Brockwell Lido
Coordinates: 51°27′11″N 0°06′23″W / 51.453056°N 0.106389°W / 51.453056; -0.106389
Address	Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, Lambeth
Postcode	SE24 0PA
Opened	1937
Operator	Fusion Lifestyle Ltd
Architect	Rowbotham & Smithson
Type	open air
Status	Grade II Listed
Length	50 metres (160 ft)
Website	www.brockwell-lido.com
Facilities
Gym, hydrotherapy pool, cafe

Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994.

Contents 1 History 2 Description 3 Bibliography 4 Footnotes 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond and is almost identical in design to the Victoria Park Lido. It opened in July 1937.

The lido closed in 1990 due to cost saving measures by Lambeth Borough Council. A Brockwell Lido Users group was established to lobby for re-opening.^[1] The lido management was put out for tender and two former council employees won the contract and reopened the lido in 1994.^[2]

Lucy Blakstad's "The Lido" was filmed at Brockwell Lido in 1995.^[3]

In 2003 it was classed as a Grade II listed building.

[edit] Description

It has recently had a gym added to the building.

In 2001, the Evian logo was painted on the pool floor in a sponsorship deal worth £110,000. In 2005, £500,000 was awarded from the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of the £2.5 million redevelopment.^[2]

[edit] Bibliography

• Bradley, Peter (2007), Out of the blue: a celebration of Brockwell Park Lido 1937-2007, BLU, ISBN 9780955627002, http://books.google.com/books?id=QTBdPgAACAAJ 

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] See also

• Droitwich Spa Lido

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Brockwell Park Lido from the Lidos in London page
• Whippersnappers, an artistic group based at the lido
• Brockwell Lido in 1938
• Brockwell Lido in 1948
• Lidos in the UK