Kings Meadow Baths aka Thames Lido
Strictly speaking this entry should be for the Ladies Open Air Baths but I am including information for the adjacent and earlier mens pool that is now filled in. The…
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Parliament Hill Fields Lido
This lido was the 12th and most expensive (£34,000) of the 13 built by the London County Council (LCC) between the early 1920’s and 1939 and thus represents the ultimate…
South Bay Bathing Pool Scarborough
Originally constructed just after the outbreak of WWI, various facilities were added including a cafe and spectator seating in 1916. Significant additions were made in the 1930’s at a cost…
Chagford Swimming Pool
This is a community-run pool that is on land gifted by the Hayter-Hames family. Name Chagford Swimming PoolRushford, Chagford, Devon, TQ13 8DA Built / opened 1933 Cost Dimensions 100′ x…
South Shore Open Air Bath
Stunning buildings and pool with columns and a magnificent domed entrance. The concourse measured a third of a mile. The scene of beauty contests, swimming galas and host to half…
North Bay Bathing Pool aka Northsteads Lido
North Bay Bathing Pool, opened in July 1938 and has had numerous iterations before its final closure. In 1984 the site was redeveloped and rebranded as Waterscene, and a £500,000…
Wandsworth Open Air Pool
One of a number of baths in the London Borough of Wandsworth, the open air pool followed two new enclosed baths built in the 1930’s. I can well imagine the…
Oasis Holborn
This site has a long history of pools, both indoor and outdoor plus public washouses and laundries. It has been altered and refurbished a number of times. The data in…
Gladstone Park Open Air Pool
Shaped like a kidney bean, this pool was opened in 1903 by Lord Aberdeen. All the construction work, which commenced on 2 March 1903, was carried out by the Engineer’s…
Bude Sea Pool
Built in the 1920s as a safe haven for holidaymakers and locals to enjoy the benefits of sea swimming in a calm and sheltered way. The architecture of the sea…