5 things you need for cold water swimming

Swimming in Cold Water - A Guide to Temperature

The mental health benefits of cold water swimming

What makes people want to plunge themselves into cold water?

What happens to your body when you enter cold water?

What might newly proposed trespass laws mean for wild swimming?

3 reasons why you should keep swimming through winter - and how to do it

Outdoor swimming products and their impact on the environment

Campaigner and mermaid crowdfunds to publish children's book

Proposed amendment to the Environment Bill could be a boon for outdoor swimmers

We are hiring! Join the Outdoor Swimmer team

Jaimie Monahan completes first ever Quadruple Manhattan Swim

Swimming Down Dementia for Alzheimer’s Research UK

1st September - 31st October 2020

Challenge yourself to swim 10km, 30km, or a distance of your choice. Every stroke you make between now and 31 October will help fund vital breakthroughs in dementia research.

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Issue 42 October 2020

Q&A with Jaimie Monahan - marathon swimmer and Queen of the Ice
Autumn swim adventures around the UK
The science behind cold water acclimatisation
The often deadly history of unsupported marathon swims
Reviewed: What's in our kit bag?