping to go to splashdown Quay west but the weather said it wasn't going to be good so we decided to come here and was very surprised! Great pool size with lots of interactive things for kids, great little slide for younger ones in the pool, loved the duck part at the top...my little boy spent ages playing with it. The waves was the highlight to our visit...the kids Absolutely loved it and wanted it to keep going. Would definitely recommend this place and we would return if we was ever in the area again.

They use an aggressive parking management company, I'm sure I've always bought a ticket but keep getting letters for silly amounts of money through the post and it's caused us so much stress, I would 100% avoid this leisure centre

Total bandits run the parking. Parked up in December and an elderly relative offered to pay for me and punched two additional digits infront of my registration on the ticket machine. SMART PARKING LTD sent a threatening final notice in January demanding payment of £155 as the first communication. Upon appealing I found out the reason why being the extra two digits - no initial notice or any understanding of error. I will not return and will be advising others don't either.

Lovely centre and staff, just unfortunately the parking system was not updated in the best way. The signage for "Members Parking" was still showing, I took our two young daughters for their once a week swimming lessons. As a member parking was free if parked in the members area. I was surprised to receive 3 X £70 parking fines in one letter, some 3 weeks later. I wrote to Smart Parking giving them my Membership number, they denied the Appeal. I wrote again to POPLA with more supporting evidence of Signs Clearly showing "Members Parking Area". (see photo's) They refused to look at the appeal as it wasn't on their own appeal forms. (It was a typed letter). I sent it back saying on their appeal forms "see attached letter", this time they wouldn't look at the appeal and wrote back to say claim was out of the appeal date period. (It wasn't). After a flood of letters, and subsequent threating letters from 2 different Dept Collection Agencies over a three year period. I now have an upcoming court summons, which I fully intend to vigorously defend. How can a local leisure Centre Member, working for Torbay NHS, just trying to teach her young children the life skill of swimming, parked in a Members Area parking, which was free parking for Members. With clear Photo's of the Parking Area be harassed for over three years by Smart Parking, the parking providers for Riviera International Centre. I am sure I can't be the only one in this situation as the implementation of the ANPR parking system was far from clear. (There were not notices as you walk from the members free parking area into the Centres' reception area, see photographs). I would welcome any response from the Centres Management staff, as to why their members are subjected to this aggressive treatment from their chosen Parking Providers.

The ERIC is the only decent place to swim in Torquay. The centre is used for conferences and events all through the year, but we only use the swimming pool and sometimes the gym. The pool is quite large (much bigger by far than any other pool in Torquay), it's clean and has a wave machine and a slide. Our children love going there, but it is a bit expensive at £18 for a family to swim. Would be good if there was membership for families.