Wild Swimming News

The Guardian reports: Nationwide, there is a boom in wild swimming. Even the fashion pack, rarely ones to embrace the great outdoors,...

Western Daily Press reports: “The oldest surviving open-air swimming baths in the UK, in Bath, are set to be fully restored and reopened...

A rare glimpse of Heddon Court bathing place provided for wild swimmers in years gone by. In an effort to preserve modesty, encourage...

You can’t get further from the sea in England than Leicester the place of my birth, the city in which I have lived throughout my life....

Up and down the country, bathing places like this proved very popular, but you may wonder: why were they built and why have they closed?...

This 1895 photograph of men and boys swimming at low tide adjacent to Palace Pier Brighton, reveals a stark contrast to the attitude of...

Malcolm Tozer Reviews: Hung Out to Dry: Swimming and British Culture, in the Spring Edition of Physical Education Matters. It was by...

A 2011 Star investigation found pool operators racking up health and safety violations without public knowledge. A proposed bylaw could...

Leicester’s Kenwood Lido enjoyed huge popularity, with its extensive grassy sunbathing lawns, high diving boards and attractive...

Changing times saw a move away from the bathing machine to the bathing tent. Ironically nude bathing was deemed appropriate for boys but...

The river at Earlham Park was dammed and made into a swimming pool. Wensum Park during the 1930s River and lake swimming made safe for...

Read the history of swimming on Plymouth Hoe… #health #WaterSports #history #swimming #Water #SwimmingandDiving #Openwaterswimming...

Swimming in Iceland – the land of the lido My wife Ann has always wanted to see the Northern Lights and especially so after watching the...

The Blue Lagoon, the most visited tourist destination in Iceland. Entrance here is some £35.00, yet the unique experience is well worth...

The Oberer Letten has a 400-metre swimming channel in the Limmat and a two-metre high diving platform. Two beach volleyball courts on the...

Oliver Dixon writes: This open air swimming pool at the south end of Long Sands, Tynemouth was opened in 1925. No doubt popular at the...

When it comes to social history of swimming, the popularity of fresh air and sunshine in the 1930’s saw the doors opened to swimming...

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...

Specific river bathing areas became necessary when Matthew Webb opened the floodgates to outdoor swimming by conquering the Channel in...

For the poor, the swimming pool became the cheapest place to bathe. At the opening of Tooting Bec Lido in London, Wandsworth Borough News...