Portishead Open Air Pool is one of several community projects to benefit from the final injection of cash from the government's community ownership fund.

Historic open air pool to receive £1.3 million for refurbishment

210720-Swimmers in Jubilee Pool from 130719-ITV News West Country

The pool has announced it will close for the winter season and reopen in May 2024.

Popular lido closes due to 'unprecedented' increase in running costs

Pooches showed their owners how to doggy-paddle in an Olympic-size pool.

Dogs make a splash as lido opens to canines

The Lido has been vandalised on four separate occasions this year, involving glass being thrown onto the sundeck and into the swimming pool. 

CCTV to be upgraded at iconic Plymouth lido to fight recent vandalism

The stunning Tinside Lido in Plymouth is being drained so every piece of broken glass can be removed.

Iconic Plymouth lido closes due to vandalism

It was opened under the name Clifton Victoria Baths in 1850 but was forced to close when the buildings fell into disrepair in the late 1980s. 

170 years of the Bristol Lido

Socially distanced swimming at Sandford Parks Lido in Cheltenham - drone shot credit ITV West Country

Sandford Parks lido in Cheltenham has re-opened after the Government eased lockdown restrictions but it can only take a fraction of its usual number of swimmers and they have to social distance.

Swimmers social distance as Cheltenham Lido re-opens after lockdown 

The Lido in the village of Street, Somerset is marking its 80th anniversary.

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