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Each time i go there i cant seem to find a way in. Any help?

The woodingdean open air lions pool was constructed in 1977 following an 11 year fundraising campaign. Sadly though in 2008 they couldn't afford maintenance costs and permanently closed. The pool has remained derelict to this day, and I thought i should go have a look..... So i did! Here are...

Intro It has always been a thought in my mind of finding myself somewhere that I'd been within earlier in life. The exact place it would be was obviously a complete unknown and this wasn't exactly at the top of the bingo card (or however bingo works). Back in mid-late 2025, I found myself...

Oasis Beach Pool Opened in 1991, Bedford’s distinctive pyramid-shaped Oasis Beach Pool became a much-loved family attraction, known for its wave machine, flumes and leisure pools. By the 2020s, however, its ageing structure and rising maintenance and energy costs had placed its future in...

I took a short trip this weekend to Milan, by coincidence, i heard about a swimming pool built in 1978 that was intended to be used for the Olympics but was never used for that purpose. It served as a local pool until 2019 when it was shut down. To reach the pool involved about an hour of...

Levenshulme Baths stand as a reminder of the kind of civic buildings that once played a straightforward but important role in everyday life. Opened in 1921, they were built to provide public washing and swimming facilities at a time when many homes still didn’t have them. For decades, the...

January 2025 Did this one with @MotionlessMike. We ran into two other explorers while we were inside, so if you’re on the forum—apologies, I didn’t catch your names. All I know is that @MotionlessMike ended up throwing a tyre at one of you, thinking it was me. :rofl The site itself is a fairly...

Ypres Lido Ypres! what a place. If you know anything about ww1 you will of course of heard of Ypres, it was the scene of no less than 4 battles of the war. In the heart of Ypres stands the Menin gate bridge memorial, this itself is extraordinary to see honouring 54,000 British Empire who...

December 2025 Ticked this one off as a solo visit. Rather embarrassingly, until 2020 I had no idea this place even existed — despite it being a five-minute drive from home. It only came to light after a conversation with my younger brother, who admitted that during lockdown he and a few mates...

Outdoor swimming pools became very popular in Germany from the 1920's due to the lebensreform social movement advocating for a healthy lifestyle connected with nature. The area of Bad Bertrich is a forested volcanic region famous for it hot mineral springs used for bathing since Roman times...

Eastney Swimming Pool in Portsmouth first opened in 1904, built on the site of a former gravel pit and originally tied to the nearby Royal Marines Barracks. For generations it served both the military and local residents, and it even played a role in training during the Second World War, when...

Eastney Swimming Pool, established around 1905 as part of the Royal Marines Barracks in Portsmouth, holds a significant place in the city’s history. Notably, it served as the training ground for the Cockleshell Heroes in 1942, a group of Royal Marines who embarked on a daring mission to attack...

Explore - We visited this place during a busy weekend. Situated next to the main entrance for Formby beach we weren’t sure what to expect. Having only seen pictures of the inside we were shocked to find an outdoor pool/jacuzzi. With all of the palm trees it felt like we were abroad or...

Eastney Pool was closed in 2021 after being deemed no longer economically viable to repair. Eastney Swimming Pool was originally built to serve as a training facility for the military, not much else to say, there are plans to develop/convert it into a bigger leisure centre with more parking, but...