Avarack Pools aka Miners Pools
A series of pools cut into the rocks by the miners of Geevor in the 1930’s to bathe after their shift. Some sources claim that the pools are natural but…
open air pool
Sherwood and Carrington Swimming pool aka Carrington Lido
This open-air pool was built on the site of an old tram depot and was one of two pools opened on the same day in the Nottingham area. The other…
Bulwell Swimming Pool aka Bulwell Lido
This open-air pool was one of two pools opened on the same day in the Nottingham area. The other was the Sherwood and Carrington Swimming Pool. The website contains an…
Ramsgate Marina Bathing Pool
The Ramsgate Marina Pool was more of a complex of entertainment than just a pool. It contained a boating lake, rooftop car park and later an ice-skating rink. One of…
Minehead Bathing Pool
Mr Geoffrey Luttrell proposed the idea of an outdoor pool to the Council at Minehead after they offered businesses the chance to acquire land on the Eastern seafront. After some…
Blue Wave Swimming Pool, Diss
The Blue Wave Swimming Pool was privately built by Bellpools Ltd from Wattisfield, a building company run by a Mr BW Belcher. Construction began at the end of January 1953,…
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…