Jun 27, 2018Kids get FREE open water swim safe sessionsThe Manchester Evening News reports: Kids can once again join in FREE open water swim safety sessions at Salford Quays this summer....
Jun 6, 2018The Best Natural Swimming Pools in the United StatesReaders Digest reports: There’s nothing like a good, old-fashioned swimming hole to beat the heat this summer. Here’s where to find the...
May 23, 2018Wild Swimming at Beckenham Place Park!Lewisham’s largest green space, Beckenham Place Park, has been awarded £440,000 from Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. The award is part of...
Aug 4, 2016Wild Swimming in BelgiumThe Bulletin reports: Wild and wet: Where to find the best natural swimming spots in Belgium. Fans of wild swimming need to head out of...
Mar 1, 2016Ice and EasyThe Guardian reports: You think it’s cold out? Try going to Tampere, Finland, where temperatures can hit -25C in winter (-5C is...
Jul 31, 2015Outdoor Swimming Society Help Liberate SwimmersThe Outdoor Swimming Society has become the public face of outdoor swimming, working to promote positive attitudes and encourage...
Jun 9, 2015Wild Swimming – Floating Art on Hampstead HeathThe London Evening Standard Reports: “Floating exhibition displays artworks in middle of swimming pond on Hampstead Heath.” “Seeing the...
Nov 14, 2014Could Health and Safety be Drowning Us by Accident?Certainly not the idea, the Health and safety ethos protects us from many unnecessary risks; it has saved lives and prevented countless...
Nov 6, 2014From Lifesaving Education to none at all!Outdoor swimming is something of a culture shock to many of the British population. We as a nation have become so used to swimming...
Oct 30, 2014Swiss Alp Resort Deals Death Blow to British River and Lake SwimmingImprobable you may think – but actually it’s true! On our recent visit to Switzerland, my wife and I just managed to squeeze in a visit...
Oct 24, 2014The Evolution of British SwimmingFrom a modern perspective, swimming was a very British sport. After years or religious and superstitious suppression it was in Britain...
Aug 22, 2014The Good Old Days?These pictures of Bains Des Paquis (Geneva, Switzerland) remind me of so many photographs of our great British swimming past. The...
Aug 20, 2014London’s Wild Swimmers Love That Dirty WaterWild Swimming in the Serpentine The Wall Street Journal reports: LONDON—This is Emily Chong’s routine, rain or shine, winter or summer:...
Aug 8, 2014Wild Swimming Video by the National TrustI love Wild Swimming! #health #WaterSports #Openwaterswimming #wildswimming #CultureoftheUnitedKingdom #OutdoorSwimmingSociety...
Jul 12, 2014Wild Swimming at Rutland Water on BBC Radio LeicesterI had the pleasure of being invited into Radio Leicester this morning to discuss the opening of the bathing beach at Rutland water. To...
Jul 7, 2014Drowning prevention – Don’t Get In, or Learn to Swim?As the school holidays approach warnings about summer swimming are surfacing again. But the news is not all bad, negative attitudes are...
Jul 4, 2014Rutland Water Bathing Beach – Open For SWIMMING Tomorrow!Rutland Water Bathing Beach will be open for SWIMMING tomorrow! Set on a grassy bank, surrounded by woodland, this carefully chosen...
Jun 19, 2014Ice Swimming in DenmarkNational Geographic ran an article with photographs by Daniel Hjorth capturing the essence of ice swimming in the faces of children as...
Jun 11, 2014Rutland Water Bathing BeachFor now, Rutland Water Bathing Beach is just a building site, and at first glance it might seem that little is going on. Set on a grassy...
May 30, 2014The Ducker HarrowPrivate education at either Eton or Harrow would have seemed remiss if it were not for an extensive swimming curriculum. Ducker, built in...