Hitchin Swimming Pool
Built in 1938, the outdoor pool is a lido-style pool with a turquoise interior, Art Deco geometry, and a hexagonal tiered aerator. The pool is influenced by new design ideas,…
Southend Seawater Bathing Pool, aka Westcliff Open Air Pool
The first training venue for the City of Southend-on-Sea Swimming Club, this long pool running parallel with the shore was opened in 1915. Images of the pool almost look like…
Portished Open Air Pool
In May 1962, it was reported in the Bristol Evening post, that Portishead Urban Council plan to heat their new open-air swimming pool by pouring in boiling water – 3,000…
Derby Pool, Wallasey
This pool was very close to a much larger and fancier pool at New Brighton, just over 1.5 miles as the crow flies. The Derby Pool was intended for the…
Hilsea Lido aka Hilsea Lagoon
Currently undergoing a major multi million pound restoration, this 1935 lido will form part of the longest park in the UK when works are complete. Hilsea shares the record for…
Nantwich Brine Pool
Built on the back of the salt springs in the area, this pool was a replacement for the 1883 indoor brine baths built on the site of the Old Biot…
Victoria Park Lido London
Prior to the building of the lido, there were two substantial bathing ponds to the North East of the site. Even these have been absorbed and the ubiquitous splash pad…
Weston-super-Mare Open Air Pool
Typical late 1930’s seaside lido but with a stunning and unique diving board arrangement. Apparently, this was the highest diving board in the country at the time it was built.…
Folkestone Sea Water Bathing Pool
A heated sea water pool alongside the beach and forming part of a complex of buildings that included a boating lake, roller skating rink and the Rotunda Amusements that included…
Queens Pool, Bletchley
An unheated pool, funded laregely by public subscription. The pool had a plastic liner. In order to allow for shifting and subsidence, it had been left deliberately looser and slacker…