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.
Smashing our Channel Goal
On Saturday 12th August Brockwell Swimmers started our Channel Challenge by attempting to swim the same distance collectively at the Lido (this is before our five person relay team who will be swimming Dover to France on Monday). Fusion kindly supplied a lane for the event and swimmers started at 9am with a deadline of […]
Our best Club Relays yet.
Another great evening was had at Brockwell Lido on 20th July with our annual Summer Club Relays. This was our greatest number of participating clubs yet which included Clapham Chasers, Crystal Palace Triathletes, Out to Swim, Serpentine Swim, Serpentine Triathletes, Spencer Swim Club, Tri London, Windrush and ourselves Brockwell Swimmers. The races started prompt at […]
Channel Challenge 2023
This year Brockwell Swimmers will again be attempting to swim the English Channel as a five person relay to raise money for charity. Are you up for the challenge? We have booked the Connemara, skippered by Kevin Sherman, for the neap tide 14th August. This is a prime slot to swim but if the weathers […]
Open Water Swimming 2023
Challenge yourself in 2023 with a wealth of UK open water swimming events, wet suit or skins. Click on an event title for more information: 1 mile 3 miles 5 miles – Dover Kent Sun Jan 01 skin/wetsuit New Years Day Swim – Salford Quays Salford Sun Jan 01 skin/wetsuit New Years Day Dook – Dundee Fife […]
Winter Wooly Warmers
Keep you bonce warm this Winter with our fabulously soft Brockwell Swimmers Beanies and Bobble Caps in blue and red. These 100% acrylic knits are guaranteed to insulate your head from the worst of our British weather and keep away that wretched post-swim brain freeze. Click across to our Shopping Page to order yours online […]
We Swam the Channel!
On Thurday 22nd October 2022 four club members attempted to swim the English Channel from Dover to France to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, RNLI, aboard the good ship Gallivant skippered by Mike Oram. You can find our fund raising page at gofund.me/743e3194. The original date should have been the end July […]
Swimming the Channel for the RNLI
Do you want to join us in making a difference? Brockwell Swimmers club will be swimming a five person relay Dover to France at the end of July to raise money for the RNLI, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Team members are Billie Wilcox Brooke, Charles Johnson-Ferguson, Mike Daniels, Patrick Palmer and Tim Sutton. The RNLI […]
Jersey to France Relay Success
On Saturday 25th June 2022 five Brockwell Swimmers: Francesca Aquilina; Jo Newbald, John Crozier, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Nicola Green, and Tim Sutton, swam a 14 nautical miles relay from Jersey to France raising money the local charity Wheels for Wellbeing. With the expert guidance of skpper Matt on his excellent boat the Lionheart the team […]