Swim News The Brockwell Swim 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.
Raising money for the RNLI
Our four brave relay teams are training hard to take on one of the world’s toughest endurance events: swimming the English Channel. Leaving the comfort of their local pool at Brockwell Lido, each swimmer will face choppy seas, strong tides and icy water, taking turns to swim one hour at a time across the 20½ […]
Yellow is the colour of Sunrays.
We have added another colour to our ever extending range of swim caps. This time a lovely Summer yellow which will be particularly useful for our Channel trainees where yellow caps are the traditional relay colour. All our caps are made from high quality silicon which is both stretchy, hard wearing and durable. They come […]
Spring Relays 2025
Brockwell Lido came alive with energy, competition, and community spirit as the Brockwell Spring Club Relays returned for a thrilling hour of racing. From 8pm to 9pm on Thursday, 29th May, the iconic open-air pool played host to over 120 swimmers from nine local swimming and triathlon clubs who brought their A-game and plenty of […]
Mid-Summer Mayhem
The Tooting Mid-Summer Relays are happening again on Wednesday 18th June from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Always good fun, if rather chaotic. Brockwell Swimmers have booked three teams of 4 members, so twelve swimmers in total needed. Each member will take it in turns to swim four lengths of this 100 yard length pool. Epic! Cost […]
Boat Number Four!
We have just added a fourth boat, the Louise Jane II, to this year’s club Channel Relays: • Connemara, skippered by Kevin Sherman CSA, for the neap tide on Friday 19th July. • Connemara, skippered by Kevin Sherman CSA, for the neap tide on Sunday 20th. • Gallivant, skippered by Mike Oram CS&PF, 27th September […]
Winning Silver for Team Brockwell
It’s been a great month for Brockwell Swimmers, winning second place twice; both at the Tooting Spring Relays on Sunday 16th March and at the Stock Exchange Spring Relays, Porchester Baths, Wednesday 19th March. This is all good preparation for our own Spring Relays happening Thursday evening 29th May (swimmers needed).
Tooting Spring Gala 2025
The South London Swimming club SLSC has again invited Brockwell Swimmers to their annual Spring Gala at Tooting Lido on Sunday 16th March and we are looking for swimmers of all ages and abilities to take part. Races start prompt at 10am and finish around 11:30am. These one width relays are always good fun, joining […]
Spring and Summer Club Relays 2025
The Brockwell Swimmers club will be holding our usual invitation relays for clubs from around London happening Thursday 29th May and Thursday 24th July, both 8pm to 9pm. These are more of a fun social event rather than competative and we are keen for as many Lido swimmers to be represented as possible, whatever your […]