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.
Totally Thames Swim 3rd Sept
A rare opportunity to enjoy a group Thames Swim in the tidal part of the river with escort craft, organised by Totally Thames. Swimmers will enter the water 10-15 minutes before high tide and be helped upstream along Chiswick Mall by the current. After the tide turns, you will return round the Chiswick Eyot on the […]
A SLSC Thames Mile
On Friday evening, 17th July, Brockwell Swimmers joined the South London Swimming Club SLSC (Tooting Bec Lido) to swim their annual Thames Mile from Kingston Bridge to Teddington. This was a first for many, and luckily the conditions were perfect. The event has been running on and off since 1922 and is now exceedingly well organised […]
Cold Water Swimming Gala 22nd November
The Brockwell Cold Water Swimming Gala held on 8th February proved such a success we have put in an application to hold another on Sunday 22nd November. This is a much better month to run the event as the water will be a little warmer and this is also a less hectic time of year in the cold […]
Kings Cross Pond Revisited
Looking for an excuse to revisit Kings Cross Pond, we booked a place on the Festival of Architecture Tour “Of Soil and Water” to find out a little more about London’s newest aquatic experience. Richard Meier (Argent Property Developers) led the walk explaining the site’s Victorian past and plans for the future. There was even a hint that the pool, like the […]
Tooting Lido Swimming Relays
An incredible turn out for the Mid Summer Relays at Tooting Bec Lido Swimming on Wednesday night. A total of 34 teams, each 4 strong, swam four lengths each, 16 in total. The strange thing though is the third swimmer actually does the last length. Weird maths. Brockwell Swimmers entered two teams: one in the 100-150 […]
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Kings Cross Pond preview
Thanks to Calum Hudson (@EdenSwim), and Allan Rae at Fusion Lifestyles, some of us lucky Brockwell Swimmers got an early dip at the new Kings Cross Pond. Meeting at the station we headed north not really knowing where the pool was. However, us swimmers must have a nose for water and managed to stumble across the […]
Caitlin Davies reads at the Lido Café
The inspirational Caitlin Davies will be reading from her excellent book Down Stream (reviewed earlier) at the Lido Café on Monday 27th July, 7pm to 8pm. Free entry on a first come basis. Signed copies of the book will also be available for purchase. The talk will also include slides and illustrations from bygone days on the […]