London Pools Campaign: Forest Hill Pools

Forest Hill Pools closed

Max Calo — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:15:29 GMT

Forest Hill Pools in Lewisham has been closed today.

Lewisham Council made this sudden announcement today after surveyors discovered that some of the 126 year old beams holding the victorian glass ceiling was rotten.

The pool will stay closed and the Council is now considering bringing forward the programmed refurbishment that had been scheduled to take place in a few years time.

Pictures of THAT sculpture (and Seaton Pool)

webteam — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:41:20 GMT

"The Seaton Pool Campaign have had many requests to show a picture of the infamous sculpture that is on a roundabout outside Seaton Pool.' All pictures may be freely used and best quality copies can be obtained by emailing sspsubscribe@drsa.org.uk.' Rumour has it that it cost £250,000 pounds sterling.' Incredible!' Where do the RDA get the money from?' Was' money well spent? That amount of money would keep Seaton Pool running for a year and a half!

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(Via Save Seaton Pool Pictures of that sculpture (and Seaton Pool): .)

The BBC ran a piece on this story as well

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Forest Hill SE23 tells Lewisham's Mayor 'keep the pools'

webteam — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 16:14:31 GMT

"The much heralded consultation on the future of Forest Hill Pools stumbled to a beginning at the first of two consultations at Sydenham Girls School on Wednesday night (October 5th 2005). Stumbled because most of the consultation documents have yet to be circulated and there was no obvious publicity to be found either at the Pools or nearby Library. Nevertheless the word had got around and around 150 people came to hear what Lewisham's Mayor (and Forest Hill resident) Steve Bullock had to say and express their own opinions."

It is becoming increasingly difficult to cover progress on the consultation on Forest Hill pools as it seems, among many things, that the consultation documents to which we recently linked on the Lewisham website have been withdrawn and replaced with a new document with significant differences.

version one

version two with, what some have called, tendentious list of advantages and disadvantages

(Via The Forest Hill London SE23 News: Forest Hill Pools Consultation: .)

What's happening in Lewisham?

pool@... — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 01:41:42 GMT

Lewisham boasts 2 pool campaigns - the Save the Ladywell Pool campaign and the Friends of Forest Hill Baths. Recent speculation has surrounded the future of Forest Hill Baths, while the Save Lady Pool group have taken their campaign to the streets.

Tonight representatives from both campaigns are taking questions to the meet the mayor of London. More information.. or watch the event on the GLA webcast

Forest Hill Pools' future in doubt again

webteam — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:16:53 GMT

THE future of London's two oldest swimming pools has been plunged into uncertainty.

It is feared that the much-loved Forest Hill Pools in Dartmouth Road, may be surplus to requirements.

The council (Lewisham) has said it has no 'specific' plans for the site which has two 25 metre pools but admits it is evaluating all leisure facilities in the borough.

Seven years ago the South London Press supported the Save Forest Hill Pools Campaign, which successfully fought off an attempt to close the facilities. Now the future of the pools is again uncertain."

(Via By Julia Lewis, South London Press.)