Jubilee Pool

Jubilee Pool
The pool from the air in 2021
LocationBattery Road, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Coordinates50°06′53″N 5°31′53″W / 50.114784°N 5.531454°W / 50.114784; -5.531454
Built1935
ArchitectFrank Latham[1]
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameJubilee Pool
Designated4 March 1993
Reference no.1221190
Jubilee Pool is located in Cornwall
Jubilee Pool
Location of Jubilee Pool within Cornwall

Jubilee Pool (Cornish: Poll Jubile)[2] is an Art Deco lido in Penzance, Cornwall. It is Grade II listed, being recognised as the finest surviving example of its type with the exception of Saltdean Lido.[3] With a capacity of 5 million litres and 600 swimmers and measuring 300 feet long and 160 feet wide, it is the UK's largest seawater pool.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Frank Latham's grave". Jubilee Pool Stories. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Jubilee Pool (EN) - Henwyn Tyller". Akademi Kernewek. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  3. ^ "JUBILEE POOL". Historic England. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  4. ^ Amelia Ward (11 June 2021). "Cornwall Is Home To The UK's Largest Outdoor Sea Water Pool". LADbible. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  5. ^ Sarah Turner (20 June 2021). "10 of Britain's best lidos". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  6. ^ N. P. Cooper (2020). A Cornish Almanack. Lulu.com. p. 170. ISBN 0244254028.

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