Closed 2008Reopened 2010 Twitter BecclesLido Length 30 m Phone +44 1502 713297 | Type Open-air, heated Opened 1959 Width 16 m | |
Hours Open today · 7AM–6:30PMWednesday7AM–6:30PMThursday7AM–8PMFriday7AM–6:30PMSaturday7:30AM–6:30PMSunday7:30AM–6:30PMMonday7AM–6:30PMTuesday7AM–6:30PM Similar Camel Park Oasis, Felixstowe Museum, Saxtead Green Windmill, Bentwaters Cold War Museum, Havergate Island Profiles | ||
Beccles Lido is an open-air pool at Puddingmoor, Beccles, Suffolk, on the banks of the River Waveney.
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Beccles lido pre season 2016
Description
The lido is 33 x 16 metres with a diving board, small slide, paddling pool and sunbathing area.
It is normally open from late May to early September. It was closed throughout 2009 but reopened August 2010 following a change of ownership and subsequent refurbishment.
History
The lido was constructed in 1959 on the site of an older bathing pool. Prior to that swimmers used a fenced off part of the River Waveney in the town.
Heating was installed in 1975.
In 2004 Waveney District Council announced plans to close the lido and to build an indoor swimming pool. In reaction to these plans, the Friends of Beccles Outdoor Pool campaign started in 2006. In 2009, Waveney District Council decided they would no longer manage the Beccles Lido (nor Halesworth Open Air Pool) after April 2009 so neither opened. Beccles Lido Limited was created and they re-opened the lido in 2010.
The chairman of Beccles Lido, Maureen Saunders, won a community pride award in July 2009 for her work campaigning for the lido and establishing the management company.
Beccles Swimming Pool is one of the town’s most popular summer sporting
attractions providing not only a pleasant riverside leisure spot for local people and holiday visitors alike but also valuable service as a place where people can learn to