Open water swimming

Open water wild swimming!

Start or end your day with the enchantment of a sunrise or sunset swim. Open water wild swimming is now available at our venue.

Adrenaline level

Difficulty

Fun Factor

Fitness levels required

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What shall I bring with me?

All swimmers must use a suitable swim float.

All swimmers must wear a high visibility item such as a swim cap

Do I need insurance?

All swimmers must hold their own insurance against any injury that may occur whilst on our premises and while participating in the act of open water wild swimming. insure4sport is one insurer (other insurers are available)

Do I need to be part of a swimming club?

All swimmers must be part of a swimming club or organised group and have arranged their visit with us prior to attending.

Here are some local groups that you may wish to join for your trip:

Weardale wild swimmers.
Darlington wild swimmers.
River Tees swimmers.
Seaton Carew sea swimmers.
Crazy Northern Dippers.
Seaham Seaside Slope swimmers.
Fat Girls Swim.

All can be found by searching on Facebook.

Can I solo swim?

Solo swimmers are not permitted for safety reasons.

What facilities do you have?

Facilities will include access to our toilets, lockers for storage of personal belongings (please bring your own padlock) and the use of our pontoon at the Eastern end of our lake.

Prices will be £3 per person.

We do have some simple rules for the safety of all our swimmers.

These include:

All swimmers must use a suitable swim float.
All swimmers must wear a high visibility item such as a swim cap
All swimmers must hold their own insurance against any injury that may occur whilst on our premises and while participating in the act of open water wild swimming. insure4sport is one insurer (other insurers are available)

All swimmers must be part of a swimming club or organised group and have arranged their visit with us prior to their visit. This can be done by emailing weardaleadventure@outlook.com

Facilities will include access to our toilets, lockers for storage of personal belongings and the use of our pontoon at the Eastern end of our lake.

Prices will be £3 per person.

Opening at the moment are Sat and Sunday 8am – 10am and 6pm to 8pm

If these times are unsuitable or you would prefer a different day, then get in touch via our email with your preferred times and dates and we will see what we can do.

IMPORTANT NOTE

We cannot guarantee that the venue will be manned by us while you are swimming, this is why we insist that you are part of an organised group, to ensure everyone remains safe.I

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