Long Distance Swimmers

Swimming in the lake in Hyde Park is not the only place Serpentine members swim! Long distance, open water swimming is another passion at the Serpentine, with the club boasting a plethora of relay and solo English Channel swimmers amongst its members.

The English Channel is not the only long distance swim to tackle. Serpentine members have dipped their toes in many UK and international waters. A small example of such swims include:

• Escape from Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
• Golden Gate Bridge Swim, San Francisco, USA
• Catalina Channel, Los Angeles, USA
• Maui to Lanai Channel, Hawaii, USA
• Robben Island Swim, Cape Town, South Africa
• River Nene swim, Cambridgeshire, UK
• Manhattan Island Swim, New York, USA
• Straits of Gibraltar, Spain
• Lake Zurich, Switzerland
• Lake Annecy, France
• Cook Straits, New Zealand
• Round Jersey, Jersey
• Round Guernsey, Guernsey
• Lake Genava/ Lac Leman, Switzerland/ France
• Lake Windermere, UK
• Loch Lomond, UK
• Loch Ness, UK
• Ullwater, UK
• Coniston, UK

All through the year there are members training for their first or next long distance open water swim. If long distance swimming is something that you are interested in, come down to the Serpentine (Especially on a Saturday morning from 8am onwards) to meet the huge number of members who have given it a go! We have advice, stories, tips and hints galore. Just be prepared to listen to a lot of overexcited open water swimmers telling you their experience from their swims

The members who have completed English Channel solos swims:

* Multiple swims