South West England

Gyllyngvase beach Falmouth Cornwall

Now in its eigth year the Trident Challenge is an 800m (approx) sea swim around a triangular course off...

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Magical river swimming in the woods

Lynton

Lee Bay is a popular family beach in the summer season, with parking, toilets and a cafe above, and...

Mortehoe

Rockham Beach certainly has a wild feel to it, being hidden well enough to avoid the crowds of nearby...

Directly east of the famous Abbey, there is a 2m deep pool just upstream of some rapids (you can...

EX20

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

Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 3JY

Chippenham River Festival is an annual celebration of the River Avon which flows right through the heart of Chippenham....

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...

Summerleaze Beach, Bude EX23 8HJ

Beautiful tidal pool which curves under the cliffs on the North Cornwall coast. Semi-natural construction and filled twice daily...

Tewkesbury

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

Salisbury

A small, cold, shelving pool with deep section (3m). By bench and lawn behind hedge but visible from road...

Salisbury

Small, secret pool under hatches, public right of way, but on wellmaintained fishing beat so don’t swim if fishermen...

Amesbury

Medium pool, 20m x 60m, with chalk shingle in shallows and deep section (2′ 3m) beneath a small weir...

Bath

100m long weir in wonderful valley of the Avon. Meadow, old ferry crossing steps, long deep water stretches. Shallow...

Trowbridge

One of the country’s last river-swimming clubs occupies a pleasant, deep but narrow stretch of the Frome above a...

Trowbridge

Sloping green field by large weir pool. Lovely pastoral aspect with trees and hillside. 1m deep by weir wall...

Castle Cary

A pretty 100m stretch of river running alongside church lawns between old bridge and weir. Gravel bed by weir,...

Wimborne Minster

A wide stretch of mature river at old ford with weir, bridge and long upstream swimming stretch. Good access...

Malmsmead, 2km

Charming but small plunge pool underneath shallow Waterfall or Gorge and big tree in popular Doone Valley woodland walk....

Sturminster Newton

An open stretch of the Stour with grassy fields by elegant white wrought-iron Colber Bridge. A little weedy and...

Withypool, 7km

Ancient stone ‘clapper’ bridge, very popular with children for paddling. Deeper pool of Barle about 20 mins upstream through...

Withypool, 7km

Small junction pool of Barle and Sherdon, upstream from popular paddling at Landacre Bridge. Open and sunny with plenty...

Lynmouth, 5km

Rockford is tiny hamlet next to the tumbling wooded East Lyn above Watersmeet. Good real ale pub and series...

Lynmouth, 3km

Watersmeet is a famous National Trust area of wooded river walks. There is a Waterfall or Gorge with small...

Simonsbath, 3km

Deepish, smallish pool (10m x 20m x 1.5m deep) in the babbling river Barle in wild scenery beneath the...

Great Torrington

The Torridge at Torrington Common is fast flowing and pebbly but mainly shallow (1m) with some deeper holes. Woody,...

Barnstable, 8km

Open river meadows by footbridge behind small railway halt on Barnstaple line. The Taw is large and wide here...

Okehampton, 7km

Small plunge pool in narrow rocky valley below Scarey Tor. Some grass for picnics and large rocks for sunbathing....

South Zeal, 2km

Small, dammed plunge pool in brook at edge of moor. Shallow (1m) but set beneath flat rock rapids with...

Whiddon Down A30, 5km

River-fed swimming pool with cafﾎ set in fields on outskirts of tiny Chagford. Largest outdoor pool in Devon. Upstream...

Ashburton, 5km

Wonderful wooded island with red sand beach shelving into deep river bend with Holne cliff towering up behind. Rusty,...

Whiddon Down A30, 3km

Long river pool in woods beneath Castle Drogo. About 1.5m deep. Weir and footbridge. The Teign cascades into three...

Holne, 3.5km

Small Waterfall or Gorge pool

Ashburton A38, 5km

Peaty water, clean from the mountain, this is the most popular and accessible Dart swimming location, especially in summer....

Bodmin, 5km

Wooded National Trust estate riverside walk. Some sections 1.5’2m deep. Swim against the current. Wooden bankside deckings (for fishing)....

Bodmin, 5km

Still in the Lanhydrock Estate, this swim is off the original driveway to the main house from behind the...

Holne, 0.5km

Small Waterfall or Gorge with sunbathing rock and large pool in secluded Holne Woods, close to Holne and its...

Liskeard, 8km

Beautiful stream of young river Fowey runs through ancient oak woodland. First 700m wide path provides access to shallows...

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...

Tintagel, 2km

A tall, slender Waterfall or Gorge at the head of a wild woody dingle. It falls into a high...