Built under the London County Council's Parks Department in 1937, the Brockwell Lido took the place of an old bathing pond. Designed by Harry Rowbotham and T. L. Smithson in the Moderne style, it is almost identical in design to the Victoria Park Lido in Hackney. In 2001, the lido underwent a transformation with a £110,000 Evian logo installation, and in 2005, it was awarded a £500,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant, contributing to a £2.5 million refurbishment from 2003 to 2007. Today, the Brockwell Lido offers a gym, spa, fitness studios, and a health suite including physiotherapy treatment rooms.
The Brockwell Icicles winter swimming group, reestablished in 2012, and the Brockwell Swimmers club, which arose in 2016, are active at the site. The lido was featured in a 1995 episode of the acclaimed BBC series Modern Times and in a promotional video for the song "No Way, No Way" by Vanilla. On 25 July 2019, amidst record high temperatures across the UK, the police were called as around 500 people tried to "storm" the Lido.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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