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Portishead Popsicle

Open water synchro, an inflatable race and wacky costumes delight cold water swimmers at the bonkers but brilliant Portishead Popsicle.
How hard is it to make your own swimsuit?

Editor Ella Foote embarks on a two-day course with The Swimming Seamstress, Amanda Bowden, to learn how to make your…
Christmas Gifts for Outdoor Swimmers 2022

Unique and thoughtful gifts for wild swimmers, cold water dippers, open water racers and marathon swimmers
Soak your body and mind with TRIHARD

Despite spending a lot of time in the water I still love to get home from a swim and plunge…
Take the plunge with WaterAid and transform lives

WaterAid’s flagship swimming event, Swim Marathon, is back with a splash for its third year.
Swimming the Queen’s Baton relay

Lauren Sharp swims the Queen's Baton across Taplow Lake as part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games relay
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…
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…
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…
More support for Grange Lido

Eden Project co-founder Sir Tim Smit has backed calls to restore the lido in Grange Over Sands, Cumbria.
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
Swim brands adapt to changing market

Popular swimming brands Yonda and Deakin & Blue have launched face masks to help stop the spread of Covid-19. From…
RNLI urges public not to sea swim

The RNLI are advising the public that they should not take part in any water-based activities on or in the…
Sounds of swimmers

Get your open water fix without leaving your house with the Swim Wild podacst.
Swim businesses offer support during Covid-19 crisis

Despite the significant financial impact Covid-19 is having on business as usual, it hasn’t stopped some swimming businesses stepping in…
Win tickets to the premier of new play SWIM

Liz Richardson’s new show, SWIM, explores the restorative qualities of going for a swim
Outdoor pools: Despite being allowed to open from 11 July, many lidos will remain closed – some indefinitely

Despite the news that outdoor pools in England will be allowed to reopen from 11 July, many lidos will remain…
RLSS partners with Black Swimming Association

The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) have announced a new strategic partnership with the Black Swimming Association (BSA). The BSA,…
Cool Bathing to recycle swim hats

Swim-cap company Cool Bathing is offering a solution for all those swim hats you have collected and don’t want to…