Challenge yourself in 2023 with a wealth of UK open water swimming events, wet suit or skins. Click on an event title for more information:
1 mile 3 miles 5 miles – Dover Kent
| Sun Jan 01 | skin/wetsuit | New Years Day Swim – Salford Quays Salford |
| Sun Jan 01 | skin/wetsuit | New Years Day Dook – Dundee Fife |
| Sun 14 May | skin/wetsuit | BLDSA Thrybergh Country Park – 1km 3km 5m – Thrybergh Country Park Rotherham South Yorkshire |
| Sat 20 May | skin/wetsuit | Greater Manchester Swim! – 1 mile 500m 3 miles – Salford Quays Salford |
| Sat 20 May | skin/wetsuit | Keswick Mountain Festival Derwent Swims – 750m 1500m 3.6km – Keswick Cumbria |
| Sat 27 May | skin/wetsuit | Castle Swim Series – Lough Cutra Castle – 1 mile 2.5km 5km – Gort Co. Galway |
| Sat 03 Jun | skin/wetsuit | The BIG Bala Swim – 1.5km 4.5km 9km – Bala Gwynedd |
| Sun 04 Jun | skin/wetsuit | Jubilee River Swim – 10km – Windsor Berks |
| Fri-Sun 09-11 Jun | skin/wetsuit | Great North Swim – 250m 1/2 mile 1 mile 2 miles 5km 10km – Windermere Cumbria |
| Sat-Sun 10-11 Jun | skin/wetsuit | Shepperton 24hr Relay Swim – Teams of 1 to 8 swimmers – Shepperton Lake, TW17 |
| Sat 10 Jun | skin/wetsuit | Bradford-on-Avon Slow Swim and Picnic – 1.7km – Bradford-on-Avon Wiltshire |
| Sat 10 Jun | skin/wetsuit | BLDSA Wykeham Lake (near Scarborough) Night Swim – 5km – Scarborough N. Yorks |
| Sun 11 Jun | skin/wetsuit | BLDSA Wykeham Lake (near Scarborough) – 1km 3km 5km – Scarborough N. Yorks |
| Sun 11 Jun | skin | YeAABA Club Single Tay – 1 mile – Dundee Fife |
| Sat 17 Jun | skin/wetsuit | Champion of Champions – 1, 3 or 5 miles – Dover Harbour |
| Sat 17 Jun | skin/wetsuit | Castle Swim Series – 1 mile, 2.5km or 5km – Cholmondeley Castle, Malpas Cheshire |
| Sun 18 Jun | skin/wetsuit | 4k Lock to Lock Swim – 4km – Eynsham Witney Oxon |
| Sat Sun 24-25 Jun | skin/wetsuit | Coniston Chillswim – 5.25 miles – Lake Coniston |
| Sun 25 Jun | skin/wetsuit | Selkie Henley Classic – 2.1km – Henley-on-Thames Oxon |
| Sun 25 Jun | skin/wetsuit | Swim Long Eton Dorney – 2.5km 3.8km 5km 10km – Eton Windsor Berks |
| Sat Sun 01-02 Jul | skin/wetsuit | BLDSA Bala (North Wales) – 3km 2km 1km 6 miles 3 miles – Bala Gwynedd |
| Sat 08 Jul | skin/wetsuit | Bantham Swoosh – 1km or 6km – Bantham, Devon |
| Sat 08 Jul | skin/wetsuit | MediaCityUK Swim Challenge – 1,500m 5km 10km 15km – Salford Quays Salford |
| Sat 08 Jul | skin | BLDSA Torbay – 4 miles 8 miles – Torquay Devon |
| Sat 08 Jul |
skin/wetsuit | Cambridge Slow Swim and Picnic – 2.5km – Grantchester Cambridge |
| Sat 08 Jul | skin/wetsuit | The BIG Welsh Swim – 1.3km 3km 6km 9km – Llanberis Gwynedd |
| Sun 09 Jul | skin/wetsuit | Henley Swim Festival – 1 mile 200m 800m – Henley-on-Thames Oxon |
| Sun 09 Jul | skin/wetsuit | Hever Castle Festival of Endurance – 1.9km 3.8km 10km – Hever Edenbridge Kent |
| Thu 20 Jul | skin/wetsuit | SwimRutland TowerSwim – 2km – Whitwell Oakham Rutland |
| Sat 22 Jul | skin | BLDSA Coniston – 5.25 miles – Coniston Cumbria |
| Sat 22 Jul | wetsuit | Pier2Pier Sea Swim – 1.8 miles – Sandown Isle of Wight |
| Sat 22 Jul | skin/wetsuit | Castle Swim Series – Castle Howard – 1 mile 2.5km 5km – York N. Yorks |
| Sat 22 Jul | skin/wetsuit | Club to Pub – 1.5km – Henley-on-Thames Oxon |
| Sun 23 Jul | skin/wetsuit | Swim the Solent – 2.5-3 miles – Solent |
| Sun 23 Jul | skin | BLDSA Coniston Short Course – 3.85 miles – Coniston Cumbria |
| Sun 30 Jul | skin | Herne Bay Pier to Pier – 750m, 1.5km or 3km – Herne Bay, Kent |
| Sun 06 Aug | skin/wetsuit | SwimRutland – Mini 2km 4km 8km – Whitwell Oakham Rutland |
| Sun 06 Aug | skin/wetsuit | 10k Lock to Lock Swim – 10km – Eynsham Witney Oxon |
| Sat 12 Aug | skin | BLDSA Ullswater – 7 miles – The Pier House Glenridding Cumbria |
| Sun 13 Aug | skin/wetsuit | BLDSA Derwentwater – 2 miles 5 miles – Keswick Cumbria |
| Sun 13 Aug | skin/wetsuit | Thames Marathon – Bridge to Bridge – 5.5km 13km – Henley-on-Thames Oxon |
| Sun 13 Aug | skin/wetsuit | Dedham Vale Mill 2 Mill Slow Swim and Picnic – 2.3km – Dedham Essex |
| Sat 19 Aug | skin/wetsuit | Beat The Tide 4K – 2km – Aberdyfi, Wales |
| Sat 20 Aug | skin/wetsuit | The Dyfi 13K – 13km – Aberdyfi, Wales |
| Sat-Sun 26-27 Aug | skin | BLDSA Loch Lomond – 1km 21.6 miles – Arrochar Argyll |
| Sat 02 Sep | skin/wetsuit | Aquasphere Chillswim – 11 miles – Lake Windermere |
| Sat 02 Sep | skin/wetsuit | BLDSA St Mary’s Loch – 1km 3.25 miles 6.5 miles – Selkirk Scottish Borders |
| Sat 02 Sep | wetsuit | SwimRutland NightSwim – 250m 600m – Whitwell Oakham Rutland |
| Date TBC | skin/wetsuit | Oxford Mile – 1 mile – Oxford Oxon |
| Sat 09 Sep | skin | BLDSA Windermere – 10.5 miles – Newby Bridge Cumbria |
| Sat 09 Sep | skin/wetsuit | Box End 24hr Swim Relay – 2.5km 3.8km 5km 10km – Box End Park, Bedford |
| Sat 23 Sep | skin/wetsuit | Serpentine Swim – .5, 1 or 2 miles – Serpentine, London |
| Sat 23 Sep | skin/wetsuit | Castle Swim Series – Hever Castle – 1 mile 2.5km 5km – Hever Edenbridge Kent |
| Sun 24 Sep | skin/wetsuit | Swim Long Eton Dorney – 2.5km 3.8km 5km 10km – Eton Windsor Berks |