Welcome to Simon Nemeth, who lives in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Oliver He writes about how he became interested in lidos: "I used to swim at the Atlantis pool...
Ipswich Borough Council is set to reinstate a £1 million lifeline to breathe new life into the bid to resurrect the disused lido. Councillor Andrew Cann,...
Lee K recently told me about an outdoor pool not on my website. It's a small all-year-round heated outdoor pool at Pingles Leisure Centre Avenue Road Nuneaton ...
"Jenny Smith" <smithje@...> wrote to Oliver on 7 October 2010: Sorry to contact you out of the blue, I am the events organiser for the British Heart...
I had a nice swim yesterday in my local open-air heated pool, run by the Army in Waterbeach Barracks. Because it opened so late in the season (mid-August) due...
Good news for the Ynysangharad Lido in Pontypridd as it secures £75,000 of development funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Rhondda Cynon Taf Council...
Following the 75th anniversary celebrations i must mention the lido is still open until the end of september as i was there yet again on SATURDAY 11th...
This week Uxbridge Lido celebrates 75 years since it's opening in 1935. The pool has been spectacularly refurbished as part of the new Hillingdon Sports and...
Lidos from Ipswich to Cheltenham get a mention in this article: http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%26+heritage/historic+buildings/ART308351 Hilsea Lido has...
Hilsea Lido is taking part in this week end's Heritage Open Days 11th and 12th September. Exhibitions, talks and walks from 1pm to 4pm. There should be some...
The Trust running the Portishead Pool in Somerset is considering an inflatable cover for the pool; it would cost in the region of £30,000 This would obviously...
Guardian article on the Big Society and the possible future within it for swimming pools. (21st July 2010 in the Guardian) Mmmm..... I know that some very...
There is another good lido article by Bob Holman in the September issue of the Swimming Times. This is an account of his second swim in and visit to...
Having just joined this group, I thought I'd spend the last day of my holiday on a trip to Margate to check out the two tidal pools which are supposed to be...
Welcome to Lara Selmassi who lives in Bridgend, South Wales, but is moving to the Milton Keynes area. She also visits Poole in Dorset regularly. A busy mum,...
Welcome to Simon Duffin, who lives in Bromley, Kent. He writes: "I have fond memories of going to Southampton Lido and Albert Avenue Lido in Hull before I...
Opening today at the Brockwell Park Lido Cafe, a photographic exhibition called Equitable Water, that records the work in India of a UK charity by the same...
Article in the Spectator (July 30th 2010) written by journalist Becky Horsburgh, under the heading of ARCHITECTURE: LONG LIVE THE LIDO The main focus is on the...
Yes it may sound too good to be true,but uxbridge lido are presently offering free swimming in the lido, as the indoor pool is currently closed due to...
The BBC Four TV documentary 'Wild Swimming with Alice Roberts' aired last week, has led to record sales of wild swimming books. Roger Deakin's Waterlog sold...
David Levett, Chairman of North Hertfordshire District Council, wrote to me: "It may be of interest to you that the open air pool in Letchworth Garden City is...
Nothing in the Sunday Times this week, that I can see, about Beccles Lido. However there is an article about Lewis Pugh, entitled The Ice Man Swimmeth....
Have just come back from Beccles after an extremely happy afternoon, attending the opening of the Beccles Lido. Interviewed as many people as possible,...
Welcome to Maurice Salton, who lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He contacted me a few months ago hoping someone might identify the outdoor pools used in the film...
Alex Dunlop did a short film on last night's BBC1 Look East about the re-opening of the Beccles Lido. You can watch it for a few more hours, today only, by...
Just came across this press release from Aberdeenshire Council, dated 21 May 2010, to create a lobster breeding hatchery at Tarlair Pool, near Macduff. ...
I have recently written two articles about the closure of the Brynaman Pool this summer. Please see the Outdoor Swimming Society website for the article...
