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This large and attractive natural swimming pool is tucked away out of sight and has no facilities other than the pool itself. Well worth traveling to perhaps on a trip to include other nearby pools. Music from Juno. Discover Gran Canaria... #Shopping #CanaryIslands #Naturalpool #Spain #HomeandGarden #Swimmingpool #SwimmingPoolsandSpas #GranCanaria

Oliver Dixon writes: This swimming pool was probably excavated from the rocks at Cullercoats in the late 19th/early 20th century. No doubt popular at one time, it now lies abandoned. Are the British public getting soft with their preference for heated pools or Mediterranean warmth? And even those who do take to northern seas are almost invariably clad in wet suits nowadays. #Cullercoats #Swimmingpool #OliverDixon #WildSwimming

Wild Swimming Picture of the Week: Ocean Side Pool February 1955 National Geographic A safe pool to swim in, a great lookout point, a slide, swings and a diving board. The golden age of swimming may now be consigned to the annuls of history but that doesn’t mean we have to like it. For me swimming and diving, jumping and snorkeling hold a never-fading delight. With my body immersed in a natural underwater world and my head absorbing the sights sounds and smells in clean fresh

Deer Leap swimming pool, Ringshall, now derelict after more than 50 years of pleasure. See Map Visit the Facebook page to see more pictures. Andy writes: One of the last privately run lidos in the UK. It had a great location on the edge of the village in the Chilterns overlooking woods. I believe that it closed after the 1998 season and was still extant & derelict the last time I passed in 2002. From Dacorum Council’s website, it seems that the planning appeal for the latest

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 opposite side, a boules pitch and a food kiosk. The Unterer Letten is located near Zurich West and has a 100-metre swimming channel in the Limmat, a non-swimmer’s pool, a children’s wading pool and a diving platform. Watch the video to see more. Read more… Looking at pictures like this makes me feel very restricted as a swimmer in my home c

Swimming in Paris has a connection with both Leicester and the Olympics. Leicester swimmer John/Jack Arthur Jarvis won 108 swimming championships including two golds at the Paris Olympics in 1900. He learned to swim in the canal in Leicester and founded the Leicester Swimming Club. He was one of only 15 swimmers honored at the official opening of America’s Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968. Discover the history of swimming… #WaterSports #Leicestershire #Paris #SwimmingandDiving #

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 time, it now lies abandoned. Are the British public getting soft with their preference for heated pools or Mediterranean warmth? And even those who do take to northern seas are almost invariably clad in wet suits nowadays. More… #Shopping #swimming #HomeandGarden #Swimmingpool #CultureoftheUnitedKingdom #SwimmingPoolsandSpas #Wetsuit #Swimsuit

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 pools up and down the country. As the demand for places where people would feel comfortable sunbathing rose, so lidos were built meaning that swimming and sunbathing for both sexes became freely available for the very first time. The association between sunshine and swimming was to be firmly implanted in the psyche of the British public and it h

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 see anyone swimming there. If someone was spotted in the waters today, the police boat would probably be called out, together with the lifeboat rescue team.” “The photo shown here was taken beside the Royal Albert Bridge and shows children in Victorian times paddling and enjoying a dip in the waters there.” “In the background is the training

Specific river bathing areas became necessary when Matthew Webb opened the floodgates to outdoor swimming by conquering the Channel in 1875. Boys in particular took the distance swimming challenge to heart, unperturbed that a lack of swimwear was scandalising the ladies. Indoor and outdoor pools were to follow as a means of containing and controlling the increasingly popular swimming movement. A legacy of these times is evident in many areas with no swimming signs proliferati

For the poor, the swimming pool became the cheapest place to bathe. At the opening of Tooting Bec Lido in London, Wandsworth Borough News reported – regarding hundreds of small boys: ‘heedless of the presence of members of the fair sex, [they] unblushingly undressed and were sampling the quality of the water long before the “big guns” had departed.’ Many bathers walked barefoot across the common prompting complaints to the Council that the facility was being ‘stormed by the r

The London Evening Standard reports: “Architects have unveiled their vision for a swimming pool in the Thames. They believe the river will be clean enough for leisure use once Thames Water’s proposed super-sewer is completed in 2023. The idea, encouraged by the growing popularity of “free swimming” in landmarks such as the Serpentine and Hampstead ponds, is being revealed at: It Could Be Now exhibition, at the Royal Academy. It is inspired by the popularity of the Thames as a

The Sea Pool at Bude was created in the 1930s to provide a haven for safe swimming for the people of the town and the thousands of people who visit it each year. Following funding cutbacks, the Sea Pool faces an uncertain future. The Friends of Bude Sea Pool was formed in early 2011 to secure the Pool’s future under local management. More… #Swimmingpool #Cornwall #Bude

Learning to swim the old fashioned way! Its four hours away by ferry to the nearest swimming pool and you only get to go once a year with the school so school children on the Scottish island of Tiree are taking swimming lessons in a local loch. The sessions, which are also open to adults and under-fives, were organised by local artist Catriona Spink. She said the swimming lessons were proving popular – once those taking part got over the initial shock of the cold water. “Most

Desperate to escape the heat, locals and tourists crowd the Daying County saltwater swimming pools in China’s Sichuan province. Temperatures hit 38c (100.4f) in the region.Picture: REX FEATURES When the heat is on, no wonder our swimming pools, lidos, rivers, lakes and beaches become the only place to be. Despite pessimistic predictions that British summers could be a wash out for the ten years or more, the summer this year has brought outdoor swimmers well and truly out of t

House with Britain’s last family-owned public pool goes on sale for £2m (as long as you don’t mind having visitors) Five-bedroom house in Kimpton Bottom near Harpenden, Hertfordshire has three acres, tennis court and Britain’s last family-owned public pool The 23m lido has changing rooms on each side, a café and play area Users have to be members and the oldest member is coming up to 90 while one couple have been using it daily for 47 years Read more: Discover how the lido er

The Hot weather sees thousands heading to cool natural waters and who can blame them? Britain is full of inviting rivers and lakes along with a truly magnificent coastline. Concern for the safety of the public has moved officials caring for the Lake District National Park to remind bathers about water safety. The clear message is: enjoy the water, cool off by all means but don’t lose your life doing it. Visit Hung Out to Dry and brush up on your safety program. #Humanswimming

The Guardian Reports: Scores of outdoor pools across the country are struggling to stay open. Jenny Landreth visits three which have somehow managed to go against the tide. If you put a red dot on a map of Britain for every swimming pool that’s fighting for survival, there’d be a nasty rash, top to bottom. Take Tarlair Lido in Aberdeen, recently granted £300,000 for immediate repairs which makes its swimming future imaginable, or Brighton's Art Deco Saltdean Lido, wrested by

Central News reports: Four people escaped with minor injuries after a ceiling collapsed into a swimming pool at a gym in Birmingham. Paramedics were called to LA Fitness in Erdington at 10am on Sunday morning. More… We often hear reports of the dangers of swimming outdoors but as this report shows indoor pools can also be hazardous… The Indoor swimming pool could be making you sick The Danger of Swimming in Chlorinated Pools #WaterSports #Sports #LAFitness #Swimmingpool #Erdi

From the BBC:  “A survey of 3,501 schools, for the ASA and its sponsors Kellogg’s, found that 51% of 7 - to 11- year-old’s could not swim 25m (82ft), the length of a standard pool.” “The national curriculum for schools in England says children should be able to swim at least 25m unaided by the end of primary school.” “Some 40% of 1,000 parents of 10 - and 11 - year-olds surveyed for this year’s report said their child could not swim 25m.” “Some 52% doubted whether their child