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.
Channel Relay Season has Started
Brockwell Swimmer’s first Channel relay team Jellyfish & Jetsam got off to a dramatic start when their swim slot was brought forward 24 hours. The team, Sarah, Emily, Gemma, Ben and David, were dining in Folkestone when the confirmation finally came: green light. They were swimming in eight hours. Meeting their pilot Kevin and crew […]
Lido Channel Challenge 2025
To accompany our four Club Crossings, Brockwell Swimmers will be attempting to swim a matching Channel distance at Brockwell Lido on the morning of Saturday 16th August. This will be a combined swim with a goal of reaching a total distance of 21 miles, which measures 676 lengths of the lido. How many of these […]
Strong Swims and Summer Vibes
Three teams from Brockwell Swimmers dived into action at the South London Swimming Club’s Midsummer Relays, held at the iconic Tooting Bec Lido on 18th June 2025. While we didn’t bring home any medals this time, the event was a fantastic celebration of team spirit, summer swimming and community competition. The teams faced stiff competition […]
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 […]