Broomhill Pool, Ipswich
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| Coordinates: 52°04′06″N 1°08′28″E / 52.06834°N 1.141071°E | |
| Address | Sherrington Road, Ipswich |
| Opened | 1938 |
| Closed | 2002** |
| Owner | Ipswich Borough Council |
| Architect | E. McLauchlan |
| Status | Grade II Listed |
| Length | 165 feet (50 m) |
| Width | 60 feet (18 m) |
| Website | Broomhill Pool Trust |
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Broomhill Pool is a Grade II listed lido on Sherrington Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
After a 13-year campaign, 2002 - 2015, Broomhill Pool has been successful in attracting potential funding of £5.3 million towards its restoration and re-opening. The Heritage Lottery Fund made its announcement on 9th October 2015 after leisure company Fusion Lifestyle submitted a bid in June. https://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/major-national-lottery-grant-restore-and-reopen-ipswich%E2%80%99s-grade
Broomhill Pool opened on 30 April 1938 and closed in the autumn of 2002. The last season when people could therefore actually swim in the lido was the summer of 2002.
Thanks to the work of the Twentieth Century Society, Broomhill Pool achieved Listed status in August 2001, but Ipswich Borough Council proceeded with their plans for closure and informed the Department of Culture Media and Sport that same year. In January 2002 the DCMS produced a list of closed Listed swimming pools and Broomhill Pool was on that list.
However, this was not generally known to local residents and it was not until February 2003, when the Ipswich Evening Star carried a front page headline asking if Broomhill was now "Doomhill", that people realized the lido might be permanently closed.
Broomhill Pool is one of twelve Grade II listed lidos in England. It is East Anglia’s last 50+ metre outdoor pool (165 ft x 60ft complying with the 1938 A.S.A and A.D.A requirements), the only Grade II listed lido, has the last outdoor diving boards (believed to be the last surviving set of Wicksteed diving boards in the world) and is Ipswich’s last "moderne" style building.
Broomhill Pool is located on Sherrington Road, and within Broomhill Park, N.W Ipswich.
The original birthplace of Ipswich Town F.C. who played their first matches 1878-1888 before moving to Portman Road. The land was owned by the Sherrington family who were instrumental in the formation of Ipswich Town Football Club. The land was sold to the Borough of Ipswich for park land in 1925. The pool is built within Broomhill Park.
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