Greswolde Lido
In 1935, the Bendall family purchased the Greswolde Arms (later Hotel) and set about creating an outdoor pool on the site of a bowling green. This was an important coaching…
St Mary’s Road Baths, Nuneaton
This pool started life as a pair of filter bed tanks appearing on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The first map showing them as baths is 1923. In July…
Manor House Open Air Sea Water Swimming Pool
This short-lived pool was designed, built and owned by Mr. F. W. Rogers, of Rogers Bros., builders, and contractors, of Felixstowe. The adjacent club was an existing building that had…
Pipers Vale
Pipers Vale and Broom Hill were built to replace the West End Baths (closed 1936), a more rustic pool that was a concern locally due to its potential to pollute…
Southampton Lido
The first record of a pool on this site was in 1854 when the Southampton Public Baths and Wash House Company promised an establishment to rival any in the country.…
Finchley Lido
A London lido with a spectacular children’s pool of almost the same dimensions. It was the first heated swimming pool in London but it never got above tepid temperatures. Finchley…
Richmond Baths aka Pools on the Park
The opening of a new swimming baths for Richmond came at a time when it was considered that the equipment, structure and machinery of the Parkshot Baths (Constructed 1891 and…
Tamworth Open Air Swimming Pool
Tamworths open air swimming pool was built to replace a Victorian indoor pool in the town centre. It was built in the grounds of Tamworth Castle. Whilst a relatively small…
Dunbar Swimming Pool
The first bathing pool at Bayswell Beach was built exclusively for ladies as part of the Dunbar Beach improvement scheme. Initially there was just a semi-natural pool filled by incoming…
Guildford Lido
Guildford Lido was constructed, as were many lidos, to provide work for locals. 90 men were employed initially, rising to 120 at the end of the project. The Mayor, William…