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…
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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…
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…
Peterborough Lido
The lido at Peterborough is of a design unlike others and this could be down to the unusual design process. When the council proposed the pool, a group of five…
Churchill Swimming Pool, Hemel Hempstead
The Churchill was an estate of 5 acres owned by the local authority and the swimming pool was opened in May 1937. The pool was built to replace the old…
La Vallette Bathing Pools
The first pool of the four at La Vallette was the Horseshoe, built in 1844, to compensate locals for reduced swimming facilities when the harbour at St Peter Port was…
Avarack Pools aka Miners Pools
A series of pools cut into the rocks by the miners of Geevor in the 1930’s to bathe after their shift. Some sources claim that the pools are natural but…
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,…
Richmond Baths aka Pools on the Park
The opening of a new swimming baths for Richmond came at a time when it was considered that the equipment, structure and machinery of the Parkshot Baths (Constructed 1891 and…
Guildford Lido
Guildford Lido was constructed, as were many lidos, to provide work for locals. 90 men were employed initially, rising to 120 at the end of the project. The Mayor, William…