Features
Features
- Alice Dearing: “My most intense urban swims”
- ‘Dirty Business’ stars launch petition calling for referendum on water ownership
- Lengthening your swims
- From health struggles to a life transformed by swimming
- Strengthen your core in the pool
- Swim away the pain
- Weekend swim retreat: Lime Cross Nursery, East Sussex
- Three lakes, one swim: solo swimming across the UK
Cold Water Swimming
- Myth busting: is cold water immersion bad for women?
- 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
View from the water
- Claiming access to swimming may be easier in cities
- 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
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?
