This event has finished Took place on: Wednesday, 6th May 2015
Free FreeA new pond is about to open behind the British Library in the King’s Cross development site, while plans are afoot for a floating bath at Temple Stairs on the Embankment.
Why the resurgence in outdoor swimming? Join Caitlin Davies, author of Downstream, a new history and celebration of swimming in the Thames, for a panel discussion on urban swimming past, present, and future.
Panelists include Ness Knight, who in 2013 became the first woman to swim the length of the non-tidal Thames, Anna Strongman from Argent developers who will talk about the new King's Cross Pond Club, and Chris Romer-Lee, co-founder of the Thames Baths Project.
Before the event there will also be a chance to see a rare 1595 swimming manual, The Art of Swimming, in the Treasures of the British Library gallery
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This event has finished Took place on: Wednesday, 6th May 2015
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2015-05-06 2015-05-06 Europe/London Wild Swimming in the City lt p gt A new pond is about to open behind the British Library in the King s Cross development site while plans are afoot for a floating bath at Temple Stairs on the Embankment https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2015/05/06/wild-swimming-in-the-city-58227 British Library,96 Euston Road, London,London,LondonLocation
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