Please enjoy the sound of a cool lido on a hot summer’s day. ☺️ This clip is from Shap Pool, one of a cluster of five volunteer-run village lidos in Cumbria’s Eden Valley. Find them on our Lido Map, here www.futurelidos.org/lido-map
Future Lidos
@future-lidos.bsky.social
Lido project leaders pooling resources to bring the joy of outdoor pool swimming to more communities across the UK & Ireland | DM to join. www.futurelidos.org
"As the country and the world heat up, access to safe swimming may come to seem more of a necessity than ever.” www.newstatesman.com/culture/life...
How Britain can cool off
It's time to clean up our waters, and bring back the water cure
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i wrote a piece for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on the importance of access to clean, safe bathing waters! 🌊💦🌞 www.newstatesman.com/culture/life...
Thanks to Greg Rosen and The Fabian Society for this excellent paper, just published, which argues for lidos for all and sets out a possible road map. As @andyburnham.bsky.social said yesterday, 'Let's make it happen'. fabians.org.uk/wp-content/u...
In The People’s Pools, @gregrosen.bsky.social sets out how to fund and deliver new and restored lidos. To find out more about how we can create tangible community assets and strengthen local democracy and “pride in place”, read the full pamphlet below 👇 fabians.org.uk/publication/...
The people's pools | Fabian Society
Fabian Society
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How can Labour revive the lido? 🏊 In the 1930s, the Labour-led lido programme showed that municipal socialism could create popular infrastructure and political credibility. After a sweltering week, it’s time to renew that legacy.
The wonderful @lidobrynaman.bsky.social project is running a survey, not only for the local community but for potential visitors, until midnight on Saturday 4th July. Please take a few minutes to share your views and support the regeneration of this precious South Wales lido. tinyurl.com/4tz3bn7s
Bath Brynaman — Outdoor Pool Redevelopment Consultation
Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.
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Happy Solstice! 🌞 All over the country, lidos are celebrating with sunrise, twilight and sunset swims, and Hathersage Pool is open for 24hrs, from 3am today till 3am tomorrow. Here’s a selection of pix from this morning, starting with Cirencester…
🏖️ ONLINE TALK! Twentieth Century Seaside Architecture in Wales: Pools, Piers & Pleasure with Dr Kathryn Ferry — 10th June 2025, 6.30pm. Join us for a tour along Wales's seafronts exploring how Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Brutalism shaped our resort architecture. Tickets: buff.ly/zBU9WpK
As May comes to a close, so does our #SplashSafely campaign, aimed at keeping families and children safe around water in gardens. Remember to download our FREE resources to get your child engaged in water safety from a young age: www.rlss.org.uk/splash-safely-at-home-downloadable-resources
This sounds like an amazing challenge which highlight swimming sites and communities. Hopefully we see Adam at some iconic outdoor pools as he pursues his father David's world record. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimmi...
David Wilkie's son chasing his iconic world record time from 1976 Montreal Olympics
Adam Wilkie, a marketing manager and the son of Olympic swimming champion David, is chasing his father's world record time in his memory.
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This new issue includes a feature on the revitalisation of Plymouth’s magnificent Tinside Lido. This has brought out the Art Deco beauty of the pool and building, introduced great new facilities for visitors and the community, and, best of all, deeply involved the city’s young people. 🩵
Outdoor Swimmer Magazine@outdoorswimmer.com · 4mo agoOur April issue is a celebration of city swimming! 💙 www.outdoorswimmershop.com/collections/...
19th March 2021 Jesus Green Lido is one of Europe's longest outdoor swimming pools and five years ago it was being filled with water for the new season. It took nearly a whole week for it to fill.
On a top 10 of really hard to understand things that previous generations did, demolishing the lidos is up there with ripping out fireplaces to put in three bar electric heaters. This one would have been five minutes' walk from my house.
The lost north London lido that's now a garden centre
The Bounds Green lido was built in the 1930s but closed in 1988 and is now the Sunshine Garden Centre.
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Back in 2023 I wrote about the opportunity presented by outdoor pools as part of the UK leisure estate. Distinctive places across the country which are much loved. theconversation.com/a-brief-hist...
A brief history of British lidos – and new hope for their return to glory
The boom of lido construction in the 20th century was part of the post war public works programme, which aimed to create jobs and promote health.
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The transformation of Royal Victoria Dock West will create one of the city’s most exciting new public spaces. Cleaning up the waterway is a major opportunity for Newham, and for Londoners’ access to blue spaces.
Floating park, lido and housing proposed for Victoria Dock West
Early proposals include a focus on swimming, alongside a wellness centre with a sauna and spa.
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Fantastic news to see a new lease agreed which saves the wonderful Stanhope Pool. Fundraising needed to modernise before its open again. It's a vibrant community site of joy which is bound to get plenty of support! www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2579704...
🎄✨ The Otley Xmas Tree Festival starts tomorrow at noon! Come and find our Friends of Otley Lido tree — Number 13, on the left side as you face the altar. We’ve decorated with heritage photos of the Lido in its heyday 💙 Free entry, music, and plenty of festive cheer — come support your local groups!
If you’re in Otley for the Victorian Fair - come for a warming drink and hear about our campaign to re-open Otley Lido www.otleylido.com
Looking forward to hosting the Xmas @future-lidos.bsky.social monthly online gathering tomorrow. Significant progress as schemes appear and progress. Much more work and support needed to accelerate and meet the public demand for healthy, accessible, joyous community spaces. Lets get them built!
Please share with your Waterford friends and family. @swimireland.bsky.social @future-lidos.bsky.social #FutureLidos #SwimmingCuresAll #LidoCork
EVENT / DIGWYDDIAD 🏛️ Buildings for Sport & Leisure 6: The Social Role of Sports Buildings in Wales / Rôl Gymdeithasol Adeiladau Chwaraeon yng Nghymru 📅 27 November, 6.30pm 📍 The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London or online via Zoom 🔗 buff.ly/g0bh9Lt
EVENT: C20’s Autumn Lecture Series on Sports Architecture continues with Mike Hall, partner at FaulknerBrowns, exploring the practice’s pioneering and playful work on Leisure Centres. 🗓️ Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm 📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online 🎟️ Book Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🚨 Calling all lido lovers! Have you got 2 mins? The campaign for a lido at Dublin's George's Dock is out for public consultation. Please show your support by completing this short survey, and help get Dubliners (and us visitors!) the lido they deserve. engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
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Nearly the 20th anniversary of the Reviving Lidos conference, which celebrated London Fields Outdoor Pool reopening, having been closed for 18 years. A movement started in the 90s as pools started closing in numbers continues through @future-lidos.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/society/2006...
Tide turns as the lido is born again
A new thirst for healthy living is leading to a rebirth of the open air pool.
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EVENT: Announcing our 2025 Autumn Lecture Series: Buildings for Sport and Leisure. From lidos to skateparks, lesiure centres to stadia, the Olympics and more! Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx... See full calendar below 👇🏼
Thanks to Swim England for a wonderful Dip at the Docks alongside the Labour Conference in Liverpool today. It was great to meet MPs Katie White and Simon Opher - both passionate supporters of their local lidos and of #LidosForAll.
