Wild Swimming - News Room

Attitudes towards swimming outdoors have been shaped by our rich and eventful history. Yet with the remarkable achievements of David...

The front entrance of the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London that housed the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first World's Fair....

ITV NEWS Reports: Boot is bringing a whole new meaning to the term ‘doggy paddle’. The Labrador can swim up to 4 kilometers at a time...

A MUSIC student at Leicester University who used his mobile phone to film a video of his brothers messing about has sold the rights of...

Matthew Niederhauser reports in The Guardian: Beijing’s National Aquatics Centre, built for the 2008 Olympics, resembles not so much a...

SWIMMING is great for burning calories, improving your muscular infrastructure and helping children sleep reports The Star. Mum Victoria,...

A historic tidal swimming pool in Cornwall has been saved from closure after the local community produced a rescue package to take over...

An endurance swimmer from Hampshire is embarking on a charity challenge around five islands in five months. Anna Wardley, 36, from...

Concerns for wildlife could scupper plans to stage open water swimming in a lake at a nature reserve, reports the Leicester Mercury....

Read this article from The Hindu and see swimming lessons through the eyes of another culture. In Europe and America even babies are...

Anyone swimming in open water faces risk. Surprisingly one of the most dangerous activities we engage in, provide facilities for and...

Hampstead Heath Bathing Pond 100 years of free swimming, then honesty boxes, now compulsory charges. Wild Swimmers on Hampstead Heath...

The Countryside Council for Wales have issued the following: Wild Swimming Code – Consultation Draft The rivers and lakes of Wales are an...

For more than a decade Rob Fryer one of the fore fathers of wild swimming has painstakingly researched, visited and catalogued the best...

You may have heard this story from Canada over the weekend and will be pleased to know that all but one of those affected has now been...

On a sultry summer’s day, what could be more natural and liberating than to dip into a lake or river to complete the picture of scenic...

A shock decision by Birmingham City Council to turn its back on a decades old bylaw prohibiting outdoor swimming in the cities lakes and...

If you are one of the growing number enjoying the fun, freedom and adventure of open water swimming, you may like me, feel that access to...

1962 The local council decided that the former whites only Livingstone swimming baths could now also be used by local people. Determined...

Yes it is possible to swim, even in the wintry seas of Britain without feeling the cold. This is a trick well known to swimmers across...