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1 hr non coached open swim session, only safety cover provided. This session is designed for competent open water swimmers.
Pinkston Watersports has changing rooms and showers – and lockers – (£5 refundable padlocks available or bring your own). Make open water swimming just that little bit more comfortable!
Whether you want to try open water swimming for the first time, improve your technique, or train for an event, come along to Pinkston and join other like-minded people on the water.
One-hour non-coached open swim session, only safety cover provided. This session is designed for competent swimmers.
We release regular swim times year round. Winter swimming is a Sunday afternoon and summer swimming is early on a Wednesday and again on a Saturday.
We are welcoming 100’s of swimmers each week – hope to see you soon!
Unfortunately, due to limited capacity, we aren’t able to maintain a cancellation list.
Due to the nature of the way that we work and the limited numbers on each session we aren’t able to offer a refund if we get less than a week’s notice of cancellation (50% refund will be given to sessions canceled with 1-2 weeks notice). We do what we can to help and support our users who have to change plans within this time, but we can’t guarantee our ability to do so.
We aren’t currently able to hire out wetsuits so you would need to source your own. We find Lomo to be of great value, but there are many other online and in-store retailers.
A wetsuit retailer would also be able to provide the best advice on what size you should order.
In the summer months, the water temperature ranges from approximately 14-20 degrees Celsius. This feels cold, especially if you aren’t used to it. Wetsuits aren’t compulsory, but we very much recommend them, especially if you aren’t acclimatized to swimming in cold water.
In order for us to maximize the number of swim sessions available we have divided the space available. This means that we can provide swimming at the same time as running our popular kayak and stand-up paddle-boarding sessions.
Watch this space – coming soon!
We have showers and changing rooms on site – plus lockers for your belongings – padlocks are £5 and fully refundable – or bring your own