Culgaith Swimming Pool
This is a great story of a pool that came about because a group of 1921 school children were tasked with writing an essay about what they thought their local…
Marsden Park Open Air Swimming Pool
Nelson’s new open-air pool was located in Marsden Park. It opened on 19th August 1939. The scheme had cost £7,300 towards which the National Fitness Council had contributed £3,500. The…
Arundel Lido aka The Fitzalan Pool
The Arundel Lido started life as the Fitzalan Pool. The pool was named after the family of the Duke of Norfolk who donated the land to celebrate the 21st birthday…
Hoylake Bathing Pool
One of eight outdoor pools along the coast of the Wirral Peninsula. Hoylake was built in 1912 and had a capacity for 2,500 bathers. By the late 1920’s it was…
St Annes Swimming Pool
The pool at St Annes, also known in the early days as The Roman Baths, was built in 1916 to a design by architect Fred Harrison. The pool was a…
Woking Park Swimming Pool
The Woking outdoor swimming pool was built in 1935 despite typical planning wranglings and cost increases. One cost, of £1,200, was for a new bridge of the delightfully named Hoe…
Ilkley Open Air Bathing Pool
Ilkley Open Air Pool was designed in the 1930s by Percy Tempest and Archibald Skinner and opened in time for the 1935 Jubilee celebrations. The pool has wonderful views over…
Exmouth Open Air Baths
The Exmouth Open Air Bath was opened on 11th May 1932 by the Chairman of the Council. It was built on a site that was previously used for tennis courts.…
Central Park Open Air Baths, East Ham
An open air swimming pool was opened in Central Park in 1901. It was temporarily closed during WWI and re-opened in 1989 only to be closed permanently in 1923. The…
Malvern Park
The site of this pool appears as a body of water on the O/S map of 1886 depicting it as part of the Malvern Park estate. The estate passed into…