PIN Tooting Bec Lido

A Lovely Outdoor Swimming Pool

Tooting Bec Lido is an historic open-air fresh water swimming pool in South London.The lido is one of the oldest open air pools and the largest in the United Kingdom, being 100 yards long and 33 yards wide. It`s a popular place for advertisement shoots and other filming because of the alternating bright red, yellow, and green doors of the changing cubicles seen above the turquoise water.

History

Tooting Bec Lido is one of Britain's oldest open air pools — it opened in 1906 as the Tooting Bathing-Lake. It was built as a 'Corporation Project' by local unemployed people.Tooting Bec Lido was nearly closed as a result of Wandsworth Council's financial cutbacks in the early 1990s but was saved as a result of the campaigning efforts of the SLSC who took over the management of the Lido outside the summer season. Since 1999, the Council has invested in making improvements to the Lido.

TripTide Thoughts

Great value for the price of entry. Nice and relaxing and a beautiful place for a summer dip

How to get there

You have to take the Northern line and get off at Tooting Bec and take a short walk

Opening hours

wednesday
07:00–19:45
thursday
07:00–19:45
friday
07:00–19:45
saturday
07:00–19:45
sunday
07:00–19:45
monday
07:00–19:45
tuesday
07:00–19:45

Owner

sebastian soler

Hi I am Sebastian - a french student on an internship in London for TripTide. I love music, movies and history - and London. My Home Town is Nice in France. ...