Wild Swimming News

The Irish News reports: Three children have to take a flight from a remote Scottish island so they can learn to swim. Freyja Parnaby,...

Channel News Asia reports: After nearly half a century navigating Bangladesh’s thousands of kilometres of rivers, the country’s most...

The Courier Mail reports: ALL state primary students will be taught vital swimming and survival skills as part of an Australian-first...

The Manchester Evening News reports: Kids can once again join in FREE open water swim safety sessions at Salford Quays this summer....

Belfast Live reports: A programme which aims to teach kids how to stay safe in open water is hosting free swimming lessons in Northern...

The BBC reports: Students applying to one of China’s most prestigious universities have been told they must learn to swim before they...

Taken from – “Scouting for Boys” by Robert Baden-Powell 34th edition 1932 (246-7) A great Channel swimmer, writing in “The Boys Own...

Certainly not the idea, the Health and safety ethos protects us from many unnecessary risks; it has saved lives and prevented countless...

Outdoor swimming is something of a culture shock to many of the British population. We as a nation have become so used to swimming...

In the UK we have our own ideas when it comes to right and wrong and public safety. Separated by a wide expanse of water from our...

This is the question I asked and I believe I have found the answer in Switzerland… #health #WaterSports #Sports #swimming #river...

I had the pleasure of being invited into Radio Leicester this morning to discuss the opening of the bathing beach at Rutland water. To...

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

As the school holidays approach warnings about summer swimming are surfacing again. But the news is not all bad, negative attitudes are...

Sky News Reports on a hard hitting video designed to deter young swimmers from enjoying rivers and lakes to cool down during warm...

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....

National Geographic ran an article with photographs by Daniel Hjorth capturing the essence of ice swimming in the faces of children as...

Attitudes are improving but still leaning towards the negative… Get Reading reports: Summer is (hopefully) coming – and warm weather...

Swimming in the River Cam In an article about Jack Overhill his summertime childhood experiences are an inspiration: “Jack was a...

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...