Millwall Open Air Pool
Opened in 1925, this pool stood within a walled enclosure 200′ x 90′ that also contained changing facilities and admin buildings and room for 200 swimmers. By the late 1930s,…
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Eastville Park Lido
Eastville Park Lido was built as a scheme to relieve unemployment, and opened in 1907. It was at first obligatory for bathers to were full costumes when using the pool,…
Houndsfield Lido
Opened in 1927 and refurbished in 1935, when it re-opened it was the first outdoor pool to be named “lido”. The refurbishment cost £8,700 and this added a filtration plant,…
Abbey Fields Outdoor Pool aka Kenilworth Lido
A pool with a long history on an historic site, it finally closed and was demolished in 2021 after a long battle by a local campaign group. The first swimming…
Faversham Pools
A public fundraising campaign was launched in 1957 to make a long-held wish to have a pool in the area a reality. The target was £9,500. A gift of land…
Hitchin Swimming Pool
Built in 1938, the outdoor pool is a lido-style pool with a turquoise interior, Art Deco geometry, and a hexagonal tiered aerator. The pool is influenced by new design ideas,…
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…
Portished Open Air Pool
In May 1962, it was reported in the Bristol Evening post, that Portishead Urban Council plan to heat their new open-air swimming pool by pouring in boiling water – 3,000…
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…
Nantwich Brine Pool
Built on the back of the salt springs in the area, this pool was a replacement for the 1883 indoor brine baths built on the site of the Old Biot…