{"id":221279,"date":"2025-06-28T12:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T12:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221279\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T12:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T12:10:19","slug":"outdoor-swimming-spots-in-south-east-london-this-summer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221279\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor swimming spots in south east London this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  With the weather heating up, plenty of Londoners may be looking for outdoor swimming spots to keep them cool.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  South east London is home to several popular outdoor swimming spots like Brockwell Lido, which is one of London\u2019s oldest lidos that has been open for over 80 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  We\u2019ve rounded up all the outdoor swimming spots you can visit in south east London and everything you need to know:\n<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Brockwell Lido<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n  Where? Brockwell Park,\u00a0Dulwich Road,\u00a0SE24 0PA\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  How much? \u00a39.50 for adults \u00a39.50 and \u00a36 for children\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Located in Brixton in Brockwell Park, this much-loved lido has been a part of the south London scene since the late 1930s.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Located in Brixton in Brockwell Park, this much-loved lido has been a part of the south London scene since the late 1930s.\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>This much-loved lido has been a part of the south London scene since the late 1930s. (Image: Flock Creative)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Managed by Fusion, this 50m outdoor swimming pool offers plenty of space to go for a swim, with a full programme of exercise classes as well as a gym, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsshopper.co.uk\/news\/25242697.puregym-opening-riverside-shopping-centre-erith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fitness<\/a> equipment and an on-site caf\u00e9.\n<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Hangloose Adventures Wild Open Water Swimming, Bluewater<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n  Where? Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent, DA9 9SW\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  How much? \u00a311 per person\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Located just behind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsshopper.co.uk\/sport\/25226983.charlton-athletic-open-first-pop-up-store-bluewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluewater<\/a> Shopping Centre, Hangloose offers a full range of family-fun activities including outdoor skydiving, zip-wiring and Europe\u2019s largest swing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But aside from its thrilling activities for adrenaline seekers, Hangloose also offers a cold water swimming spot in the lake surrounding the adventure park for open water swimming.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This cold water swimming spot offers sessions for people of all abilities, from novices to seasoned pros, with a range of swimming distances to do in your 1 hour cold water slot over 150m and 250m, including a 50m access route to and from the course.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But if you need to warm up, hot showers are also available on-site after a bracing cold swim.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Swimmers from the age of 18 upwards can attend, but children under 18 must hold an ASA L1 Open Water Award and should be accompanied by an adult.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dogs can also accompany their humans too, with Dog Swims priced at \u00a315 a person.\n<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Charlton Lido &amp; Lifestyle Club<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Where?\u00a0<\/strong>Charlton Lido and Lifestyle Club, Hornfair Park, Shooters Hill Road, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsshopper.co.uk\/news\/greenwich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greenwich<\/a>, SE18 4LX\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>How much?\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a311.50 for adults and \u00a35.50 for children\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Located in Charlton, this lido is famously known as the capital&#8217;s second 50m heated outdoor pool at 22 degrees.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Managed by Better, you\u2019ll find a range of swimming sessions including lane sessions bookable weekly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Afterwards you can head to the terrace for a drink or ice cream and soak up the summer sunshine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the weather heating up, plenty of Londoners may be looking for outdoor swimming spots to keep them&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-221279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}