AS even more people enjoy open water swimming this summer Ambleside based outdoor swim guiding company Swim the Lakes is urging people to be safe. Swim the Lakes owners, husband and wife team Andrea and Pete Kelly, say amongst the essential kit people need are swim tow floats. They keep swimmers safer and visible [...]
We have some end of season great offers on wetsuits. We have some Ex-Demo suits and some big reductions on selected new suits. You can read more about the Zone3 and BlueSeventy Suits here: https://www.swimthelakes.co.uk/product-category/open-water-swimming-shop/wetsuits/ To buy one of these Ex-Demo or sale suits please take a look at the size chart first on [...]
We are happy to help online and on the phone. You can still place online orders and we will dispatch your order as soon as possible. You can also ring us on 015394 33826 to place orders and make bookings. Our shop in Ambleside is temporarily closed. Update on Current Situation 12/05/20 Following government [...]
Ahh sadly summer is slipping away and swim wetsuits are running out of stock. Our end of season wetsuit sale is now on. New Wetsuits on Sale BlueSeventy Sprint (sorry no ladies left) - RRP £175 - Now £149.99 BlueSeventy Fusions - RRP £275 - Now £219.99 BlueSeventy Reactions - RRP £425 - Now [...]
In the hot weather you might be hearing reports of Blue Green Algae and be wondering how this will affect you. Here a five key points to take away. 1.Blanket warnings may be issued for an entire lake, even though only a small area of that lake may be affected. Use your common sense [...]
Swim the Lakes launch a new company - Puffin Swim. The north’s leading open water swimming experts Swim the Lakes have launched a new company - Puffin Swim, which aims to combine swim safety and adventure with sustainability. Puffin is made for adventure Puffin Swim is passionate about swimming outdoors and the real adventure [...]
Adult Sessions at Kendal Lifesaving Club Kendal Lifesaving club are starting their adult sessions again on Friday 12th January 2018 at Kendal Leisure Centre from 8.30pm to 9.30pm. Adult life saving club is monthly and this months session will be run by Pete Kelly who is a RLSS lifesaving instructor and experienced open water swimmer. If you have any [...]
The Swim the Lakes 2017 Ex-demo wetsuit sale is now on: There's some great bargains to be had, these suits will not be listed individually on the website, so please do ring for advice or come along to our Ambleside shop. BlueSeventy Sprint BlueSeventy Fusion Various WMS £89 WML £89WL £89 WXLA £79 SM [...]
Join in our super wetsuit sale and grab yourself a bargain MENS BlueSeventy Sprint XL (Ex-demo) RRP £165, Now £89 (not available online). Aqua sphere Pursuit XS RRP Now £119.00 BlueSeventy Sprint SM, M, MT RRP £165, Now £129.99 BlueSeventy Reaction SMT RRP £345, Now £310 BlueSeventy Thermal Helix L RRP £545, Now £444.99 [...]
The Lake District, which has been celebrated in paintings, drawings and words since the 18th century, has been named a Unesco World heritage site this recognition means the region joins the ranks of Taj Mahal, the great wall of China , the Grand Canyon and Stonehenge as an important place of international acclaim. The [...]
A full range of BlueSeventy Wetsuits and the Orca Open Water Core wetsuit are back in stock in men's and women's sizes. 4 ways to buy the right wetsuit for you Come and visit us in-store for a wetsuit fitting by our experts Ring or email us for some great advice, you can [...]
There's been lots of activity in Ambleside today with the first Lake District on location filming of the new adaptation of Beatrix Potter's classic, Peter Rabbit. It's a big feature film from Columbia Pictures with James Corden as Peter Rabbit and Sam Neil as Mr McGregor. Ambleside Toy Shop, just up from 'Swim [...]
Get your New Wetsuit For the 2020 Season Its wetsuit selling season and the BlueSeventy Sprints, Fusions and Reactions are in stock at Swim the Lakes, Ambleside. Swim the Lakes are the wetsuit fitting experts and we offer you 3 ways to get the wetsuit that's right for you. 1) Wetsuit Fittings In-store Come and [...]
The Great Lake District Swim Challenge 2017 - Swim ALL the Lake District in the ultimate open water challenge The Lake District is England’s largest national park and a world-class swimming destination, now in its third year, the Great Lake District Swim Challenge is to swim all the swim-able Lakes in the Lake District. The challenge [...]
The Thermal Helix is based on blue seventy’s top wetsuit, the Helix. It has all of the major design features of the Helix, a suit that is regarded to be one of the best wetsuits around. It has the 5-5-4 mm construction (5 mm neoprene in the chest and torso, 4 mm in the [...]
Just in from the Casting Researcher from ITV Studios... "Hello there Swim the Lakes Team! I hope you don't mind me getting in touch, but I was wondering if you might be able to help me. I'm currently working on a very exciting brand new entertainment show for ITV called Cannonball. Which I'm sure some [...]
The Royal Life Saving Society UK and British Triathlon have launched a joint strategy to set standards and grow safe open water swimming. British Triathlon and the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), the UK’s drowning prevention charity, have today (25 January) launched a joint strategy to help drive the development of, and safe standards [...]
Sean Conway is probably best known for swimming the length of Britain in 2013, a challenge that many thought impossible, Sean disagreed and spent 4.5 months at sea proving it could be done. Sean is an endurance adventurer; in 2016 he completed the world’s longest ultra Triathlon around the coast of mainland Britain. He has [...]
Swim the Lakes Christmas & New Year Opening Hours Our Ambleside shop opening hours for the festive season 2017-18 Sat 23rd 9.30am - 5pm Sun 24th Closed Mon 25th Closed Tue 26th Closed Wed 27th 10am - 5pm Thur 28th 10am -5pm Fri 29th 10am - 5pm Sat 30th 9.30am - 5pm Sun 31st [...]
SWIM FOR CHILDREN IN WAR - A Virtual Swimming Event Swim the Lakes director Andrea Kelly launched, what she believes to be the first virtual swimming event that you can take part in anywhere, in January 2017. The challenge, in aid of Save the Children, is to swim a 10k swimming marathon, indoors or outdoors [...]
