Pells Pool

Pells Pool
Pells Pool
	50°52′39″N 0°00′35″E / 50.877452°N 0.009691°E
Location	Brook Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2BA
Opened	1860
Operated by	Pells Pool Community Association
Owned by	Lewes Town Council
Type	freshwater lido
Status	Grade II Listed
Length	45.72 metres (150.0 ft)
Width	22.86 metres (75.0 ft)
Website	pellspool.org.uk
Facilities
	sun-terrace, paddling pool, refreshments, lawn, floats, disabled access, toilets

Pells Pool is a public outdoor swimming baths or lido in Lewes, East Sussex, England. The original structure was built in 1860 making it the oldest freshwater outdoor public swimming baths in the United Kingdom that is still operating.^[2]

^ "Minutes of Evidence: Listed swimming pools and pool buildings no longer in use". House of Commons: Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport. 15 January 2002. Retrieved November 16, 2009. - A schedule of listed swimming pools and pool buildings; seven are listed at grade II* and the remaining 72 are listed at grade II.
^ Adrian Bridge, Travel writer (3 October 2017). "Escape the heat: 17 of Britain's best outdoor swimming pools". The Telegraph.

[1] "Minutes of Evidence: Listed swimming pools and pool buildings no longer in use". House of Commons: Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport. 15 January 2002. Retrieved November 16, 2009. - A schedule of listed swimming pools and pool buildings; seven are listed at grade II* and the remaining 72 are listed at grade II.

[2] Adrian Bridge, Travel writer (3 October 2017). "Escape the heat: 17 of Britain's best outdoor swimming pools". The Telegraph.

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