Brockwell Lido The Brockwell Swimmers 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.
Stay Safe, Stay Strong.
All club events have now been postponed until the current corona situation is resolved. If you have booked an event please let us know if you would either like a full refund or credit until we can start activities again. Thanks so much for all your support in the past and we are looking forward […]
Core Swimming Exercises
A strong core is a requirement for swimmers looking to increase speed and improve technique. In order for swimmers to minimize drag resistance through the water, the core plays a very important role in keeping the body in a stable streamline position. Further, core muscles that are not well conditioned can lead to technical flaws […]
Chillin’ in Tootin’
For the sixth year running Brockwell Swimmers entered a combined team for the wonderfully chaotic Tooting Heron Cup relays the morning of Sunday 11th March. This fun event comprises of individual and relay races, with three age categories, each swimmer doing one width per race (except the ten length ‘squadron’ which is general mayhem). Our […]
Chilworth to Guildford walk/swim
Please note, this date may change due to the current coronavirus situation, but is still something to look forward to when things return to normal… This fairly easy 8 mile walk crosses heathland dotted with pretty Surrey villages before dropping down to follow the Wey Navigation, where there are many swimming places. Meet at Brixton […]
Who runs the Lido?
There still seems to be some confusion from members as to who is running the lido so we thought we would re-publish this post which tries to unravel the mystery of what is going on… The property is owned by Lambeth Council, the appointed managing company is Fusion Lifestyle and the body set up to […]
PHISHing Trip 2020
Brockwell Swimmers again took part in the annual Parliament Hill Ice Swim Hootenanny, or PHISH as it is affectionally called by the many dedicated cold water swimmers from all over the UK. The weather was perfect this year with blue skies, gleaming pool and surprisingly warm 7°C water. The races were the same as previous […]
Wild Challenge 2020
Brockwell Swimmers Ben and Bella love the water and have completed many open water distance swims, but their true love is wild cold water swimming. Ben says “the rush that you get from wild swimming is like no other”. Bella has been wild swimming for a couple of years, but this is Ben’s first season […]