Nuffield Pool aka Europa Pool
The Nuffield Pool, close to the tip of Gibraltar, at Europa Point, was built on the site of a WWII prisoner of war camp. In one of the photographs you…
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Dolphin Pool
The pools at Camp Bay were built during the 1960’s following encouragement by the British Government to the Gibraltar Legislative Council to look to alternative sources of income other than…
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,…
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…
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…