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…
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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…
Seaclose Bathing Pool
Work on a new pool for Newport started in 1933 and provided work for 15 unemployed men of the area. By July 1934, it was announced that the Mayors Work…
Devizes Open Air Swimming Pool
A new pool was built in the Wiltshire town of Devizes as the existing bathing place, an enclosure of part of the Kennet and Avon Canal, was becoming a hygiene…
Black Rock Open Air Sea Water Bathing Pool
The Black Rock Lido opened in 1936. It was situated on Marina Drive to the east of the resort. It was around 3 miles west of Saltdean, where their lido…
Congleton Open Air Swimming Bath
Congleton saw the opening of their new outdoor swimming and paddling pools in May 1936. The pool was a modest 105’ x 45’ but the paddling pool was a whopping…
Stand Road Open Air Swimming Pool aka Chesterfield Open Air Swimming Bath
This petite pool built at one side of the Stand Road Recreation ground was to increase the capacity for swimmers in the area after their vociferous appeals to the local…
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,…