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Tooting Bec Lido

Ninety-one metres of unheated fresh water, and the brightest changing rooms in England.

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Photo by Nick Cooper, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The largest fresh-water swimming pool in the country, open since 1906, and about as far from a municipal pool as an outdoor pool gets: ninety-one metres by thirty-three, ringed by a hundred and fifty individually painted changing cubicle doors in primary colours. Unheated and unshaded, so the water follows the weather. Through the winter it belongs to the South London Swimming Club, who have been swimming in it since 1906 and host the UK Cold Water Swimming Championships here.

Where
Tooting Bec Road, SW16 1RU
Nearest station
Streatham · 11 min walk

Hours

Monday06:00 – 17:00
Tuesday06:00 – 17:00
Wednesday06:00 – 17:00
Thursday06:00 – 17:00
Friday06:00 – 17:00
Saturday06:00 – 17:00
Sunday06:00 – 17:00

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 3 September 2026.

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