Chelmsford Baths aka Riverside
The open-air bath at the Waterloo Lane site was opened on 5th May 1906 by the mayoress, Mrs Frederic Chancellor. The pool measured 150 feet by 100 feet, held 437,000…
Man made outdoor pool or lido
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…
Cold Knap Bathing Pool aka Barry Lido
Barry’s Cold Knap Lido opened on 1st May 1926 and, in common with many others, was built by the local unemployed. The paddling pool was a later addition, possibly circa…
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…
Downham Market
The original proposal for a pool was to be in the fields to the north of Rouse’s Lane but this did not pass planning so a new applicaiton was made,…
Longley Park Bathing Pool
The pool at Longley Park in Sheffield has a connection with the open-air pool at Hathersage. Both were gifts to the community from George Lawrence, proprietor of G H Lawrence…
Spiders Web Bathing Pool, Whitby
The pool was privately owned by Mr H S Meek. He originally offered the pool with the attached cafe and putting green on 6,400 square yards of land to the…
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…
Stanley Park Swimming Bath
Stanley Park is in Anfield and is one of Liverpool’s great parks built in the Victorian era. It opened in 1870 and was designed by Edward Kemp. It is Grade…