From the Places2Swim editors
Monthly Featured Pools
One pool at a time: the Pools of the Month, each with its live listing, drop-in price and pools.
Pools worth a detour
The world’s pools, one month at a time.
Year-round (mostly) outdoor swimming in Scotland?
We don't know why we think of Scots as being especially fit and hardy, but our impression was reinforced when we came across the Tamar Manoukian New Cumnock Swimming Pool. Open from spring through autumn, this facility is the only freshwater, heated, outdoor swimming pool in Scotland.
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Sister Bay, Wisconsin, United States
The Peninsula Aquatic Center in Sister Bay, Wisconsin, uses two Endless Pools to give a remote small town year-round swimming. It was our Pool of the Month for August 2026.
Raa Atoll, Maldives (Republic of)
Joali Being in the Raa Atoll of the Maldives lets guests jump into the ocean from their own bedroom and offers a choice between 25-meter and 30-meter pools. It was our Pool of the Month for July 2026.
London, England, United Kingdom
Three unheated venues in England show the range of cold-water swimming: a floating pool deck in the Thames, a Portsmouth lido and an open water course in Uxbridge. They were our Pools of the Month for June 2026.
