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…
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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…
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…
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…