... Could people liiving near local-authority run (or owned) lidos please report on whether their outdoor pool is included in the free under-16 and/or over-60s...
Hiya, I'm reporting back on this for Brockwell Lido. Brockwell Lido in South London is not local authority owned or run and we are not providing free swimming....
Oliver, Wandsworth are operating the Department for Culture, Media & Sport [DCMS] scheme at their pools BUT Tooting Bec Lido is not included. Richmond Upon...
Looking at the information currently available from Wychavon Council it would appear that Droitwich Lido will NOT be included in the free swimming for over 60s...
Tooting Bec Lido is also excluded from the scheme by Wandsworth Council. Others may be different but in this case I don't think that's an entirely bad thing. ...
Just to clarify - having checked with Wychavon Leisure's website - the lido (which re-opens on 23 May) offers a reduction nof one third to over 60s (£2.60...
Hampton Open Air Pool has committed to offer limited sessions for over 60s. The basic issue is that Richmond Council has not received sufficient funding to...
In our negotiations with North Somerset Council over the transfer of the Portishead Open Air Pool to trust management, we specifically asked to be included in...
Jesus Green Pool, in Cambridge, will be part of the over-60s scheme, but users have to get a swipe card. Terry Gorham (not a member of this Group) writes: "Our...
Maureen Saunders wrote on 1st May 2009 to the Pooling Resources Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poolingresources/message/1773 "Last Monday Waveney...
You may find this link less confusing: http://www.virginmedia.com/travel/destinations/features/Lidos-Britains-best.php By the way, their top 10 are: Brockwell...
The summer season at Sandford Parks Lido got off to a flying start this weekend and more than 800 season tickets have already been sold. But most importantly,...
Have just re-checked the photos and see what you mean! The photographer has carefully photographed the water and a small edge of the pool at Brockwell and...
The photos used were taken by Peter Macdiarmid of Getty Images in July 2008. So this means that Virgin Travel must be using them under licence. ... ...
Portishead Open Air Pool opens on Saturday 23rd May under its new management body, the Portishead Pool Community Trust. This pool is no longer a North Somerset...
Graham Hadden, chairman of the Hampton Pool Trust, is helping to support the resident-led campaign to save the Holywell Mead pool in High Wycombe. The Hampton...
Camden Council is to invest £1million in the Oasis Sports Centre, just months after the Camden New Journal highlighted the urgent need for repairs and...
North Somerset Council have apparently insisted that a one year lease should be acceptable to the new Trust wanting to run the Portishead Pool; this will be...
Our local paper has reported the opening of the unheated Jesus Green Pool, in Cambridge. I talks about the "newly-restored pool" and "the lido has undergone...
it is a real shame, that the article doesn't give any actual details of where this place is, or how to get to it. Simon Wilkes, e-mail, dj.goshawk@......
Welcome to Vickie Norris, from Newbury, who is currently at Bath Spa University. She is writing an undergraduate dissertation on Consumption and the History of...
There are some nice photos on Flickr from Lazonby showing preparations for the new season http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollytree38/tags/lido/ This 17 x 6 m...
Portishead Pool has received a £200,000 TV Makeover and opened for a special event on Wednesday May 20th 2009 (Materials estimated at £100,000 and a further...
The Northcroft open air pool is set to open this Saturday and West Berkshire Council are offering free swimming to the over 60's The opening times seem a...
