Hornsey Open Air Swimming Pool aka Park Road Lido
Opened on 1st June 1929, Hornsey Open Air Swimming Pool was one of a number of pools in the borough, all of which have disappeared but Hornsey, now called Park…
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Haltwhistle Open Air Pools
Built on the site of old miners welfare facilities, the Haltwhistle open air swimming pool complex was opened on 28th June 1975. The pool was brought about by the efforts…
Pells Pool aka Lewes Swimming Bath
Pells Pool started life as two pools, opening in 1861. One pool was a subscription pool and the other was free. It is the oldest continually operating pool in the…
Aldershot Lido
The unusual and organic shape of Aldershot Lido gives a pool of significant proportions but was still designed for diving, swimming lengths and water polo. It was opened on 24th…
Hilsea Lido aka Hilsea Lagoon
Hilsea Lido has re-opened on 2nd May 2026 following a Government-funded refurbishment costing £7.6m. The lagoons have been reinstated, walls and base reinforced and new changing facilities built. The old…
Bourne Outdoor Swimming Pool
Bourne Outdoor Swimming Pool is built on the site of the abbey fish pond that had been in place for hundreds of years. The pond was first designated as a…
Arundel Lido aka The Fitzalan Pool
The Arundel Lido started life as the Fitzalan Pool. The pool was named after the family of the Duke of Norfolk who donated the land to celebrate the 21st birthday…
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…
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…
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…