Dorset gives you two very different kinds of swim within an hour's drive. You can drift down the slow, willow-lined River Stour, or you can swim under the limestone cliffs of the Jurassic Coast. For …

If you want to swim legally near York, your safest bet is a managed lake that sells tickets and publishes its rules. Pool Bridge Farm at Wheldrake is the clearest choice for most swimmers, with …

Most leaks, foggy lenses and sore eye sockets come from a frame that does not match your face. Price and the label on the box have little to do with it. Swim goggles for women …

You convert a swimming time by changing the course it was swum in: short course yards (SCY), short course metres (SCM) or long course metres (LCM). A good swimming time conversion multiplies a yard time …

Yes, you can swim with pigs from Nassau, and you have two options. For most visitors, a half-day trip to Rose Island is the easiest way to meet swimming pigs from Nassau, because the island …

Lane swimming is the part of the pool timetable set aside for steady lengths, with ropes dividing the water into channels for slow, medium and fast swimmers. To swim in lanes in a UK pool, …

You should wait until your new ear piercing has fully healed before you swim. For most earlobe piercings that means at least six to eight weeks, and for cartilage piercings it can mean several months …

If you want easy, quieter water, start with Rydal Water, Grasmere, Buttermere or Crummock Water. Wild swimming in the Lake District gives you lakes, tarns, river pools and waterfall plunges, all inside one national park. …

You can legally swim in Loch Ness, but the water is very cold and very deep, and it changes fast when the wind picks up. Scottish access rights cover swimming in most lochs, including this …

Most UK swimming teachers prefer a foam swim vest to armbands for young learners. A vest holds a child in a forward, swimming-ready position and leaves their arms free to paddle. For most children aged …

A weak kick sinks your hips, adds drag and makes your arms work twice as hard. A good one keeps you flat, steady and moving forward with less effort, whether you swim freestyle or backstroke. …

If you start coughing during or after a swim, the cause is often the air above the water. Swimmers cough is usually a short-lived irritation of your throat and airways, triggered by chloramines that build …

A strong core keeps your hips high, your body long and your stroke connected from fingertips to toes. When your trunk tires, your legs sink, your hips sway and every length costs you more effort. …

Good front crawl comes from four habits working together. You keep your body flat at the surface, you rotate from your hips and shoulders, you reach forward before you pull, and you breathe out underwater …

You can go swimming for free in the UK, but rarely by walking into any pool you like. The most reliable routes are council free-swim schemes for residents, school-holiday programmes for under-16s, and lifeguarded beaches …