Brockwell Lido The Brockwell Swimmers club is based at Brockwell Lido; an unheated open-air Lido in Herne Hill, South London, SE24. The pool is open all year for both Winter and Summers swimming. Challenging during the colder months and blissful on a hot sunny day. The Brockwell Swimmers club was formed in January 2016 by a group of Lido users keen to see more swimming activities at this historic South London landmark. The aims and objectives of the Club are to promote participation of the whole community in the sport of swimming. We work to facilitate and encourage the teaching, development and practice of good swimming both at the pool and open water. We also work with Lambeth Council and Fusion Management to ensure the continued accessibility of this public facility for the local community. As well as events at the Lido, the club organises indoor Water Polo and Swim Sessions at local indoor pools, as well as taking part in national and international club events and swims. We also organise Summer walk/swims, club socials and liaise with other swimming clubs.
Stock Exchange Races July 2017
With so many Summer swimming events happening, July was a busy time for Team Brockwell and included an invitation from Tooting Lido to take part in the annual Stock Exchange Races. We first entered two teams for the 4 x 4 Relays on Wednesday evening 19th, where we actually didn’t come last! We must be […]
I say Lido, you say Lido
Brockwell swimmers headed down to East Sussex on Saturday 23rd July for our third swim walk of the year. First stop was the beautiful Pells Pool on the outskirts of Lewes. This 46 metre fresh water pool is a lido lovers dream. The water was clear, fresh and (allegedly) 22°C on this particular morning. Curiously, […]
Heading for the Heath 20th August
We’re off for our annual August stroll round Hampstead Heath on Sunday the 20th, starting at Parliament Hill Lido, a splash at the mixed pond, and finishing with a glorious swim at the mens or ladies pond. Meet outside Brixton Tube Station at 10am. We then travel to to Kentish Town, via Victoria and Northern […]
Winter Water Polo Coach needed
OK there is good news and bad news for Winter Water Polo. GOOD NEWS – we’ve found an indoor pool which we can hire every Sunday 4:30pm to 5:30pm in Streatham, September to December. BAD NEWS – we need to find a qualified Water Polo coach and a certified Life Guard. Can you help? Please […]
Henley Classic 2017
On Sunday 25th June eight brave Brockwell Swimmers headed for Henley to complete the dawn, laser beamed, 2.1Km, upstream, mad-for-it, Thames swim. Bit of a shock to the system waking up at that unearthly hour, but at least the roads were clear and after just one hour of driving we were there. Very quickly marshaled […]
Pells Pool to Saltdean Swim/Walk
Make a note in your diary for a coast swim/walk on Saturday 22nd July. We’ll be taking the 9:17am train from London Victoria to Lewes for a swim at the charming Pells Pool lido. Suitably refreshed we’ll then be taking an 9 mile walk along the South Downs Way to the newly re-opened Saltdean Lido. […]
Tooting Relay Results
The results are in from the Tooting Mid-Summer Relays and our two Teams Brockwell thankfully, despite tradition, did not come last! In fact we came a respectful 12th and 16th out of 22 in our age categories. Well done Gillian , Alexandra, Timothy, David, Kathryn, Paola, Sabrina and Peter for swimming the 4 lengths each […]
Hastings and all that…
Following a thankful change in weather forecast, Brockwell Swimmers headed for a sunny Hastings to complete the first of our four Walk Swims 2017. The group met at platform 12 St Pancras (some only just making the train) and headed for Three Oaks station via Ashford International to start walk number 25 from the Wild […]