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.
Tooting Cold Water Championships 2019
Three Brockwell Swimmers relay teams took part in the Tooting Cold Water Swimming Championships held Saturday 26th January 2019. This very impressive event is organised every two years by the South London Swimming Club and attracts cold water devotees from all over the UK and beyond, including teams from Finland, Belgium and East Germany! Great […]
PHISH gotta swim 2019
Another year and another Parliament Hill Ice Swim Hootenanny, PHISH 19th Jan 2019, at our sister Lido in North London. This year under new management, the event was just as good, well organised and well attended as previous years. Well done to Jeremy Irvine and his team for pulling off another stonking event with the […]
Open Water Swimming 2019
The Open Water Swimming Calendar gets busier and busier each year as more and more people catch on to the excitement of the sport. Best source of finding out where these events are happening is the Outdoor Swimming Society web site where we have chosen the following selection. Events such as the Seahorse Swim and […]
Get your Head into Gear.
Up to 30% of body heat can be lost through your head so it is important to wrap up warm after a cold swim. Our new hats are made from super soft acrylic and will soon have your bonce back to a comfortable temperature. We have two styles available, traditional bobble or funky beanie, in […]
A Return to Parliament
It was a fantastic turn out for the Brockwell water polo team for the third meeting with our friends from Parliament Hill. Having won a game each so far this year, it was all to play for yesterday evening at St Joseph’s College (Brockwell’s winter training venue). With only eight players verses Brockwell’s mighty twenty, […]
Sister Act Two (and a bit)
For our final field trip of 2018, Brockwell Swimmers took to the waters of the South coast against the dramatic backdrop of the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters. Conditions on the 4th November were lively with booming breakers, whistling winds and sea temperatures of 12°C. After a clifftop consultation with coach Steve Baker we […]
Christmas Swim & Swing
Come join us for some Christmas festive fun, silly races and other aquatic nonsense at JAGS Sports Club, West Dulwich, on Tuesday 18th December starting at 7:30pm. Book online at the usual shopping/swim sessions page. You are also welcome to join us afterwards at the Crown and Greyhound in Dulwich Village for drinks and nibbles, […]
Eighteen go Wild in Dorset
Alison Hicks describes Brockwell Swimmers memorable trip to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door: Of the first Brockwell Swimmers sea swim excursion, I had high expectations: the crystal clear waters of Lulworth Cove, swimming straight through Durdle Door, drying off in the sun and a beach picnic of cold ham, hard-boiled eggs, jam tarts and lashings […]