The home of open water swimming.

Welcome to The Open Water Swimming Club.

We are a fast growing community of people who love swimming outdoors in rivers, lakes, tarns and sea.
Founded by open water swimmers to share information, experiences and enthusiasm for swimming outdoors.
Based in the Lake district for swimmers everywhere.

 

Get Involved: If you like open water swimming, join our community on facebook, on twitter & in the water.
Our Facebook page facebook/openwaterswimming; Facebook group page for social swims & stuff

Send us your swims, event reviews and news for inclusion on our website via our 'contact us' page.

Open Water News & Info

Utterly Buttermere Swim


Utterly Buttermere swim 2013The 2nd Utterly Buttermere Swim is on Saturday 8th June 2013 in this beautiful corner of the Lake District famous for its tranquillity and dramatic scenery.

This exciting outdoor swimming challenge is organised by Head to the Hills in association with the open water swimming club & the National Trust.

As the organisers enthusiastically claim Buttermere is 'The most utterly stunning location for a swim in the country. An outdoor swimmers paradise, crystal clear water & unparalleled views, a dream and a challenge fulfilled'.

 

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Bonfire n Badgers Night Swim

The Open Water Swimming Club invite you to the insanely annual Head to the Hills Bonfire n Badgers night swim.

Where: Rydal Water in the beautiful, if dark, Lake District.

When: Friday 2nd November 2012, 6.00pm

Why: just because...

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Free Swim Cap for your Swim reviews

Free Swim Cap for your words.

Born to swim hat

You've heard the saying 'A penny for your thoughts', its pretty much the same but instead of a penny we'll give you a top quality silicone swim cap.

Send us your review of a swim event that you have done this year in exchange for a 'Born to Swim' open water swimming club cap.

 

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Our Open Water Swimathon Gets Press Attention!

Read All About It!

So our Swimathon is just around the corner. On the 28th of April we will be taking to the waters of Lake Windermere to raise money for charity. Open Water Swimming Club are looking for as many people as possible to come down and swim a mile in Lake Windermere. Today we are are very excited to have been featured on the Westmorland Gazette website with this great article.

Click here to read the article

It also give us the opportunity to tell you about our new partnership with Lakes Leisure Windermere. We have teamed up with Lakes Leisure so that we may have a base for the Swimathon and for other future events. We are really pleased and thankful in being given this opportunity to use facilities and have access to the water that will benefit our events and the people who attend them.

It's just over two weeks until the Swimathon so if you haven't registered on the the swimathon.org website, its not too late. However you can just turn up on the day and offer a donation (suggested minimum £5). All proceed go to Sport Relief. For further details check out our events page or our facebook page - www.facebook.com/openwaterswimming

Lake Restoration Work Needs YOU!

We Love Our Lakes.

 

Without the wonderful water to swim in we would be a little lost at Open Water Swimming Club. As the Lake District plays host to so many visitors and local sports enthusiasts, we ultimately have a measurable impact on the area around us, including the quality of our lakes. We all have a vested interest in keeping our lakes clean and well preserved.

Windermere Reflections is a 3 year program that’s aim is to restore the largest fresh water lake in
England. With their main focus on Lake Windermere and the surrounding areas that feed this lake, including tarns and nearby lakes, the program is a massive undertaking and needs support from local businesses and citizens in order to succeed in its initiative. As open water swimmers we obviously want to spread the word and give support to this noble and challenging project.

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