Hampton Pool
A charity-run, heated outdoor lido in Hampton that is open every day of the year, with a 36-metre main pool and grassy lawns for sunbathing.
- Adventure
- Price: £ · Budget
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Did you know
Richmond Council proposed closing it in 1980, and residents raised over £60,000 to reopen it in 1985.
Local tip
Adult swims cost roughly £7-£9.50 depending on the session and some sessions must be booked in advance by website, app or phone. It is open 365 days a year with the water heated to about 28C, so a winter swim is possible.
Finding it
- Address
- High Street, Hampton TW12 2ST
- Nearest station
- Hampton (London) (National Rail), 1074 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Bushy ParkA 1,100-acre former Tudor hunting park beside Hampton Court, with roaming red and fallow deer, a Wren-designed avenue and fountain, and the Woodland Gardens.
- Garrick's Temple to ShakespeareA small domed temple built by the actor David Garrick in 1756 as a shrine to Shakespeare, standing on a riverside lawn beside the Thames at Hampton. It is Grade I listed.
- Hampton Court PalaceHenry VIII's sprawling Tudor palace with a baroque wing for William and Mary, the Tudor kitchens and 60 acres of gardens on the Thames.
- Strawberry Hill HouseHorace Walpole's own "little Gothic castle" in Twickenham, built and expanded from 1749 onward and now recognised as the founding building of the entire Gothic Revival architectural style.