Wild Swimming News

Edinburgh Live reports: Feeling fresh this morning? Well, you probably weren’t as as invigorated as the 69 women who ran into the sea at...

Sky News reports: The plans include a 25-metre swimming pool, children’s splash area, pavilion and cafe for the public. Water will be...

Today there is much debate as to the right costume for outdoor swimming. Are you really a wild swimmer if you were a wet suit or should...

Western Daily Press reports: “The oldest surviving open-air swimming baths in the UK, in Bath, are set to be fully restored and reopened...

A blast from the Past! #WaterSports #history #Openwaterswimming #wildswimming #Swimmingpool #OutdoorSwimmingSociety

Happy days! Bathing at Chertsey. #WaterSports #history #swimming #river #SwimmingandDiving #wildswimming #CultureoftheUnitedKingdom...

A rare glimpse of Heddon Court bathing place provided for wild swimmers in years gone by. In an effort to preserve modesty, encourage...

Changing Tents on Margate Sands Next time you visit the seaside, keep a lookout for one of those old coin operated telescopes on the...

You can’t get further from the sea in England than Leicester the place of my birth, the city in which I have lived throughout my life....

Up and down the country, bathing places like this proved very popular, but you may wonder: why were they built and why have they closed?...

This 1895 photograph of men and boys swimming at low tide adjacent to Palace Pier Brighton, reveals a stark contrast to the attitude of...

Bathing in River Lea, pre swimming pool. Public demand for facilities for swimming and bathing On Friday 31 October 1930 in the British...

The Old Bathing Place Witney The Oxford Mail Reports on the restoration of the site: “…as we stood there looking out over the river from...

Tiverton River Swimming Race 1949 A new summer display in the entrance of the Exe Valley Leisure Centre includes some lovely vintage...

Too cold to swim? Madame D’Arblay mentions bathing at Brighton in 1782, notice the date! ‘Wednesday November 20th. Mrs and the three Miss...

Outdoor Swimming was at one time encouraged as healthy and essential exercise. Well managed and incredibly popular bathing stations like...

Leicester’s Kenwood Lido enjoyed huge popularity, with its extensive grassy sunbathing lawns, high diving boards and attractive...

Changing times saw a move away from the bathing machine to the bathing tent. Ironically nude bathing was deemed appropriate for boys but...

Read the history of swimming on Plymouth Hoe… #health #WaterSports #history #swimming #Water #SwimmingandDiving #Openwaterswimming...

London’s Serpentine Lido in June 1955 on the day it recorded the highest visitor numbers in its history. Sadly, public pools have since...