Outdoor and wild swimming in the great outdoors from the sea and salt water pools to lakes and rivers in the UK and beyond. 
El Niño shifts huge amounts of heat around the Pacific Ocean, and that heat changes weather patterns across the planet. What it will not do is tell you whether the water at your local beach is safe to swim in this Saturday morning. El Niño effects on sea swimming are real at the level of […]
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Picture yourself stepping out into freezing Icelandic air, then sinking into water that sits at a steady 37 to 39°C. Steam rolls across black lava rock, the surface glows a strange milky blue, and your shoulders drop about six inches. That is the Blue Lagoon, and it deserves a place on your list even if
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Bouncing across a floating obstacle course, slipping off a giant inflatable slide and climbing back on for another go is one of the most fun ways to spend a warm British afternoon. Outdoor inflatable aqua parks have popped up on lakes, reservoirs and flooded quarries all over the country, and they give you something a
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Cold water hits harder than most people expect. The UK’s lakes, rivers and coastline rarely climb above 17°C even in August, and on a grey morning in a Yorkshire reservoir you can be looking at single digits. That shock is what catches beginners out: fast breathing, numb fingers, and a fumbling, shivering change on the
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Swimming in open water in Britain is one of the simplest joys going, and it is also one of the easiest activities to get wrong. Cold water, moving rivers, hidden drop-offs and tides can turn a lovely dip into a genuine emergency in under a minute. The good news is that almost every serious incident
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If you have ever searched “where can I swim with dolphins in the UK,” you are not alone. It is one of the most popular wildlife-related questions asked by adventure seekers across Britain. The short answer, though, may surprise you: there are no commercial swim-with-dolphins experiences in UK waters, and intentionally swimming with wild dolphins
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No, you cannot swim in the Roman Baths in Bath, UK. The water in the Great Bath is completely untreated, and bathing there has been banned since 1978 after a young swimmer tragically died from a brain-eating amoeba found in the thermal waters. Today, you are not even allowed to touch the water, let alone
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Cornwall offers some of the finest wild swimming in the UK, and that is not an exaggeration. With over 400 miles of coastline, hidden coves, tidal pools carved by centuries of Atlantic swells, and freshwater quarries tucked into the moors, the county is a playground for outdoor swimming at every level. Whether you are after
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Wild swimming is the practice of swimming in natural bodies of water, such as rivers, lakes, lochs, waterfalls, and the sea, rather than in a chlorinated swimming pool. It is one of the fastest-growing outdoor activities in the UK, with more than 4.1 million people regularly heading into open water to experience the physical and
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