Valentines Park Lido - bulldozed in 1995 at a cost of £26,000 - may be gone, but it has not been forgotten by the campaigners who fought to save it.

The decision to return it to parkland was taken after Redbridge Council calculated it would cost around £250,000 to bring the 1930s structure in to line with stricter health and safety requirements.

The pool was the last lido in the area following the closure of Whipps Cross Lido, in Snaresbrook Road, Snaresbrook - once the largest in London - in 1982, followed by the open-air pool at the Grange Farm Centre, Chigwell, in 1984. ...more ---> ...

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