Wild Swimming News

The Plymouth Herald reports: More than 50 hardy swimmers took to the water on Sunday as part of Saltash Regatta weekend to swim across...

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Derek Tait writes in his Plymouth Local history blog: “The Tamar is full of yachts, boats and jet skiers but it’s very rare nowadays to...

Humberstone Lido Opened in Leicester in the mid 1930s at the height of the British sunbathing era. Concerns over water quality sparked a...

This picture from the 1800’s shows a hardy group of bathers ready for their Christmas dip. Read the history of swimming on Plymouth Hoe…...

On the return flight from a sunshine holiday in Tenerife I was inspired to explore the quandary facing UK authorities over the...

The 2012 summer has been typically British; short blasts of hot sunshine, damp around the edges and a determination on the part of the...

Earlier this month swimmers were warned about poisonous algae in the waters of Plymouth Hoe. On the very day that Tinside Lido opened, it...