What is the difference between a swimming pool and a lido?
A swimming pool can be located indoors or outdoors, while a lido is always found outdoors. A lido, like many of those on the list here, often has additional space for sunbathing, changing and grabbing a snack. While you’re out and about, visit one of London’s best parks, sunny beer gardens or picnic spots. The word ‘lido’ itself derives from the Latin ‘litus’, meaning shore. The first outdoor swimming area in Britain to adopt the name was the Serpentine Lido, in London’s Hyde Park, in 1930.