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.
Tooting Gala 8th March- call for swimmers
We have been invited to make up a team for the annual Tooting Bec Lido Spring Invitation Gala 2015 happening Sunday 8th March at 10am. Having proved ourselves competent swimmers at our very own Gala, surely this is a challenge we cannot refuse?! The event is free to enter and will start prompt at 10am moving […]
A Glorious Brockwell Gala
A huge thanks to everyone who came to Sunday’s first Brockwell Lido Cold Water Swimming Gala, and what a truly brilliant day it proved to be. The sun shone splendidly on our glorious blue pool and to start proceedings our very own Clive Broadbent swam a length wearing his now famous Dalek hat to the […]
A Wonderful days swimming in Windermere
Despite the threats of the wrong snow on the line all our Brockwell Swimmers managed to make it to Lake Windermere for a weekend of glorious cold water swimming at Chill Swim 2015. The event was very well organised with a tight schedule making sure nobody was hanging around getting cold: • 8:45am – 450m Endurance Swim • 11:15am […]
Big Jump Day 12th July
Sunday 12th July 2015 is the 10th anniversary of the European Big Jump – a River Swimming Day where tens of thousands of swimmers across Europe will be take a ‘Big Jump’ into their rivers and lakes at the same time, on the same day (2pm, BST). For the fifth year running the Outdoor Swimming […]
Them crazy Cold Water Belgians
Great meeting Marc Hennau and his band of bonkers Belgians who were visiting Brockwell during the Tooting Swimming Championship weekend. Here is the poster for their mad river swim in Hoy across the River Meuse on 22nd February.
Lake Windermere – Big Chill
Back for more! ‘THE BIG CHILL SWIM 1000’ The Chillswim team are pleased to announce that on Sunday 1st February 2015 we will be hosting our second ‘Big Chill Swim 1000’. This is a 1000m non-wetsuit swim and will be open to experienced cold water swimmers only. Entries are now closed. Please note that the Big Chill Swim […]
Brockwell Lido Gala 8th Feb.
Brockwell Lido’s very first Cold Water Swimming Gala February 8th. * * * * Free Entry for all Spectators * * *