The lido opened in May 1935 and was built on the site of an old mill lodge. It was built by Whitehouse and Stubbs, who also built a number of the new houses in the area.
The pool was 180ft long and featured a water slide and a high diving board and a filtration system.
The pool did not last very long. It closed at the outbreak of WWII and appears to have been converted to a reservoir. It is still appearing as a reservoir on ordnance survey maps in 1974.
| Name | Grotton Lido Brooklands Drive, Oldham, Lancashire, OL4 4LN |
| Built / opened | May 1935 by Councellor Harry Wilde J.P., Chairman of Springfield Council |
| Cost | |
| Dimensions | 180′ x 75′ |
| Capacity | |
| Water type | Filtered and chlorinated |
| Depth(s) | 75% was 3′ deep with the rest being 6′ |
| Diving | |
| Changing facilities | |
| Second pool | Paddling pool 44′ – possibly an additional sectioned off length of the overall pool giving a total length of 224′ which is the dimension mentioned elsewhere. |
| Spectator seating | |
| Designer | |
| Date closed | 1939 |
| Status | Demolished and filled in after 1974 |
| On site now | Housing |
| Notes | |
| Links | Grotton: a brief history – Saddleworth Independent |
