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.
Wild about Swimming
With pools and lidos unlikely to open in the very near future, wild swimming has never been more popular. Although organised open water venues were initially closed due to the current Corona situation, they are now starting to re-open with new social distancing measures, pre-booking and limited numbers. Here are some you might like to […]
Core Swimming Exercises
A strong core is a requirement for swimmers looking to increase speed and improve technique. In order for swimmers to minimize drag resistance through the water, the core plays a very important role in keeping the body in a stable streamline position. Further, core muscles that are not well conditioned can lead to technical flaws […]
Chillin’ in Tootin’
For the sixth year running Brockwell Swimmers entered a combined team for the wonderfully chaotic Tooting Heron Cup relays the morning of Sunday 11th March. This fun event comprises of individual and relay races, with three age categories, each swimmer doing one width per race (except the ten length ‘squadron’ which is general mayhem). Our […]
Members Survey 2020
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PHISHing Trip 2020
Brockwell Swimmers again took part in the annual Parliament Hill Ice Swim Hootenanny, or PHISH as it is affectionally called by the many dedicated cold water swimmers from all over the UK. The weather was perfect this year with blue skies, gleaming pool and surprisingly warm 7°C water. The races were the same as previous […]
Wild Challenge 2020
Brockwell Swimmers Ben and Bella love the water and have completed many open water distance swims, but their true love is wild cold water swimming. Ben says “the rush that you get from wild swimming is like no other”. Bella has been wild swimming for a couple of years, but this is Ben’s first season […]
Open Water Events 2020
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 […]