Devil’s Point Tidal Pool
Only a short distance from Tinside Lido, this tidal pool has long been used as a free place to learn to swim. During 2018 the pool suffered from dilapidation. Local…
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Dancing Ledge
Designed by Thomas Pellatt. He was the headmaster of a local prep school and had a quarryman blast the pool to ensure that pupils were not denied the chance of…
Chapel Rock Tidal Pool
Constructed in the rocks by Messrs. E Thomas & Co and funded by local donations and support from the Perranzabuloe Parish Council. Name Chapel Rock Tidal PoolPerranporth Beach, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall,…
Faversham Pools
A public fundraising campaign was launched in 1957 to make a long-held wish to have a pool in the area a reality. The target was £9,500. A gift of land…
Hitchin Swimming Pool
Built in 1938, the outdoor pool is a lido-style pool with a turquoise interior, Art Deco geometry, and a hexagonal tiered aerator. The pool is influenced by new design ideas,…
Portished Open Air Pool
In May 1962, it was reported in the Bristol Evening post, that Portishead Urban Council plan to heat their new open-air swimming pool by pouring in boiling water – 3,000…
Nantwich Brine Pool
Built on the back of the salt springs in the area, this pool was a replacement for the 1883 indoor brine baths built on the site of the Old Biot…
High Wycombe Open Air Swimming Pool aka Holywell Mead aka Wycombe Rye Lido
A 1950’s lido saved by a local campaign and built on the site of a Roman villa. Apparently it is still there, under the pool. The pool on Holywell Mead…
Kings Meadow Baths aka Thames Lido
Strictly speaking this entry should be for the Ladies Open Air Baths but I am including information for the adjacent and earlier mens pool that is now filled in. The…
Parliament Hill Fields Lido
This lido was the 12th and most expensive (£34,000) of the 13 built by the London County Council (LCC) between the early 1920’s and 1939 and thus represents the ultimate…