Swim News The Brockwell Swim 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.
Tumble Turn Tips
Ever wanted to know how to tumble turn? We’ve had a trawl through the YouTube archives to find the best video tutorials. All seem to carry these seven basic steps: 1) Maintain speed towards the wall (do not slow down). 2) Cut short your last stroke so that BOTH arms are by your side, palms […]
Tooting Lido Mid-Summer Races
Tooting Bec Lido have invited Brockwell Swimmers to their Mid-Summer races happening Wednesday 17th June at 7pm. Each team will include four swimmers, all doing four lengths in rotation for sixteen lengths, e.g. each member will swim four 100 yard lengths. Cost is £12 per swimmer on a first come first serve basis. If you […]
An amazing Brockwell Swimathon
Well done to Brockwell Swimmer teams for a wonderful morning’s swim at Swimathon 2015 raising money for Marie Curie. So far we have collected £1,090 for the charity. If you would like to increase this figure please click here>> Also thanks to Tara, James and the Fusion team for putting this all together. Great to see more […]
Swim, Bike, Run at Tooting Aquathlon
Entry is now open for the Tooting Aquathlon 2015 consisting of a 1000m swim (10 lengths of the pool), a 10K bike ride (3 laps of Tooting Bec Common on road) and a 5K run (2 laps of the Common on pavement and track). You have the choice of four dates: Wednesday 27 May 2015 Wednesday 10 June […]
Brockwell Weekday Parking
Now that the weather is heating up, Brockwell Lido is getting busier and the car park is getting fuller. Here is a useful map of streets in Herne Hill with free parking weekdays outside the hours of 12noon to 2pm. On weekends you can park on most nearby roads. (This map is up to date, 15th April 2015, but do […]
Films at the Lido 2015
There is a wonderful range of films being shown this year at the Lido, both ticketed and free, so here is a useful list to help you choose: Saturday9th May 8:30pm Grand Hotel Budapest (2014, 15, 100mins)This typically stylish but deceptively thoughtful Wes Anderson’s film follows the adventures of the decidedly quirky hotelier Gustav H […]
Summer Synchro Swimming Sessions Start April 24th
The very patient Susan Innes is returning this Summer to try and teach us the art Synchronised Swimming, again. Last year this was a real hoot so fun guaranteed. The one hour classes will take place every Friday for six evenings starting 24th April. There will be a pool-side warm up at 6:45pm and then into the water at […]
Sally Goble’s last swim at Parliament Hill Lido
To finish her epic quest to swim 50 London pools in 50 days Sally will be at Parliament Hill Lido this Saturday morning at 10am and has invited swimmers from all the places she has visited, including Brockwell Lido, to join her for her last mile. Brockwell Swimmers will be travelling up on the 8:46am […]