Gourock Outdoor Pool
The lido was opened in 1909 in a spectacular spot on the Clyde. It started life as a tidal pool with a sandy bottom. The pool was closed at the…
September 2024
Blue Lagoon, Isle of Wight
A 1930’s built pool alongside the beach in Sandown. There’s very little information available but there is a link below to a great home movie of the pool on YouTube.…
West Hendon Lido
Shorter than average pool designed by A O Knight and closed in 1980. Very little information on this one so we welcome any details to add to the entry. Name…
Cliftonville Lido, Margate
Margate’s 1920s seafront Lido is in a terrible state of repair despite being a listed building. The pool has been closed since the 1980’s and has been filled with sand.…
Pontin’s Holiday Camp pools
Osmington South Devon Seacroft Barry Island Bracklesham Bay
Norden Riviera
The Riviera was a lido with an industrial past. The land that the lido was built on had been part of the surrounds of the Tenterhouse Dyeing and Bleaching Company.…
Whipps Cross Hospital Swimming Pool
I started looking for this pool a few years ago when my dad mentioned it to me. He said that he used to climb over the fence surrounding the pool…