Wild Swimming News

Just as austerity measures are forcing local authorities to reduce opening times at swimming pools across the country; the BBC reveals...

ITV News reports: The Duke of Cambridge has suggested threatened UK swimming pools might be protected by an organisation similar to a...

The Mail online reports: Don’t go swimming while wearing sunscreen – unless you want cancer. A compound used in the protective lotions...

The Guardian reports: In 1936, Sir Josiah Stamp, then Governor of the Bank of England, made a speech at the opening of the Morecambe open...

The Local FR reports: It’s official. The water in the Paris canal is clean enough to swim in meaning Parisians won’t have an excuse not...

The Telegraph reports: The National Trust is to open its first public swimming pool after gardeners restoring a spectacular Victorian...

Adelaide Now reports: A 100-year-old swimming club that started in the River Torrens is closing but only after sharing its $450,000 nest...

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

The Age – Victoria reports: Fancy a swim in the Yarra River? Watercraft regulations make it illegal and water quality makes it...

Beccles River Bathing Place 1905 Highlights and Early History of River Bathing at Beccles Test your knowledge at the end! 1862 WARNING:...

From Kent History Forum, Shell remembers: “I loved the Strand as a child, to me it seemed it was my very own personal playground! From...

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...

From a modern perspective, swimming was a very British sport. After years or religious and superstitious suppression it was in Britain...

Geneva City of Peace The first thing that strikes you as a swimmer in Geneva is the colour and clarity of the water. Then their is Jet...

This photograph of Aylestone pool shows a typical utility swimming bath from this era. The building and facility’s were basic but we...

Take a look at this video of the worlds deepest swimming pool and decide for yourself!

Upper Letten River Pool Having spent a week in Switzerland, I’m staggered at the difference in attitude towards swimming in Europe...

Cool – Free of Charge in the Bath Sadly the weather here in Switzerland is unseasonably bad but what I have seen and experienced is...

Hamilton Pool grotto is a historic pool located just 45 minutes outside Austin. In the summer it can get very busy so its best to get...