One of the last lidos in Sussex is set to close for good.
£12 million redevelopment if plans are approved
plans which are expected to be submitted to Brighton and Hove City Council in four weeks
dismay that there would not be any swimming pool
“In the early years we would take £60,000 in the open season for three months. Over the past three years it has been £4,000 a time.
“I have made a loss of £250,000 running the building over the past ten years and I just cannot finance it anymore.”
a real children's pool, complete with slides, sandpits, a
climbing frame and a baby pool. Floats are provided for fun and frolics
and, at weekends, there's a bouncy castle
40-metre pool is good for
swimming
sun-loungers on the balconies seems the
most popular activity here
An installation comprising looped images, audio and film projected onto the exterior of the Saltdean Lido, aiming to investigate the collisions and tensions that exist between sea and air, space and architecture, land and landlubber. Coastal dwellers all, these artists are informed and shaped by the liquidity of their surroundings.