Helmsley Open Air Pool
Helmsley is the only heated open air pool in Yorkshire. The pool, opened in 1969 by the Duke of Norfolk and built by the Feversham Memorial Trust at a cost…
Worthing Lido
This lido started life as a bandstand with the current building created in 1925 and converted to a lido in 1959. A bandstand had been on the site since 1897.…
London Fields Lido
Opened in 1932, the pool was one of the first by the design team of London County Council (LCC) architects, Harry Rowbotham and T L Smithson. The site was designated…
Trinkie Outdoor Sea-Water Pool, Wick
The Trinkie is a natural sea-water pool in Wick, Scotland, with a history dating back over a century. It began as a suggestion for a public saltwater pool in 1896,…
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…
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,…
Millwall Open Air Pool
Opened in 1925, this pool stood within a walled enclosure 200′ x 90′ that also contained changing facilities and admin buildings and room for 200 swimmers. By the late 1930s,…
Eastville Park Lido
Eastville Park Lido was built as a scheme to relieve unemployment, and opened in 1907. It was at first obligatory for bathers to were full costumes when using the pool,…
Houndsfield Lido
Opened in 1927 and refurbished in 1935, when it re-opened it was the first outdoor pool to be named “lido”. The refurbishment cost £8,700 and this added a filtration plant,…