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Parliament Hill Lido, located in Hampstead Heath, north London, is next to Gospel Oak railway station. The lido, also known as Hampstead Heath Lido, is a public unheated open air swimming pool, open for 12 months a year. It first opened in 1938.
Hampstead Heath is an ancient heath in London, spanning 320 hectares (790 acres). [1] This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London , running from Hampstead to Highgate , which rests on a band of London Clay . [ 2 ]
The article states that filming was done at “Hampstead Heath Lido”, where Smiley is shown swimming. Smiley is in fact shown swimming in the Men’s Bathing Pond, a completely different place on the Heath. The Lido (more properly called Parliament Hill Lido), may have been used for filming, but not for those scenes.
The Corporation also runs the unheated Parliament Hill Lido, in Hampstead Heath which the London Residuary Body with the agreement of the London Boroughs gave into the safekeeping of the City, for the benefit of the public, in 1989.
The history of Gospel Oak can be traced as far back as the history of Hampstead, which was documented in AD 986 by Ethelred the Unready to the Abbot of Westminster. [4] Situated as it is in the southern part of Hampstead Heath, the area was, in years past, referred to as nearby South End Green. When the now-lost great oak tree of Gospel Oak ...
The Heath and Hampstead Society took the engineering decisions of the City of London to judicial review in November 2014: the interpretation of the 1975 Reservoir Act was challenged and thereby the nature of the proposed engineering works to the dams. The case was heard by The Honourable Mrs Justice Lang (DBE) and a ruling, in favour of the ...
Parliament Hill is renowned as a cross-country running venue and hosted the 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1993 and 2003 men's English National Cross Country Championships and the 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2022 and 2025 men's and women's English National Cross Country Championships.
In October 2006 the London Fields Lido re-opened in Hackney after a campaign lasting nearly 20 years; Droitwich Spa Lido also reopened after a six-year battle by the group SALT (Save a Lido Today); Brockwell Lido celebrated its 70th birthday on 10 July 2007; Clifton Lido reopened in 2008; [10] Wood Green Pool in Banbury reopened in 2009; [11 ...