Much like Marmite, wild swimming is a 'love it or loathe it' kind of sport. Die-hard fans wax lyrical about the joys of being ...

Keen on giving wild swimming a try? Here are a few tips from seasoned swimmers to help you get started and stay safe. Wild swimming has been having a moment for some time now. Many people ...

Fancy diving into the exhilarating world of wild swimming? Maybe you don’t have the best wild swimming gear already. But if ...

Alexander Ward caught suspected Weil's disease from a river in Cambridgeshire Wild swimmers are increasingly getting sick from sewage pumped into rivers and seas, according to an environmental ...

Joanna Macdonald says swimming in the River Tone has been beneficial to her mental and physical health A popular swimming spot could get bathing water status if an application by a wild swimming ...

There are currently 550 wild ‘bathing sites’ in the UK, which are annually tested for harmful bacteria during the summer ...

Wild swimmers in Northern Ireland have expressed concern over the amount of untreated sewage entering waterways. NI Water, a government-owned firm that provides water and sewerage services ...

Winter surfers and swimmers are set to be the big winners in plans to crackdown on the pollution of official water bathing spots and provide year round protection. Ministers have today launched a ...

Wild swimmers have been warned to avoid a lake that has been contaminated by E. coli after recent flooding. Oxford City Council said results of water testing in Hinksey Lake revealed increased ...