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.
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 […]
Congratulations to our 18 Mile Swimmers
On Saturday 25th June seventeen Brockwell Swimmers took to the waters of the Lido to swim a combined 18 miles to accompany the club’s relay team swimming the same distance, at the same time, from Jersey to France. Both were raising money for the local charity Wheels for Wellbeing and at the time of writing […]
18 Mile Lido Challenge
The Brockwell Swimmers club are attempting the crazy challenge of swimming 18 miles (which is 576 lengths of the Lido) to partner their five person relay team who are swimming Jersey to France the same week. Both swims are raising money for the local charity Wheels for Wellbeing based in South London. Fusion have kindly […]
Relay Racing again at the Lido
It was so good to be back sharing our wonderful Lido with other London clubs at the Brockwell Spring Relays last Thursday 26th May. This was a good rehearsal for our larger Summer Relays which will be happening Thursday 21st July, 8pm to 9pm. Three local clubs took part with Crystal Palace Triathletes coming first, […]
Tooting Mid-Summer Races
The Tooting Mid-Summer Relays are happening again on Wednesday 15th June from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. Always good fun, if rather chaotic. Brockwell Swimmers have booked two teams of 4 members, so eight swimmers in total needed. Each member will take it in turns to swim four lengths of this 100 yard length pool. Epic! […]
Swim the Channel this Summer
Brockwell Swimmers have been given the amazing opportunity of swimming the English Channel as a five person team relay (time slot 29th July to 3rd August). We will be accompanied by the pilot boat Gallivant skippered by Mike Oram who will choose the best time during this period to attempt the twenty and half mile […]
Help us make a difference
At the end of June Brockwell Swimmers will swimming from Jersey to France in a five person relay to raise money for our chosen local charity Wheels for Wellbeing. This 18 mile swim will be a challenge; not only for the distance but also the perils of open water swimming and the temperature of the […]