Wild Swimming - News Room

Vital work of the local Community Rescue Service to benefit A 42 year old South African hopes to become the first person to swim between...

I spent the Christmas season with friends in Cornwall, and having sampled the delights of swimming in the wintery seas of St Ives, I...

Make 2012 the year to REMEMBER Look Listen Swim 2012 The 2012 London Olympics will mark 100 years since Frank Sachs published...

The BBC reported yesterday on a life saving project in Bangladesh, inspired and funded by the London 2012 Olympics organisation....

Paul Brown writes in Sundays Guardian: “Wild swimming, whatever the weather, is undergoing a revival in Britain. With the water...

The 2012 London Olympics mark a hundred years since Jennie Fletcher became a legend in her own time. Leicester’s all round swimming...

The Environment Agency reports that water quality has never been better. You might think that this would be good news for wild swimmers....

Holiday-makers enjoy the sun on Brighton beach yesterday, but the south coast of England and northern France has been hit by warnings on...

Temperatures reached 29C in the capital over the weekend and hundreds flocked to the Serpentine to swim and cool off. Unable to accept...

This is Cornwall reports: “A £2 million bailout package to save an iconic Art Deco Cornish Lido has been backed by councilors in a bid to...

Exhibition: Floating Memories, Jubilee Library, Brighton The once hidden archive of Brighton Swimming Club went on display yesterday...

As winter approaches many wild swimmers will be returning to the warmth of the indoor pool. Researcher Dr. Alfred Bernard is a professor...

Two stories in today’s news highlight a burning question on the minds of adults and children who enjoy outdoor swimming. Do we have a...

Wild swimming is not about freezing cold water; it’s about the joy of swimming in the great outdoors. Breaking free from the indoor...

The comedian David Walliams finished his epic 140 mile Thames swim yesterday. The 40-year-old swam the Thames from Lechdale,...

The Belles of Penzance As the first signs of a new day shone through the bedroom window, I reached for my wife’s watch. Gently stirring...

Lake Windermere is to host its very first Wild Swimming event this Saturday attracting hundreds of visitors to a Lakeland beauty spot....

Roger Allsopp, aged 70 years and four months, swam from Dover to France in 17 hours and 51 minutes. The record  was formally held by...

Recently advice has been given to British tourists warning against their brainless drunken antics now known as balcony jumping. In the UK...

How bizarre! Yesterday Tom Mullarkey, RoSPA’s Chief Executive informed the world on his blog; Safety Gone Sane, that he and many others...