Coate Water Swimming Pool and Diving Platform
This is a tale of three separate and distinct structures in and around the Coate Water that was built as a feeder reservoir for the Wiltshire and Berkshire canal. These…
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La Vallette Bathing Pools
The first pool of the four at La Vallette was the Horseshoe, built in 1844, to compensate locals for reduced swimming facilities when the harbour at St Peter Port was…
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…
Tumbling Bay Bathing Place
The Tumbling Bay bathing area is formed of two constructed concrete bathing areas, with steps, fed by the River Thames via the Bulstake stream with weirs at each end. It…
Saltcoats Tidal Bathing Pool
A bathing station has been on or around this site since the 1880’s. In April 1907 Saltcoats Town Council agreed to build a tidal bathing pool in Winton Circus. It…
Dovercourt Bathing Pool
This pool of unfiltered sea water was filled every two weeks at high tide. In 1963 the pool was closed at the end of the season for major refurbishment costing…
Trinkie Outdoor Sea-Water Pool, Wick
The Trinkie is a natural sea-water pool in Wick, Scotland, with a history dating back over a century. It began as a suggestion for a public saltwater pool in 1896,…
Devil’s Point Tidal Pool
Only a short distance from Tinside Lido, this tidal pool has long been used as a free place to learn to swim. During 2018 the pool suffered from dilapidation. Local…
Dancing Ledge
Designed by Thomas Pellatt. He was the headmaster of a local prep school and had a quarryman blast the pool to ensure that pupils were not denied the chance of…
Chapel Rock Tidal Pool
Constructed in the rocks by Messrs. E Thomas & Co and funded by local donations and support from the Perranzabuloe Parish Council. Name Chapel Rock Tidal PoolPerranporth Beach, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall,…