Northcroft Lido
Recently re-opened shorter but still a 50m pool with additional facilities to encourage use. Open during the summer months, Northcroft Lido is heated and now has a splash pad and…
Peckham Rye Bathing Pool
The pool dates from 1923 and was demolished circa 1987. The only evidence remaining is the aerator which is in poor shape. Unusually it is not enclosed as is the…
Hunstanton Lido
Hunstanton’s open air pool was opened in 1928 and was known as the ‘Blue Lagoon’. The pool was to be demolished to make was for a new indoor swimming and…
Brockwell Park Open Air Swimming Pool
One of London’s better-known outdoor pools having been features on TV programmes and had various attempts to revive it before finally being refurbished and now open again. The pool originally…
Barking Open Air Pool
A 1930’s pool in Barking Park. Left derelict for many years but eventually filled in and the pool area converted to a childrens splash park. Current images suggest parts of…
Whipps Cross Lido
My childhood lido and I have fond memories of the concrete tank that scratched your feet and was painted but a bit flaky. The surrounding terraces were huge and always…
Helensburgh Swimming Pool
Replaced with an indoor pool in the 1970’s then a new leisure centre built on the old site, the outdoor pool at Helensburgh was on a prominent position on the…
Twickenham Open Air Swimming Baths
Name Twickenham Open Air Swimming BathsThe Embankment, Twickenham, London, TW1 3DX, England Coordinates 51°26’43.7″N 0°19’41.8″W Opened 4th May 1935 Cost £19,000 Dimensions 165′ x 55′ Capacity UK gallons 305,000 Water…