Lido news

Having redefined the model of public-private collaboration in Spain, Go Fit is now expanding into Italy and has ambitious plans to grow its estate, memberships ... More

North Herts District Council has entered into a ten-year partnership with Everyone Active to run five of its leisure centres from 1 April. The facilities ... More

The UK’s oldest outdoor public pool in the city of Bath will reopen to the public on 10 September following a £9m (US$10.7m, €10.1m) restoration ... More

Average charges for an adult swim session have topped £5.00 (US$6.45, €5.83) for the first time, as expenditure on swimming and swimming lessons reaches record ... More

The UK’s oldest outdoor public pool in the historic spa city of Bath is being given a new lease of life following a £9m (US$10.7m, ... More

Xponential Fitness has entered a five-year licensing agreement with Princess Cruises that gives guests access to its boutique fitness classes and workout channel, XPlus. The ... More

Those looking to have a dip in Berlin's famous heated outdoor pools this summer will be in for a chilly surprise. Water temperatures at the ... More

Avanton, a London-based property developer, has announced plans to create an alligator farm and enclosure to be built on the UK capital's Old Kent Road. ... More

A three-dimensional water experience – a little oasis of wellness and sustainability – is rapidly coming to fruition in the middle of the Great Forest ... More

New Barnet Leisure Centre in North London has become the second new facility to open its doors following a £44.9m investment by Barnet London Borough ... More

Physical activity body ukactive has partnered with developer Barking Riverside Limited (BRL) to help create a mixed-use residential project with a focus on healthy, active ... More

The oldest surviving open-air swimming baths in the UK are set to be fully restored and reopened to the public for the first time in ... More

London-based architecture firm Grimshaw have unveiled renderings of Eden Project North (EPN), a marine-centred recreational complex and leisure attraction in Morecambe, UK. Conceptualised for environmental ... More

Architecture practice ScottWhitbystudio will transform the Jubilee Pool Penzance in Cornwall, England – the largest of only five surviving seawater lidos in the UK and ... More

The team behind The Lido in Bristol, UK, is preparing to launch its second spa and outdoor pool site in Reading, Berkshire. The Thames Lido, ... More

More than 4,000 swimmers took to the water during the open weekend at the newly-refurbished Saltdean Lido in Brighton, East Sussex. The lido was refurbished ... More

Social enterprise Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has teamed up with the Open Data Institute to share leisure activity information as it looks to broaden community ... More

Registered charity Fusion Lifestyle is investing £14m (UA$17.3m, €16.1m) to upgrade facilities across its estate. Fusion has reinvested £150m (US$185.8m, €172.4m) in the past two ... More

Frome Sport and Fitness has reopened following a £2m investment by Fusion Lifestyle. The project forms part of a multi-million pound investment across Somerset leisure ... More

A crowdfunding campaign will be launched today (13 May) to revive a historic lido in Peckham, South East London, with a new design by architecture ... More

Hyde Park’s Serpentine pond – the venue for the London 2012 open water marathon swims – will host a new mass-participation swimming festival in September. ... More

Fusion Lifestyle is investing £5m to restore the historic Newcastle City Hall, Pools and Turkish Baths complex in what will be the operator’s first contract ... More

A massive new attraction is coming to Asia after plans were revealed for a US$500m (€464.5m, £331.5m) theme park and resort development just outside the ... More

A new association has been launched with a mission to unify campaigners working to protect and restore Britain’s heritage swimming baths and lidos. Historic Pools ... More

Banksy’s twisted spin on Disneyland has generated more than £20m (US$30.5m, €27.3m) for the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare since it opened five weeks ago. Satirising ... More