This sounds like an amazing challenge which highlight swimming sites and communities. Hopefully we see Adam at some iconic outdoor pools as he pursues his father David's world record. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimmi...

This new issue includes a feature on the revitalisation of Plymouth’s magnificent Tinside Lido. This has brought out the Art Deco beauty of the pool and building, introduced great new facilities for visitors and the community, and, best of all, deeply involved the city’s young people. 🩵

19th March 2021 Jesus Green Lido is one of Europe's longest outdoor swimming pools and five years ago it was being filled with water for the new season. It took nearly a whole week for it to fill.

On a top 10 of really hard to understand things that previous generations did, demolishing the lidos is up there with ripping out fireplaces to put in three bar electric heaters. This one would have been five minutes' walk from my house.

Back in 2023 I wrote about the opportunity presented by outdoor pools as part of the UK leisure estate. Distinctive places across the country which are much loved. theconversation.com/a-brief-hist...

The transformation of Royal Victoria Dock West will create one of the city’s most exciting new public spaces. Cleaning up the waterway is a major opportunity for Newham, and for Londoners’ access to blue spaces.

Fantastic news to see a new lease agreed which saves the wonderful Stanhope Pool. Fundraising needed to modernise before its open again. It's a vibrant community site of joy which is bound to get plenty of support! www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2579704...

🎄✨ The Otley Xmas Tree Festival starts tomorrow at noon! Come and find our Friends of Otley Lido tree — Number 13, on the left side as you face the altar. We’ve decorated with heritage photos of the Lido in its heyday 💙 Free entry, music, and plenty of festive cheer — come support your local groups!

If you’re in Otley for the Victorian Fair - come for a warming drink and hear about our campaign to re-open Otley Lido www.otleylido.com

Gourock Lido, Scotland by Martin Parr, 2004

Looking forward to hosting the Xmas @future-lidos.bsky.social monthly online gathering tomorrow. Significant progress as schemes appear and progress. Much more work and support needed to accelerate and meet the public demand for healthy, accessible, joyous community spaces. Lets get them built!

Please share with your Waterford friends and family. @swimireland.bsky.social @future-lidos.bsky.social #FutureLidos #SwimmingCuresAll #LidoCork

EVENT / DIGWYDDIAD 🏛️ Buildings for Sport & Leisure 6: The Social Role of Sports Buildings in Wales / Rôl Gymdeithasol Adeiladau Chwaraeon yng Nghymru 📅 27 November, 6.30pm 📍 The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London or online via Zoom 🔗 buff.ly/g0bh9Lt

EVENT: C20’s Autumn Lecture Series on Sports Architecture continues with Mike Hall, partner at FaulknerBrowns, exploring the practice’s pioneering and playful work on Leisure Centres. 🗓️ Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm 📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online 🎟️ Book Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

🚨 Calling all lido lovers! Have you got 2 mins? The campaign for a lido at Dublin's George's Dock is out for public consultation. Please show your support by completing this short survey, and help get Dubliners (and us visitors!) the lido they deserve. engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...

Nearly the 20th anniversary of the Reviving Lidos conference, which celebrated London Fields Outdoor Pool reopening, having been closed for 18 years. A movement started in the 90s as pools started closing in numbers continues through @future-lidos.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/society/2006...

Another one! And heated too. ☺️

EVENT: Announcing our 2025 Autumn Lecture Series: Buildings for Sport and Leisure. From lidos to skateparks, lesiure centres to stadia, the Olympics and more! Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx... See full calendar below 👇🏼

Thanks to Swim England for a wonderful Dip at the Docks alongside the Labour Conference in Liverpool today. It was great to meet MPs Katie White and Simon Opher - both passionate supporters of their local lidos and of #LidosForAll.

We’re delighted to have been able to join Chipping Norton Lido to celebrate 21 years of community ownership - defying the wind and rain thanks to heated water and the warmth of the love for this very special pool! 🔥

But good news at Wick! Work to repair the storm-damaged Trinkie started yesterday. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BA3...

In contrast to yesterday’s sad post about Ramsgate’s lost lido, here’s a great feature just out in the RICS journal, Modus, celebrating the great British lido revival - ww3.rics.org/uk/en/modus/...

This is why Future Lidos exists - to help prevent this happening and bring more heritage lidos back into community use. Ramsgate Lido then and now - look and weep. And fight for your local lido. ✊

The lido there is also fantastic - beautiful art deco design, and full of bikes outside. Imagine pottering here on a cycle and swimming whenever you want. It was also super easy to book - you could just book at the time you wanted to go. … 6/13

Brilliant. It was #Buckfastleigh 's 10th rebirthday May 25 too!

Happy Rebirthday(s) to Beccles and Chipping Norton lidos! 15 and 21 years ago respectively, these precious community assets in small towns were taken into community ownership. They've both gone from strength to strength since, and we wish them many, many happy returns! 🎂🥳🎉

Thanks to @thetcpa.bsky.social for commissioning this article for the latest edition of their Journal. Hope you enjoy the read. 😊 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

This is a fabulous celebration of lidos - and thanks for the mention for Future Lidos, @seasideferry.bsky.social!

Well, surely it’s got to be Stonehaven Outdoor Pool?! Vote now! 🗳️ 👇

Investments in tangible spaces for leisure can increase connection and fun activities while reducing carbon emissions. prospect.org/sponsored/th...

Congratulations to Studio Octopi architects and the Friends of Tarlair for winning the Gold Award in the Conservation category of the Scottish Design Awards last night. More info and beautiful pix in the link below. 👇 www.scottishdesignawards.com/2025/conserv...

Thanks to the marvellous @figlover.bsky.social for this great feature on the lido renaissance, now out as a bite-sized podcast special. A perfect listen for a sweltering weekend. 🌞 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

TimeOut features @hilsealido.bsky.social and the vision looks absolutely amazing!! www.timeout.com/uk/news/the-...

💯 not out: '100 20th Century Sports & Leisure Buildings' is available now! Published by @batsfordbooks.bsky.social, this is a fascinating architectural exploration of the spaces where we play, from modernist lidos to iconic stadia. 🛒 Order from the C20 Shop: shop.c20society.org.uk/products/pre...

Huge thanks to all the MPs and allies who attended our event in Parliament yesterday, to celebrate and help sustain the 21st-century Lido Renaissance. We were overwhelmed by the depth and breadth of support. 🙏 #Lidos #FutureLidos

This was a fabulous discussion, and the exhibition is highly recommended. Not enough lidos for our taste (could there be?!) but lots of inspiring stuff on Swim Dem Crew, Subversive Sirens and radical swimwear design.

ICYMI this is a great chat about the lido renaissance. 👇

Thanks to the fabulous @figlover.bsky.social and Jane Garvey for inviting Future Lidos co-founder Deborah Aydon in for a great chat about all things lido on Times Radio today. Listen on this link @ 20 mins in - www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...

Lead on, Macduff: how the tide turned for Aberdeenshire’s #ArtDeco lido at Tarlair @theguardian.com story on community action that's led to this pavilion's restoration. Next stage is to reopen the adjoining sea pools 🏊 @future-lidos.bsky.social 💚 #ArtDecoCentenary www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Tynemouth Outdoor Pool celebrates its 100th birthday today. First opened 30th May, 1925. A decade researching its existence, building the evidence base for restoration means I've got to know it well! People's fond experiences and their ambitions for the future. Happy birthday. x

Happy 100th birthday to Tynemouth Pool! Set on the stunning Longlands Beach, this pool is a potential hub for community wellbeing and a tourist magnet. Wishing every success to the campaigners working to bring it back to life.

Wonderful feature on the community-led rebirth of the extraordinary Tarlair Pools - www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

The photos below illustrate what my job is all about 🔻🔻🔻. Let's create #places where it's easy, fun and cheap to live #healthy lives... More space for #lidos... less space for #cars... @future-lidos.bsky.social

It's back! Peterborough Lido, threatened with 'mothballing' last year and saved by community pressure, opens for the summer season today. This is a big day across the country, with seasonal lidos bursting into life - wishing a great season to all! www.dailymotion.com/video/x9k0o3u

Happy seasonal opening day to wonderful Woodgreen Lido, Banbury. This magnificent 50m pool, with lawns, splash pad and flume, originally opened in 1939. This year, @cherwellcouncil.bsky.social have invested in upgrades ahead of the season, so it'll be better than ever. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Happy 90th birthday to the iconic Ilkley Pool And Lido! This opening weekend is particularly special, after the lido came under serious threat last year. But community activism and collaboration with the council saved the pool for this and many more birthdays. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Happy seasonal opening day to lovely Lazonby Pool! One of *five* village pools in Cumbria's beautiful Eden Valley, this community-run pool and campsite has been providing summer joy for villagers and visitors since 1964. Why not plan a summer tour? www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ir...

Happy summer season opening day to Ware Priory Lido! Lovingly sustained for the community since 1934 by the town council, for the last two years Ware has joined the nationwide boom in winter cold water swimming, making it yet another year-round lido. Enjoy your summer, lucky people of Ware!

Happy summer season opening day to Beccles Lido! Beccles is one of only two surviving public outdoor pools in the whole of Suffolk and Norfolk. Owned and run since 2010 by a community-led charity, this is a fantastic lido and a wonderful example of the power of community ownership.

Perfect day to dive back into the glorious Sea Pools by @chrisromerlee.bsky.social. So many astonishing yet humble loved swimming sites across the world, created by visionaries and communities.