Dunbar Swimming Pool
The first bathing pool at Bayswell Beach was built exclusively for ladies as part of the Dunbar Beach improvement scheme. Initially there was just a semi-natural pool filled by incoming…
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Stonehaven Open Air Swimming Pool
One of the northernmost outdoor pools in the UK, Stonehaven was designed by Mr R R Gall FRIBA of Gregory and Gall, Architects. The idea of an open air pool…
Saltcoats Tidal Bathing Pool
A bathing station has been on or around this site since the 1880’s. In April 1907 Saltcoats Town Council agreed to build a tidal bathing pool in Winton Circus. It…
Trinkie Outdoor Sea-Water Pool, Wick
The Trinkie is a natural sea-water pool in Wick, Scotland, with a history dating back over a century. It began as a suggestion for a public saltwater pool in 1896,…
Arbroath Bathing Pool
This large pool was built by the unemployed on a site that used to form part of the garden ground of Seaforth House between the public tennis courts and the…
Burntisland Bathing Pool
Preliminary work begun on October 7th 1935 in connection with the construction of the new swimming pool at Lammerlaws, for the burgh council. William Taylor and Son, Ltd., engineers, Glasgow,…
Portobello Bathing Pool
Nicknamed the Porty, one of it’s claims to fame is that Sean Connery was a lifeguard here in the 1950’s. The pool had a wave making machine installed at a…
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…
Helensburgh Swimming Pool
Replaced with an indoor pool in the 1970’s then a new leisure centre built on the old site, the outdoor pool at Helensburgh was on a prominent position on the…