The Novice Open Water SwimmerOpen Water swimming is exciting and exhilarating and once you take the plunge you’ll certainly feel a great sense of achievement. Open water swimming has scientifically proven health benefits, including mood boosting and energising effects as well as improved memory, d …

LUKE JERRAM AT PENNINGTON FLASHFriday 19th until Sunday 28th November 2021Luke Jerram is known globally for his innovative arts projects and large scale public artworks and the internationally acclaimed artist will be unveiling his brand new art installation ‘Floating Earth’ to The Flash.'Floating E …

Lakes for Level Water FundRaising Challenge - 14 and 15 AugustMy OpenWaterSwim at Pennington Flash are proud to support 'Lakes for Level Water', a fundraising swimming event created by Level Water and supported by the Outdoor Swimming Society.The Lakes for Level Water Challenge EventThis event is op …

The Lakes are open and we're busy with our regular swims at Pennington Flash - Nr Manchester.  (Evenings on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays and on Saturday Mornings).  This year, it's taking a little longer for the water to warm up and currently the water at Pennington Flash is 14 de …

The sport of outdoor swimming has benefited from unprecedented publicity as a result of the easing of England’s lockdown.As restrictions which have been in place since before Christmas began to be lifted, media outlets flocked to open-air pools to report on the return to organised outdoor sports and …

But Swim England pleads for funding to save them long-termWe can all look forward to taking the plunge from next Wednesday (2 December) when the national lockdown ends, with swimming pools being given the go-ahead to welcome visitors.So after large parts of this year have seen pools being out of bou …