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Demolished England Man made outdoor pool or lido

Chelmsford Baths aka Riverside

30/09/2025 No Comments

England Man made outdoor pool or lido Open

Bathurst Pool

29/09/2025 No Comments

Demolished Man made outdoor pool or lido Wales

Cold Knap Bathing Pool aka Barry Lido

26/09/2025 No Comments

England Man made outdoor pool or lido Open Uncategorized

Banbury Lido aka Woodgreen Swimming Pool

24/09/2025 No Comments

Demolished England Uncategorized

Enfield Baths

21/09/2025 No Comments

Demolished England Man made outdoor pool or lido

Chelmsford Baths aka Riverside

The open-air bath at the Waterloo Lane site was opened on 5th May 1906 by the mayoress, Mrs Frederic Chancellor. The pool measured 150 feet by 100 feet, held 437,000…

30/09/2025 0 Comments
England Man made outdoor pool or lido Open

Bathurst Pool

A pool given to the community of Lydney by Mr Charles Bathurst, 1st Earl Bledisloe to celebrate the 21st birthday of his eldest son, Benjamin. The pool was opened on…

29/09/2025 0 Comments
Demolished Man made outdoor pool or lido Wales

Cold Knap Bathing Pool aka Barry Lido

Barry’s Cold Knap Lido opened on 1st May 1926 and, in common with many others, was built by the local unemployed. The paddling pool was a later addition, possibly circa…

26/09/2025 0 Comments
England Man made outdoor pool or lido Open Uncategorized

Banbury Lido aka Woodgreen Swimming Pool

Banbury Lido was built with the assistance of a £4,000 grant from the National Fitness Council and cost £7,900 for the build plus £1,263 for the purification plant. It was…

24/09/2025 0 Comments
Demolished England Uncategorized

Enfield Baths

Enfield Baths was a fairly standard rectangular pool surrounded by a huge oval stadium with extensive support buildings. When the pool opened in 1932, it was lauded as the “largest”…

21/09/2025 0 Comments
England Man made outdoor pool or lido Open

Hathersage Open Air Swimming Pool

Hathersage pool was the first of two pools gifted to the people of Sheffield and surrounding village by George Lawrence, the second being Longley Park, the subject of our post…

21/09/2025 0 Comments
Demolished England Man made outdoor pool or lido Norfolk

Downham Market

The original proposal for a pool was to be in the fields to the north of Rouse’s Lane but this did not pass planning so a new applicaiton was made,…

16/09/2025 0 Comments
Demolished England Man made tidal pool

Stamshaw Open Air Pool

Bathing in the area was in a lagoon opposite Whale Island in Portsmouth Harbour. Changing facilities were provided in 1904. By 1909, funds of £5,237 had been approved to form…

09/09/2025 0 Comments
Demolished England Man made outdoor pool or lido

Longley Park Bathing Pool

The pool at Longley Park in Sheffield has a connection with the open-air pool at Hathersage. Both were gifts to the community from George Lawrence, proprietor of G H Lawrence…

01/09/2025 0 Comments
Closed Demolished England London Uncategorized

Purley Way Open-Air Bathing Pool

A London pool that was one of very few that could compete with the size and spectacle of the seaside stadiums such as South Shore at Blackpool, Morecambe and Heysham…

31/08/2025 0 Comments

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