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词条 Parliament Hill Lido
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  1. Description

  2. History

  3. References

  4. External links

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|name=Parliament Hill Lido
|image=Parliament Hill Lido (7321241562).jpg
|caption=
|address=Parliament Hill Fields
Gordon House Road
|postcode=NW5 1LP
|coordinates = {{coord|51.556359|-0.151379|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|opened=1938
|operator=Corporation of London
|length={{convert|61|m|ft}}
|width={{convert|27.4|m|ft}}
|depth={{convert|1|m|ft}} − {{convert|2|m|ft}}
|status=Grade II listed
|website={{official website|https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/hampstead-heath/swimming/Pages/default.aspx}}
|features=stainless steel lining, fountain
}}

Parliament Hill Lido, Parliament Hill Fields, Gordon House Road, Hampstead Heath, north London, is next to Gospel Oak railway station. The lido, also known as Hampstead Heath Lido, is a public unheated open air swimming pool, open for 12 months a year. It first opened in 1938.

Description

This unheated pool is {{convert|200|x|90|ft|m}} and is owned and operated by the Corporation of London, who also own the whole of Hampstead Heath.

The lido is open for the Summer Season from mid May to mid September.

From September to April it is open from 7am to 12 noon for Early Morning swims only, one of only three unheated Winter Swimming venues in London, the others being Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill and Tooting Bec Lido.

Another swimming venue, the Highgate Ponds are a short walk away.

There is a users' group for the lido (and the ponds), the United Swimmers' Association of Hampstead Heath.

History

The lido was opened on 20 August 1938. The lido was designed by Harry Rowbotham and TL Smithson (London County Council Parks Department) and is nearly identical in design to Victoria Park Lido and Brockwell Park Lido. There was a diving stage, shutes and a café, with areas for sunbathing and spectators.[1][2]

Costing £34,000 to construct, this was the most expensive of London County Council's 13 lidos built in the 1920–39 period.

In 1976, after the death of a 15-year-old boy,[3] further safety measures were taken, including removing most of the diving facilities and increasing staff. The last diving board was removed in 2003.

Refurbishments after the late 1980s included hot showers, cycle racks, paddling pool and CCTV.[4][5] In 1986 the lido was taken over by the London Residuary Body and in 1989 by the Corporation of London.

The lido was Grade II Listed in January 1999.[6]

49,000 visitors were recorded in 2003.

In 2005, the custom for free swimming before 9.30am was dropped and a £2 entry fee introduced. Refurbishment in 2005 included a stainless steel pool lining, the first of its kind for an outdoor pool in Britain.[1]

References

1. ^{{citation |year=2006 |title=Liquid assets: the lidos and open air swimming pools of Britain |first1=Janet |last1=Smith |publisher=English Heritage |isbn=978-0-9547445-0-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0PNSAAAAMAAJ |page=152}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Some additional notes on Parliament Hill Lido|author=Andy Hoines|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/oliver.merrington/lidos/phlido1.htm|publisher=www.lidos.org.uk|date=Feb 2005|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203101113/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/oliver.merrington/lidos/phlido1.htm|archivedate=3 February 2010|df=dmy-all}}
3. ^{{cite news |title=Boy freed after identity parade |date=28 September 1976 |page=1 |newspaper=The Times |quote=A boy aged 16 who had been interviewed by police officers inquiring into the death of Enrico Sidoli, aged 15, at a lido in Parliament Hill Fields, London, was released last night.}}
4. ^{{cite news |title=Parliament Hill Lido, London, July |last=Holford |first=Elizabeth |date=28 December 2008 |newspaper=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/dec/28/parliament-hill-lido-london}}
5. ^{{cite news |title=Join the debate: Take me to your lido |date=27 July 2005 |newspaper=Times Online |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/your_say/article548541.ece}}
6. ^{{cite news|newspaper=Camden New Journal|title=Now Lido offers a summer evening dip|url=http://www.thecnj.com/review/2009/051409/goodlife051409_03.html?headline=Now_Lido_offers_a_summer_evening_dip|date=14 May 2009|author=Dan Carrier}}

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/hampstead-heath/swimming/Pages/default.aspx}}
  • Oliver Merrington's website www.lidos.org.uk
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccNPL2jEExk The Outdoor Swimming Society 2008 festive dip] amateur video footage.

4 : Lidos|Buildings and structures completed in 1938|Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden|Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Camden

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