Lake Swims

Manley Mere, Manley Lane, Frodsham. WA6 0PE

Hope House Children’s Hospices are organising their first sponsored open water swim to help raise funds for the hospices....

Rutland Watersports Whitwell

Date: Sunday 8th September, 2013. Whether you’re a seasoned competitor or just want to swim for fun you’ll get...

Friday Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Lake on private land but next to a footpath through Forestry Commission woods. Seculded with grass banks.

Gosau 396, 4825 Gosau, Österreich

beautiful alpine lake in austrian alps. great panorama to the dachstein glacier. water gets up to 18 degree C...

EX20

Old water filled quarry, with swing rope on the southern side!

SO50 5PE

Open water swimming lake in Hampshire. Set in the beautiful Lakeside Country Park it is the perfect lake to...

Blea Tarn, Eskdale

Blea Tarn is a nice place for swimming after a steep walk up from the valley bottom. The water...

Fan mountains, Tajikistan

This triangle-shape mountain lake is set at 2,195 m in the Fan mountains of Tajikistan and accessible only by...

yosemite, california, usa

Surrounded by granite domes and lodgepole pine forests, Tenaya Lake is the crown jewel of Yosemite National Park’s high...

SP6 2EY

The Hampshire Open Water Swimming Centre is a new facility that has just opened to the public for open...

Koppenwinkellake Austria, Upper Austria

a small periodical lake. it fills only in time of the melting snow. the water is crytal clear but...

Aviemore

A small, romantic loch at the foot of the Cairngorms, with a tiny ruined castle on an island set...

Inversnaid

Remote stretch of northern Loch Lomond on West Highland Way. Steep wooded rocky loch sides lead down to Rob...

Drumnadrochit

Britain’s longest lake and home to Nessie. Secluded place to access shoreline opposite dramatic Urquhart Castle, down through fields....

Cannich

Stunning islanded lake, rich in original Caledonian pine. Many places to swim from shore and potential to swim out...

Haltwhistle

Large open moorland tarn set beneath a crag and one of the great forts of Hadrian’s Wall. Marshy, shallow...

Thirsk

A large (300m), warm and little-visited lake set in woodland beneath the Sutton Bank escarpment. Squidgy leaf litter mulch...

Rosthwaite

A high tarn in the shadow of Scafell Pike with island and excellent diving and swimming. Popular for wild...

Skelwith Bridge

Beautiful small tarn, relatively warm, under skyline of Langdale Pikes. Basic but scenic campsite adjoining.

Blawith

A stretch of wooded rocky headlands with secluded sandy coves. Peel Island sits across a 100m strait.

Wasdale Head

Quartz-bedded, very clear, long lake (5km) with good shelving beaches and some of the most stunning scenery in the...

Llanberis

A deep blue lake set under a 100m steep rock wall, famous in climbing and traditional folklore. Beach on...

Beddgelert

A 1km-long valley lake at the foot of Snowdon with stunning craggy backdrop. Accessible directly from the main road.

Tanygrisiau

Two small shallow tarns at 500m at the head of Croesor valley. Fantastic views of Cnicht and the sea....

Corris Uchaf

A huge, dramatic glacial cwm in the crater of Cadair Idris set beneath 400m high mountain walls. It’s a...

Harlech

A tarn in the remote northern Rhinogs, with cliffs for jumping and fabulous views of the sea. Good hotel...

Golan

A clear blue tarn in a hidden cleft, at the head of one of most remote and beautiful valleys...

Fairbourne

A very deep, clear green’blue pool (50m x 30m) in a mysterious cavern entered via a short dark tunnel....

Llangollen

A very deep, completely clear azure blue lake at the bottom of a spectacular quarry crater (Moel-y-Faen). Steep scramble...

Twynllanan

A high lake in the shadow of the Black Mountain, legendary home of a lake nymph. Deep (18m) and...

Leek

Tiny moor-top pool steeped in legend with views of The Roaches.

Hatchmere

A relatively shallow, warm 300m’long lake in the nationally important wildlife area of Delamere Forest. A grassy area next...

Ellesmere

An area of nine glacial meres. Colemere is remote, beautiful and quiet with a shore path and small sailing...

Tewkesbury

Deep, green, spring-fed quarry lake in great natural amphitheatre in cleft of Malvern hills. View millions of years of...

Staines

2km long lake one side, Colne river the other. Former gravel pit. Deep water from wooded banks. Drone of...

Hampstead

Swimming ponds in middle of wild, hilly heath. Woody, sheltered aspect, open on one side. Changing areas and lifeguards....

Albury

Famous springfed pools, renowned for their clear waters, on edge of North Downs. Shallow, some weeds, but rather magical....

Farnham

Huge sandy lake with small buoyed-off swimming area shelving to 1.5m deep and 50m wide. Forest and open heathland....

Port Isaac, 6km

A luscious, chalk-green, spring-fed quarry lake on private land, part of Cornish Tipi Holidays. Wooded cliffs and banks. Very...

Bolventor, 4km

A huge moorland lake, the highest and largest in Cornwall. Open access on the west side with chalky, shelving...