Sherwood and Carrington Swimming pool aka Carrington Lido
This open-air pool was built on the site of an old tram depot and was one of two pools opened on the same day in the Nottingham area. The other…
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Bulwell Swimming Pool aka Bulwell Lido
This open-air pool was one of two pools opened on the same day in the Nottingham area. The other was the Sherwood and Carrington Swimming Pool. The website contains an…
Blue Wave Swimming Pool, Diss
The Blue Wave Swimming Pool was privately built by Bellpools Ltd from Wattisfield, a building company run by a Mr BW Belcher. Construction began at the end of January 1953,…
Kings Lynn
This pool was within an area of the town called The Walks so was a town centre pool rather than a seaside one. Very little information is to be found.…
Lakenham Swimming Bath
The original 80-yard pool was built in 1908 when part of the River Yare was sealed off. By the 1920s, swimming galas were held there, which attracted swimmers from across…
Norwich Open Air Baths
This pool first appears on ordnance survey maps around 1914, before the main park was established. By 1955 it was referred to as the “Old Swimming Pool” on maps. The…
Great Yarmouth Swimming Pool
Opening in 1922, this was a pre-modernist pool, built alongside the sea front. Ranging for 2′ 6″ to 8′ and containing 600,000 gallons of unheated sea water, the pool was…
Gorleston Swimming Pool
Gorleston’s open air pool was opened in 1939 with 2,000 people flocking to the opening ceremony which featured a swimming exhibition by The Johnson Girls and a diving demonstration from…
Hunstanton Lido
Another lido that was demolished but potentially will be replaced with a new marine pool. An advisory group is in place and it is looking into the feasiblity of a…