WINTER
WARMERS
Anywhere from saunas to tropical
glasshousesandcosypubscanbe
good places to counter the cold(^1) A winter splosh
in Hampton
open-air heated pool.
(^2) M ake like a
Scandinavian and
combat the cold by
stripping off and
getting steamy.
(^3) Sea views in winter:
best enjoyed from a
seaside shelter, such
as this fancily fringed
Weymouth number
resort in Venice – when a widely held sense
of egalitarianism drove an outdoor pool
building boom. “When we get down to
swimming, we get down to democracy,”
said Sir Josiah Stamp, Bank of England
director, on opening Morecambe Lido in
- Follow in his swimming strokes at the
Olympic-sized London Fields Lido, or New
Cumnock Pool – the only heated freshwater
pool in Scotland – or any number of dipping
spots around the country listed at
outdoorswimmingsociety.com.
WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY
A signifier of wealth in Georgian times –
the exotic plants, the extravagant show of
being able to afford a hefty glass tax – the
UK’s glasshouses remain quite the mostTHE WATER’S LOVELY...
What beats swimming outdoors on a sunny
day? Swimming outdoors in the depths of
winter at a heated lido, snugly warm in the
water with steaming rising all around. One
of the oldest is in Bristol, opened circa 1850,
today augmented by substantial spa
facilities and fine dining. Most date from
the 1930s – the decade ‘lido’ was coined,
named for the fashionable island beach