Alice Dearing
April 2026,  EXTRA,  FEATURES

Alice Dearing: “My most intense urban swims”

Bath-like temperatures, last lap currents and jellyfish: Alice Dearing shares her most intense urban swims

As I always say: we are spoilt by the number of places where open water swimming is accessible around the world. Increasingly, we are seeing these landscapes change and challenge what we know of ‘open water swimming venues’, growing more in touch with communities and cities across the globe.

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