Tooting Bec Lido
The UK's largest freshwater outdoor pool by surface area, 100 yards long with bright red, yellow and green changing cabins, on the edge of Tooting Bec Common.
- Adventure
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Did you know
It opened on 28 July 1906 as the Tooting Bathing-Lake, a scheme proposed by a rector to give work to local unemployed men.
Local tip
Public swimming runs from May to September, so check the season dates and book through Places Leisure; outside the season only South London Swimming Club members can swim. The pool is unheated, you need a padlock for the lockers, and Sunday club races at 9.30am pause public swimming.
Finding it
- Address
- Tooting Bec Road, London SW16 1RU
- Nearest station
- Streatham (National Rail), 909 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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