allthelidos (2025)

19/07/2025

Hayle Outdoor Swimming Pool, what an absolute delight! This 1960s pool still costs less than £4 for a swim — and it has slides! 🛝

The water here felt incredibly fresh and is heated, plus there are stunning views of the town as a pool backdrop. Did I mention there’s also some slides?! We made full use of these. Many. Many. Times.

I was so pleased to finally make it back to Hayle; we cycled past it on a few years ago but it was too early in the day to stop and I was devastated to miss it. But it was absolutely worth the return trip!

It’s only open until September, so make sure you head down here speedily!

27/05/2025

Good morning! I need to talk to you all about the ducks at pool 🦆 — first there were two and now there are three, sitting happily upon the tea shed!

I first visited the gorgeous Chagford Pool last year, which is upsettingly late given I grew up in Devon. It’s such a beautiful pool, fed with fresh river water that’s filtered with UV and minimal chlorine. They also have two ducks!

I was gifted my own duck from friends more than a decade ago, and he’s sat above my wardrobe at home for the most part, though you can see a few adventures with past me in this gallery.

When we spotted the two ducks last year, we decided we’d return to donate my duck, he’d never moved out of my childhood home (a Devon duck through and through) and I think my parents were perhaps keen on the clear out. He’s now happily settled in with his two new friends, overseeing the water — he’s on the far left.

If you’re passing by, you definitely won’t regret the swim. And please say hi to my duck!

24/05/2025

It's a Bank Holiday weekend, so it's finally time to reveal the badges for this year's British Summer Time Challenge! We are absolutely head-over-heels for these new designs from the incredible .prints, who returns as our artist for the third year running. Just look at those colours 😍

It's still not too late to join this year's challenge, with all swims counting from March 30 until October 26. The aim of the game is to visit as many unique swim spots as you can, to inspire what we like to call 'mini-adventures'. You don't need a bunch of cash and you don't need months off work — you just need a map and a day.

This year, as well as clocking up unique swim spots, you'll also be able to snag badges for swimming in the rain, stepping outside of your comfort zone, and giving some love to your local swim spot. And yes, these will be real, sew-on badges, just like you used to get in the Guides or the Scouts.

Just head to the link in our bio to take up your spot and start counting swims. You can also find tonnes of inspiration on our website, with a huge free list and map of lidos to get stuck into, even if you're not a challenge member. Any human-made spot counts; we're talking pools, lidos, docks, reservoirs, quarries... You name it!

Link to join: https://allthelidos.co.uk/take-three-the-british-summer-time-lido-challenge-is-open-for-entries/

15/05/2025

GUYS! It’s me! I’m in this month, who’ve very kindly featured my and the 🩵🏊

There’s now more than 170 publicly accessible outdoor pools, water parks, open water venues, and more on the map, which is free to use for everyone — just head to the link up in my bio. We count anything that’s human made, allows you to swim a length, and is open to the public without having to take out a membership. That’s why counts, which you can see as my backdrop to this picture!

Entries are also still open for this year’s too — it aims to inspire mini-adventures and support the sector by encouraging you to visit as many unique spots as possible before the end of October. In return, you get gorgeous sew-on badges, like you did at guides. Again, the link is in my bio and you’ll snag six badges!

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10/05/2025

Sometimes you want a swim, but it’s actually a waterpark with a castle that really hits different 🏰

Absolutely loved the session at this afternoon — there are two lakes here, with two separate courses, and as part of your session you get half an hour on each, which made the time fly by.

I climbed, I jumped, and I swam! There were trampolines, wrecking balls, balance boards, and everything in between.

Sadly, there aren’t open water sessions here but the lakes with the huge inflatables were enough! The lakes here are dyed like to make sure they’re clear and clean, and today the temperature was a toasty 15° and 16°C in each of the lakes and 23°C outside. Also, a massive shout out to the whole team for being so friendly, especially our lead lifeguard George, and the goat and turkeys!

05/05/2025

Absolute dream Bank Holiday Monday scenario, no notes.

(For the interests of transparency, I must point out that the sun only came out after we all got out, but hey, swimming in the rain is more fun).

28/04/2025

I NEED to share this sunset swim at from yesterday. Just look at the light! The sun! The colours! Of an evening! At 8pm! What a DREAM. Life is now just rinse and repeat. ☀️

23/04/2025

Did you know that is the joint-longest in the UK? Clocking in 91 metres, it's tied with Tooting Bec — and is an odd number because it was built to an original specification in imperial, 100 feet.

It was also built to recreate the river that runs next to it, the River Cam, hence the reason it's so long in the first place. So, on my recent visit this Easter Monday, I tried to grab some side-by-side comparison shots to see how much it looks like its watery sister. I also snapped a no-swimming sign too, because it's my favourite kind of picture to take and hate on.

I've taken one as a long shot and one from the side to swipe through and compare; it's actually the first time I've really felt how similar they are, especially with the banks on the side of the river built up. You also can't really see an end to the water in the pool when you look down the water.

As an aside, from May this gorgeous pool is open every day until 7pm! Book it and use it because it sure is a beauty 💕

21/04/2025

🗺️ THE LIDO MAP HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR 2025 🗺️

The Easter weekend, brilliant sunshine, and the desire for an adventure mean I've finally had time to give the and the a proper update! Both the map and the list are free to find and use on the website for your adventures!

You're able to search by type of venue (swimming pool, tidal pool, open water, water park), as well as if the venue is open seasonally vs year-round and if it's heated or not. As it stands, I now have 172 venues on the list — the more I swim, the more I seem to find...

I have a slightly looser definition of , but it's based on the amazing icons who put together the (a book everyone should own). Basically, I'm including anything that has human-made elements to it, that is publicly accessible without buying a membership, and you can swim some strokes in. This means we also welcome some open water venues in quarries and reservoirs, as well as some tidal pools that are no longer maintained, but are still swimmable.

Thank you so much to everyone who has flagged new spots to include; this update includes several human-made open water venues, as well as , which now offers one-off spa days, the natural swimming pool , and tidal pools like North Berwick and Three Shells Lagoon. It also switches the name at the wonderful and includes a very cool pool where the roof comes off at .

Please do let me know if I've missed anything and I'll get it added in 💕

Map: https://allthelidos.co.uk/map-of-all-the-outdoor-swimming-pools-and-lidos-in-the-uk-the-complete-list/
List: https://allthelidos.co.uk/all-the-outdoor-swimming-pools-and-lidos-in-the-uk-the-complete-and-updated-list/

20/04/2025

This could be the one photo I’ve ever taken where I’ve been happy with how the moon looks 🌙 Evening swims are light again!

18/04/2025

No swimming? Yes, swimming actually! 🏊

One of my favourite parts of running the is hearing people’s swim suggestions, so I can discover and share spots I didn’t know about before. This is a spot submitted by one of our early sign-ups — it just so happened we had a free day afterwards so we jumped straight in the car, I felt like a proper lido jetsetter 😅

Contrary to what the sign says, this is a public swim spot and you can book sessions — it’s near Leicester. It’s an old spring-fed quarry, so the water is crystal clear and a cool 10°C. It’s also known as the UK National Dive Centre, as people have been diving here since the ‘60s.

There are no loops and you’re literally sharing the water with the divers, and a tonne of stuff they’ve sunk for diving habitats. This includes a plane, a bus, a wooden boat, a Land Rover , and a bell. As swimmers, you can’t see any of it, but it’s cool to know it’s down there.

Entry was £10, but if you’re local you can sign up for a membership to bring that cost down to £6. This is definitely a spot for experienced outdoor swimmers only; there wasn’t a lifeguard or a system to check you in and out of the water, and you’re out of your depth immediately — which makes sense, as it’s for diving! I was also slightly aggrieved at the 20p for a shower.

All in all though, this is a beautiful spot — and it felt pretty special to be sharing it with fishes, buses, and divers. The opening hours are extensive and it’s well worth a visit.

12/04/2025

I need everyone to stop and look at Oasis this week 😍

It doesn’t get photographed this way quite so often as you see less pool — but I love that you can spot the old church and the huge office blocks, offset by the bright blue.

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