Walking Constable Country
Sunday 16th September, Manningtree to Dedham and back via Flatford. A delightful way to experience Constable country by walking and swimming this 7.5 mile route taken from the Wild Swimming Walks book, walk number 9. The painter grew up in the nearby village of East Bergholt, the son of a prosperous miller who owned the water mills at Dedham […]
Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door
Brockwell Swimmers fourth Open Water adventure will be from Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door in Dorset on Sunday 26th August led by coach Stephen Baker. This will be a challenging day so you will need to be a strong swimmer with open water experience. Following an assessment swim, we will head out from Lulworth Cove […]
Teamwork at Tooting
For the fourth year running Team Brockwell represented the Lido at the Tooting Mid-Summer Relays. Organised by the ever energetic South London Swimming Club, the event boasted 37 teams from across London and beyond. Club affiliation included the Metropolitan Police, Spencer Swim Team, Serpentine, Out to Swim and our very own Windrush Triathletes. So good […]
Marching to Margate
On Saturday 16th June Brockwell Swimmers took the train to Ramsgate for our first Swim/Walk of the Summer taking the coastal path 9·8 miles to Margate, with some great swims along the way of course. The weather forecast was grim as usual, but as usual proved completely wrong with wonderful sunshine the whole length of […]
Hampstead 8th July – CANCELLED
** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO REPORTED QUEUES AT THE LIDO AND PONDS ** We are off for our annual Summer stroll round Hampstead Heath on Sunday the 8th July taking in three iconic swimming spots of the Heath. A bit of Wild Swimming in the middle of London. Parliament Hill Lido Parliament […]
Tooting Mid-Summer Relays
Our lovely neighbouring South London Swimming Club at Tooting Bec Lido will be holding their annual Mid-Summer Relays on the evening of Wednesday 20th June and we have been invited to send teams. Each team will be made of four swimmers, each swimming four lengths in rotation, so sixteen lengths in total. Registration is at […]
Summer starts with a Splash
Our Summers Water Polo Sessions started with a Splash at Brockwell Lido with our first outdoor meet on Monday 4th June, 8pm to 9pm. We now have five more before we head back indoors for the Autumn (sadly Fusion cancelled our 11th date due to maintenance issues). Our sessions are open to all levels of […]
Brockwell Spring Relays 2018
On the evening of Thursday 31st May, swimming clubs from across London met for the very first Brockwell Spring Relays. After a couple of tense days, when the weather forecast was truly diabolical predicting thunder and lightening, the skies finally cleared for a wonderful balmy, rain-free evening. The Lido could not have looked better. Visiting […]