Brockwell Lido

Brockwell Lido, located in Herne Hill, London, is a Grade II listed lido that was built in 1937 and designed by Harry Rowbotham and T. L. Smithson for the London County Council's Parks Department. It replaced the Brockwell Park bathing pond and is almost identical to the Victoria Park Lido in Hackney. Since 2003, it has been managed on behalf of Lambeth Council by Fusion Lifestyle. The Lido Cafe looks out onto the pool. The lido closed in 1990 due to cost-saving measures by Lambeth Borough Council, but a local campaign led to its reopening in 1994.

In 2001, the Evian logo was painted on the pool floor in a sponsorship deal worth £110,000. In 2005, £500,000 was awarded from the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of a £2.5 million redevelopment that took place from 2003 to 2007. This refurbishment gave the Lido new facilities like a gym, spa, and fitness studios, with the expanded site reopening in October 2007. The Brockwell Icicles winter swimming group reformed in 2012, and the Brockwell Swimmers club was established in 2016 by enthusiastic lido users.

A 2019 incident involving around 500 people attempting to storm the Lido during a heatwave led to temporary management by the administrators S&W Partners until Lambeth Council took over in 2026. Brockwell Lido has appeared in episodes of the BBC series Modern Times, the promotional video for 'No Way, No Way' by Vanilla, and 'Sun Hill Boulevard' of the UK TV series, The Bill.

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