Tooting Bec Lido hosted the fourth UK Cold Water Swimming Championships on Saturday 22 January 2011, writes Andrea Nicholls.
Competitors from all over the UK and overseas started arriving from 7.30am. Volunteers from the South… read more
On the morning of 22 January there will be pretend icebergs floating in Tooting Bec Lido, as the 100-yard pool plays host to the UK’s Cold Water Swimming Championships, writes Andrew Ingamells. But the recent… read more
We asked you, our lovely readers, to tell us about your swimming achievements from the past year, and what an inspirational mailbag we received. Without further ado here are our favourites. Prepared to be inspired …
Rescue fly …… read more
Fancy a tramp through the snow to swim in an unheated lido? Our trusty outdoor swimming correspondent Phil Heath stepped up to the challenge. Here’s his report …
Since 2008, the Outdoor Swimming Society (OSS) have… read more
You may remember (or have been to see) the exhibition of photographs by Madeleine Waller that has been showing at London Fields Lido since the summer. Well, now these fantastic pictures are being… read more