Tooting Bec Lido

Fantastic outdoor lido — we’ve visited several times and always enjoy it. It’s best to book in advance, as when it’s fully booked you’ll need to queue outside. Bags are checked for glass, alcohol, and similar items before you’re given a wristband. There’s no seating directly around the pool, which isn’t an issue if you bring a large towel or something to sit on. Benches are available near the small café at one end. On hot days, the café can get extremely busy with long queues, and there may also be queues for the toilets. The toilets are a little run down, and the shower facilities are in a shared space. I also want to mention that the lockers are somewhat unreliable. They’re small, require your own padlock, and while they’ve worked for me in the past, today I found I could pull mine open without much effort even with the padlock secured. They’re showing their age and could do with upgrading. That said, it’s still a wonderful lido — so much so that we’re happy to travel 1.5 hours across London just to get there!

Fantastic outdoor lido — we’ve visited several times and always enjoy it. It’s best to book in advance, as when it’s fully booked you’ll need to queue outside. Bags are checked for glass, alcohol, and similar items before you’re given a wristband. There’s no seating directly around the pool, which isn’t an issue if you bring a large towel or something to sit on. Benches are available near the small café at one end. On hot days, the café can get extremely busy with long queues, and there may also be queues for the toilets. The toilets are a little run down, and the shower facilities are in a shared space. I also want to mention that the lockers are somewhat unreliable. They’re small, require your own padlock, and while they’ve worked for me in the past, today I found I could pull mine open without much effort even with the padlock secured. They’re showing their age and could do with upgrading. That said, it’s still a wonderful lido — so much so that we’re happy to travel 1.5 hours across London just to get there!

A beautiful large swimming pool set in a green lawn with mature shady trees for hot days. Very clean, excellent changing rooms with showers & hairdryers,lifeguards on duty. We visited during a heatwave & the water was surprisingly warm, but have visited previously when the water temperature was quite a challenge.