Category
Lidos & outdoor pools
Britain's outdoor swimming heritage — the surviving Victorian and Art Deco lidos and tidal pools that beat the indoor leisure-centre era. Tooting Bec, Brockwell, Saltdean, Jubilee Pool and the lakeside lidos.
5 places in this category.
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Highlights
★ Iconic📷 10Lidos & outdoor pools · London
Tooting Bec Lido
Britain's largest freshwater pool (1906) — 100 yards, year-round unheated swimming.
Flagship📷 10Lidos & outdoor pools · London
Brockwell Lido
South London's 1937 Art Deco lido, saved from closure — heated 50m pool.
↗ fusion-lifestyle.com
★ Iconic📷 10Lidos & outdoor pools · South East England
Saltdean Lido
1938 Streamline Moderne masterpiece on the Sussex coast — Grade II* listed.
★ Iconic📷 3Lidos & outdoor pools · South West England
Jubilee Pool
Penzance's triangular Art Deco saltwater lido — first geothermally-heated UK pool.
↗ theacornpenzance.com
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Frequently asked questions
- How many lidos & outdoor pools are in this guide?
- We currently list 5 lidos & outdoor pools across the United Kingdom — every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.
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