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Newly renovated marine lake opens
After much campaigning, Weston’s marine lake has reopened. Volunteer group, the Mudlarks, organised for a dredger to spend a month…
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Community led swimming ponds for East London
A community group has launched a Crowdfunder project to transform an East London industrial site into community-owned natural swimming ponds…
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Kessock Ferry Swim returns with 300 swimmers
After a fifty-year gap 300 swimmers took to the water in Inverness last weekend for the revival of the Kessock…
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More support for Grange Lido
Eden Project co-founder Sir Tim Smit has backed calls to restore the lido in Grange Over Sands, Cumbria.
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New look for Outdoor Swimmer
Outdoor Swimmer’s website and magazine have got a new look this month. As well as new content, contributors and style,…
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Swim at sunrise on World Bathing Day
Next Monday, June 22, is World Bathing Day and the Bathe the World Foundation is asking people across the globe…
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A guide to Water temperature
Compared to indoor heated swimming pools, which vary in temperature from around 26 to 31 degrees Celsius, you are likely…
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Starting out – basic guide to outdoor swimming
Getting started with anything new is often the hardest part but with little kit and some basic knowledge you can…
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River Wharfe in Ilkley becomes first section of river in UK to be given bathing water status
Christmas has come early for swimmers and environmental campaigners in Yorkshire after it was announced a stretch of the River…
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Free water safety toolkit from the RLSS
As a result of Covid-19 RNLI lifeguards are not currently operating and many supervised open water venues are still closed.…
