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 opened…
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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…
Troedyrhiw Lido
The lido was proposed as a scheme to help the Troedyrhiw community during a time of high unemployment, with funds for materials provided by Mr & Mrs Threipland, Llanishen, of…
Lister Park, Bradford
Opened in 1915, this was a popular pool in a beautiful setting in Lister Park, situated betweeen the Botanical Gardens and tennis courts. The pool did not comply with new…
Portobello Bathing Pool
Nicknamed the Porty, one of it’s claims to fame is that Sean Connery was a lifeguard here in the 1950’s. The pool had a wave making machine installed at a…
Southport Sea Bathing Lake
Sandwiched between a huge lake and the sea, this pool is almost dwarfed by its surroundings. The model yacht pond close by was bigger than many lidos. A walkway led…
Cleethorpes Bathing Pool
To date, the pool with the largest capacity of water in the database at a staggering 2,000,000 gallons. It opened unofficially in 1923 and saw use for two seasons before…
Spalding Open Air Swimming Pool
The pool was opened on 10th July 1935. There were 2 open balconies on either side of the pool with changing rooms below. One balcony was closed for years (male…
High Wycombe Open Air Swimming Pool aka Holywell Mead aka Wycombe Rye Lido
A 1950’s lido saved by a local campaign and built on the site of a Roman villa. Apparently it is still there, under the pool. The pool on Holywell Mead…