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.
Beautiful Film of Cold Water Swimming
There are some absolutely beautiful films on the web at the moment illustrating the joys of cold water swimming, but this 2010 short film from the Faroe Islands takes some beating. Waves – A Portrait of Maria á Heygum – A film by Heiðrik á Heygum.
Book Review – Down Stream
Down Stream: A History and Celebration of Swimming the River Thames (Aurum Press) by Caitlin Davies Review by Tim Sutton: I have always lived in London, and rather taken the Thames for granted. To me it brings thoughts of dark dirty water, thrashing propellors and Dickensian drownings, so it is not somewhere I would consider swimming. So to […]
Thames Baths – a floating lido!
Three Londoners, Chris, James and Matt, have dreamt up the fantastic idea of creating a new floating lido in the River Thames. After only 18 months of hard work the plans have been drawn up and a site found. Their vision is to create a swimming lido that reclaims the river, not just for people […]
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 […]