Uxbridge Lido aka Hillingdon Lido
Uxbridge Lido opened in August 1935, and the ceremony featured a fanfare of trumpets of the Royal Air Force. The programme of events included an exhibition of modern speed swimming,…
Ruby Rowallan
Chamberlayne Baths aka Northam Lido
The Chamberlayne Baths were built on the southern shore of the River Itchen close to the old Northam bridge crossing. An exact date cannot be found but is approximated at…
Bargoed Park Swimming Pool
The swimming pool in Bargoed Park was opened at the end of the 1930s following a Special Areas Commission grant to Gelligaer Urban District Council of £7,893. TThe baths were…
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…
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…
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…
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”…
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…
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,…
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…