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- Can citizen science help bring our rivers back from the brink?
Back from the brink: The Rivers Trust explains why we need better data to tackle extreme river environments - New seaweed map
A new interactive map is turning thousands of citizen-recorded seaweed sightings into a picture of how climate change is reshaping the UK’s coastal ecosystems - Dip at the Docks in Liverpool: MPs support the Clean Water Bill
Culture Secretary and Sports Minister take the plunge for clean water at Labour Conference - Windermere hosts UK’s biggest gathering of outdoor swimming researchers
From jellyfish to sewage, Windermere played host to the year’s sharpest thinking on the water we swim in - A new chapter for HOWL The Haven
After 18 months of preparation and support from NOWCA, The Haven in Feltham has reopened its doors, bringing a much-loved stretch of open water back to the swimming community - Beyond The Breakers returns for third year
Outdoor Swimmer contributor Elaine Howley joins the speaker line-up - Olympians set new British relay record in English Channel for RLSS UK
Six British Olympians and elite open water swimmers have smashed the English Channel relay British record, completing the crossing in 6 hours 55 minutes – just three minutes short of the world record – to raise funds for RLSS UK. - 16-year-old completes solo English Channel swim in support of YoungMinds
Hertfordshire teenager Felipe Irvine crosses from Dover to France in 11 hours 20 minutes through Force 4 winds and heavy swell, just months after finishing his GCSEs - A new Dart 10k
You think you’ve swum the Dart10k? Think again. We find out how this iconic open water river swim has been rebuilt. - Three crossings, one challenge: meet the Viking Triple Crown
Inspired by Viking maritime history, the new challenge brings together the English Channel, SwimÖresund and Beltquerung in one ambitious goal for marathon swimmers - London’s cool new pool
Earlier this summer, before the heatwaves and hosepipe bans, Sea Lanes opened a cool new pool tucked into Canary Wharf, fed by underground springs. Ella Foote chats to Operations Director Helen Bull and Marketing Director Harry Smith to find out how London’s newest swimming offer is taking off. - Hector Pardoe completes record swim of Lake Como
Two-time British Olympian, Hector Pardoe, has swum the entire 47.54km length of Lake Como, in a new Record time of 10 hours 41 minutes, knocking over 9 hours off the previously held record set back in 2016.