Features
Features
- Weekend swim retreat, Stanwell House Hotel, Hampshire
- Get event ready with Vassos Alexander
- Swimming with wildlife: wonder, responsibility and the fear factor
- Dirty Business: Why we must watch, care – and still dive in
- Monsters of the deep
- Close encounters
- How to boost your endurance and swim stronger
- The Thames: London’s wildlife artery
Cold Water Swimming
- Winter joy! Your icy swimming pics
- New cold-water competition at Brockwell Lido
- Warm boots for outdoor swimmers
- Ice swimming with Stephen Gould: expert guidance, inspiration and practical tips
- Top tips for festive dips
- The Festive Dip List 2025
- Best neoprene accessories for open water swimmers
- Does my age affect how I acclimatise to cold water?
View from the water
- The Thames: London’s wildlife artery
- Get faster, slowly
- You may have more swim freedom than you think
- Is it better to swim wild and free or pay to use a venue?
- Fast, exhilarating and a little scary: a winter swoosh
- Where are you on your outdoor swimming mastery journey?
- Find your own long distance
- Is urban swimming a threat to swimming freedom?
You Ask, We Answer
- Does my age affect how I acclimatise to cold water?
- How do I get back to open water swimming with long Covid?
- “How do I fit swim training around my busy work schedule?”
- How do I prepare myself mentally and physically for my first open water event?
- What are the best pool drills for improving open water skills?
- What are swimming drills?
- Getting back on track with swim training
- What are sneaker waves?
