Wild Swimming News

My London Reports: Beckenham Park Place’s wild swimming lake was only open a matter of days before it had to close due to safety...

The Telegraph reports: From an Edwardian swimming sensation to the women who built Waterloo Bridge, fine-art photographer Julia...

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 Guardian reports: 1 August 1923: In a neighbourhood where “free access” to deep water is always possible for babies and toddlers, it...

BBC News reports: Thousands of people are expected to take part in a two-day open water swimming festival in London’s Hyde Park....

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

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

The Saudi Gazette reports: Mariam Saleh Binladen, a dentist from Saudi Arabia, has set a new record as the first Swimming to inspire more...

From the Guardian Swimming Blog: “I love the “pocket adventure” of swimming in freezing-cold water in your lunch hour. I love the...

The Evening Standard reports: Thousands of Londoners will be able to swim in the Serpentine as part of the “greatest swimming festival in...

The London Evening Standard Reports: “Floating exhibition displays artworks in middle of swimming pond on Hampstead Heath.” “Seeing the...

“Walking and wild swimming are among the most democratic of leisure pursuits because they are free, require no special skills or training...

With 10 hours to go the Thames Baths Project has exceeded its target by raising in excess of £140,000 on the crowdfunding platform...

A great weather weekend is on the way as King’s Cross Pond Club opens to wild swimmers! King’s Cross Pond Club opens on Friday 22nd May…...

The Londonist reports: “…Everything about King’s Cross Pond Club — which doubles up as the art installation Of Soil and Water — is...

As King Richard III is laid to rest in Leicester, we are seeing a resurrection of Swimming interest at King’s Cross London! King’s Cross...

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

fastcoexist.com reports: “Germans could soon recapture an idyllic part of old city life: Being able to jump in the river for a swim...

In times gone by, people would swim almost anywhere giving little consideration to the quality of the waters they swam in. This was true...

Our Sceptered Isles unique culture is standing in the way of the free swimming movement. Across Europe and throughout America, outdoor...