21st February 2024: Minutes of a meeting with Freedom Leisure are in our FILES section, along with the proposed timetable and dates for the 2024 Lido season
30th November 2023: The current operators of the Lido, Freedom Leisure, are providing monthly updates about the works while the Lido is closed for repairs. www.freedom-leisure.co.uk/centres/guildford-lido/latest-news/winter-works/
18th October 2023: The Lido is closed for repairs to the pool. The gym is also closed.
No off-season (winter) swimming is planned.
6th April 2023: The Lido is expected to reopen for LANE swimming on Saturday 29th April.
An announcement is expected soon about timetable and prices.
9th February 2022: The Lido is operating its January/February 2022 timetable of cold water lane swimming.
Daily temperature can be found on Guildford Lido Status or twitter.com/GuildfordFOGL
The timetable can be found at: www.freedom-leisure.co.uk/centres/guildford-lido/news-from-guildford-lido/january-2022-winter-timetable/
Sessions can be booked at guildfordlido.co.uk
23rd May 2021: Session times have changed. Early and evening lane swimming sessions must be pre-booked.Season ticket holders and members can usee their Active card to swipe in to the "general" swimming sessions in the morning and afternoon without pre-booking. All others must pre-book. See guildfordlido.co.uk for links too the booking systems.
21st March 2021: See this link for details of the reopening:https://www.freedom-leisure.co.uk/centres/guildford-lido/news-from-guildford-lido/guildford-lido-reopening-29th-march-2021/
13th September 2020 - There is no news about off-season swimming. It is unlikely to start in the near future.
29th July 2020 – We have a separate email address for gardening volunteers at the Lido: [email protected]
24th July 2020 - FOGL has been in discussions with Guildford Borough Council's Leisure Services department about the possibility of opening the Lido for a few weeks in 2020. Please use the Facebook button to see updates.
Guildford Lido closed in March 2020 under Government rules. On 9th July the Government announced that outdoor pools could open from Saturday the 11th. On 21st July, Guildford Borough Council announced that they had decided not to open the Lido this season.
