About the Great Swim Series

About Great Swim

A series of four televised one-mile outdoor swims:

Staged in a lake, loch or dock near you this summer
Swim in a safe and supervised environment
No walls, no lanes, no chlorine – just the great outdoors
A fantastic challenge for all swimming abilities
Swim a mile breaststroke chatting to a friend or crawl your way to a fast time
Over 10,000 swimmers took the plunge in 2009, from an 86-year-old granddad to a middle aged mother of three with a fear of deep water, to soap stars and Olympic heroes
With four Great Swims around the country, each venue offers a unique swimming experience
Don’t be left on the waters’ edge, enter online today!