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What is Secondary Drowning?
Swimming is something you can enjoy all year round both indoors and outdoors but, when there’s water around, there’s always a risk of drowning. Peo...
Why Swimming Makes You Hungry
Anyone who has ever been swimming understands the temptation of the vending machine in the lobby. Anecdotally, it seems that swimming make us want ...
How The Henley Mile Came To Be
The Henley Mile takes place this year on July 10th 2016. You can find more details and enter here. For a 10% discount on all categories except elit...
How to Choose the Right Swimming Goggles
Goggles are available in a variety of size, shape and colour, so it can be a bit daunting trying to pick one. One of the main reasons why people ...
Top 5 Secret Swimming Locations
Want to know the best places to take a dip in the great outdoors? And not only that, these spots are not known by everyone so you're sure to hav...
The Henley Mile Open Water Swim – where a Mile is more than a Mile
Henley Swim are offering Simply Swim subscribers a special offer, 10% off all Henley Mile events on Sunday 10th July 2016. Simply go to www.henleys...
The Most Challenging Open Water Swims in the World
In this video we're going to be looking at the most gruelling open water challenges in the world.
Have you ever wondered how easy it is to escap...
Dangerous Places You Wouldn't Want to Swim
Often we talk about the best places to swim, whether that be in open water, or our favourite water parks. But today we're going to be counting do...
Tips to Stay Safe Keep When Wild Swimming
Wild swimming is one of the fastest-growing outdoor sports in the UK, as more and more people discover the exhilaration of reconnecting with natu...
The Evolution of a Swimming Event
It might seem a slightly odd thing to write about in the depths of winter, but have you ever wondered what happens during the winter months at the ...
The First Woman To Swim the English Channel
So often it's men who make the records, because men's sports are better funded and promoted. But for one woman in the 1920s, anything men could do,...
The Thames Baths Project
On the 19th May 2015, 26 days into a 30 day Kickstarter campaign, a new outdoor swimming initiative in London reached its £125,000 crowd-funded tar...