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…
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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…
New Brighton Open Air Pool
This huge pool had a number of supporting buildings including six shops and a drying room for people that had fallen into the pool by accident. In February 1935, Baths…
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…