Wild Swimming News

The Derbyshire Times reports: The 1930s geothermal lido at the New Bath Hotel and Spa in Matlock Bath reopened last week with some Team...

ITV News reports: The Duke of Cambridge has suggested threatened UK swimming pools might be protected by an organisation similar to a...

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Lewisham’s largest green space, Beckenham Place Park, has been awarded £440,000 from Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. The award is part of...

The Liverpool Echo reports: A plan to create a stunning outdoor city swimming pool could still go ahead – despite Liverpool missing out...

The Guardian reports: In 1936, Sir Josiah Stamp, then Governor of the Bank of England, made a speech at the opening of the Morecambe open...

The Telegraph reports: The National Trust is to open its first public swimming pool after gardeners restoring a spectacular Victorian...

The Londonist reports: Uxbridge Lido — or Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex, as it’s now called — is one of London’s great...

Jenny Landreth of the Telegraph reports: The joy of swimming in lidos – and what they tell us about ourselves. There are people for whom...

The Observer reports: Swimmers across Britain will greet the longest day by plunging into a pool tomorrow. Many will take that summer...

The Guardian reports: You think it’s cold out? Try going to Tampere, Finland, where temperatures can hit -25C in winter (-5C is...

The Herald Express reports: Devon’s biggest outdoor freshwater swimming pool will soon be open in the winter! Sport England has splashed...

Fred Rowntree designed and constructed these swimming baths in 1908 at a cost approaching £3,000. The original design held 226,890...

Campaigners in Co Down are desperately trying to save one of the last open-air sea water swimming pools in Ireland from closure. Reports...

The timeless joy of outdoor bathing! Discover more… #lido #portsunlight

Beccles River Bathing Place 1905 Highlights and Early History of River Bathing at Beccles Test your knowledge at the end! 1862 WARNING:...

“A €2.5 million “urban beach” and outdoor swimming pool at Dún Laoghaire harbor has received planning permission. “A €2.5 million “urban...

From Kent History Forum, Shell remembers: “I loved the Strand as a child, to me it seemed it was my very own personal playground! From...

Alcala Tenerife is a fantastic place for swimming, it has a small beach, a lido area and three natural pools! But the icing on the cake...

Improbable 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...