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.
A Swimtastic ’23
It has been another amazing year of swimming for the Brockwell Swimmers club with a growing membership and an ever increasing choice of events. The weekly Monday indoor swim sessions at Alleyns School are now regularly selling out thanks to the excellent tuition of head coach Sam and his wonderful clan of instructors Catherine, Robert […]
Christmas Party 2023
We’re having a party at the Prince Regent (opposite the Lido, 69 Dulwich Road, SE24 0NJ) on Friday 24th November, 7:30pm onwards, and would love to see you there. There will be food, bar (first drink on the club), music and quiz so it should be a fun night. The invitation is for club members […]
Swimming the Serpentine 2023
Congratulations to our club members who braved the murky waters of London’s Serpentine Lake on Saturday 16th September 2023; Maeve Halpin (.5 mile), Thomas Mead (1 mile), Timothy Sutton (2 miles) and Grace Ward (2 miles). After earlier warning that the event might be cancelled due to algae, swimmers were given the green light two […]
Walking on sunshine.
We could not have picked a hotter day for our Summer Walk Swim this year on Sunday 10th September, following the Rye circular via Winchelsea Beach. Dutifully warned by the weather men, we made sure we carried plenty of water and sunscreen. The party of seven (David, Derek, Lisa, Mary, Mike, Nick and Time) met […]
Get Merched for the Summer
We have an an increasing range of fabulous club Merchandise to show your support for Brockwell Swimmers, including a very limited edition of Barbie Pink swim caps, both regular and big hair size. These can all be found on our Shopping pages at www.brockwellswimmers.com/swim-caps Our insulated mugs will be especially handy for our next Swim […]
An Epic Channel Relay 2023
Having been in training for months and completed their qualifying swims, our team of four, Colm Leonard, Emily Chittock, Miriam Parish and Przemek Szafran, travelled down to Folkstone ready for their attempt to swim the English Channel. Weather delayed the start by one day, but luckily the sea calmed down and Kevin, the skipper of […]
Smashing our Channel Goal
On Saturday 12th August Brockwell Swimmers started our Channel Challenge by attempting to swim the same distance collectively at the Lido (this is before our five person relay team who will be swimming Dover to France on Monday). Fusion kindly supplied a lane for the event and swimmers started at 9am with a deadline of […]
Our best Club Relays yet.
Another great evening was had at Brockwell Lido on 20th July with our annual Summer Club Relays. This was our greatest number of participating clubs yet which included Clapham Chasers, Crystal Palace Triathletes, Out to Swim, Serpentine Swim, Serpentine Triathletes, Spencer Swim Club, Tri London, Windrush and ourselves Brockwell Swimmers. The races started prompt at […]