Swimming Opening Times

Date updated: 3/07/2026

From Monday 29 June evening sessions at the Lido and Bathing Ponds will become Bookable session. Please see below for further details.

Parliament Hill Lido, Kenwood Ladies' Pond and Highgate Men's Pond are open all year round. Hampstead Mixed Pond is open from April to October (see Hampstead Mixed Pond for exact dates), and is closed to public swimming at other times.

We operate seasonal opening hours and both Bookable and Drop-in sessions in the summer months.

Please see the drop-down sections below for further details.

During the summer period, we operate both Bookable and Drop-in swimming sessions. Bookable sessions are released online in advance and sell out quickly during busy periods. Drop-in sessions do not have tickets available in advance; all tickets are allocated to walk-in swimmers, with pay/tap on entry. Outside the summer period, all sessions are Drop-in sessions.

For booking information please see Booking for Swimming

If a Bookable session is not fully booked, walk-in swimmers will be admitted. Where a session is listed as fully booked, staff on site will determine, on a session-by-session basis, whether any walk-in swimmers can be admitted. Walk-in swimmers should not rely on being admitted to sessions that are listed as fully booked.

Bathing Ponds

**Bathing Ponds Opening Times**
Date from	Open	Last entry	Vacate water	Vacate facility
15 February to 28 March 2026	7am	2pm	2.15pm	2.30pm
29 March to 11 April 2026	7am	4.15pm	4.30pm	4.45pm
12 April to 25 April 2026	7am	6.15pm	6.30pm	6.45pm
26 April to 9 May 2026	7am	7.15pm	7.30pm	7.45pm
10 May to 15 August 2026 *	7am	8.15pm	8.30pm	8.45pm
16 to 29 August 2026 *	7am	7.15pm	7.30pm	7.45pm
30 August to 12 September 2026 *	7am	6.45pm	7pm	7.15pm
13 September to 10 October 2026	7am	5.45pm	6pm	6.15pm
11 October to 24 October 2026	7.30am	4.45pm	5pm	5.15pm
25 October to 21 November 2026	7am	2pm	2.15pm	2.30pm
22 November 2026 to 13 February 2027	7.30am	2.30pm	2.45pm	3pm

*Bookable swimming sessions will apply from late May to early September

**Bathing Pond Session Times (May to September)**
Session	Open	Last entry	Vacate water	Vacate facility
Morning Drop-in	7am	11am	11.30am	11.45am
Bookable	12pm	12.50pm	1pm	1.10pm
Bookable	1.15pm	2.05pm	2.15pm	2.25pm
Bookable	2.30pm	3.20pm	3.30pm	3.40pm
Bookable	3.45pm	4.35pm	4.45pm	4.55pm
Bookable	5pm	5.50pm	6pm	6.10pm
Bookable (until 29 Aug)	6.15pm	7.05pm	7.15pm	7.25pm
Bookable (from 30 Aug)	6.15pm	7.20pm	7.30pm	7.45pm
Bookable (until 15 Aug)	7.30pm	8.20pm	8.30pm	8.45pm

Parliament Hill Lido

Summer Opening Times 2026

**Lido opening times from 2 May 2026 to 27 September 2026**
Session	Open	Last entry	Vacate water	Vacate facility
Breakfast Drop-in	7am	9.30am	10am	10.30am
Morning Bookable	10.30am	1pm	1.30pm	2pm
Afternoon Bookable	2.30pm	5pm	5.30pm	6pm
* Evening Bookable (until 4 September)	6pm	8pm	8.30pm	9pm
* Evening Bookable (until 25 September)	6pm	7pm	7.30pm	8pm

* Evening sessions are adult (18+) lane swimming only and do not take place on Tuesdays, Saturdays or Sundays.

Winter Opening Times 2026-27

**Lido opening times from 28 September 2026 to Friday 30 April 2027**
Open	Last entry	Vacate water	Vacate facility
7am	1pm	1.30pm	2pm

Lido Sauna

The sauna is open during the winter season from Monday 29 September 2025 to 24 May 2026 (varied hours).

More information about how to buy tickets can be found in the Sauna section at Parliament Hill Lido

**Sauna sessions**
Dates	Session times
29 Sept 2025 - 01 May 2026	7am, 8am, 9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm
02 May 2026 - 24 May 2026	7am, 8am, 9am, 6pm, 7pm

*Evening sauna sessions are available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays only

The open/closed status of our swimming facilities can be found at Swimming at Hampstead Heath

Closures are also communicated through our Social Media Channels:

Facebook: Hampstead Heath City of London (no account needed)
Instagram: colhampsteadheath
X: @CityCorpHeath