When was New Brighton baths built?
Janick Schaden
2025-05-30 02:44:47
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The Open Air Baths, New Brighton were built at a cost of £103,000 and opened in June 1934 in front of a crowd of 12,000.
The baths were a colossal structure, one of the largest of its type ever built.
It was designed in the Art Deco style by Wallasey Borough Engineer, Lieutenant Sergeant George Wilkinson.
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DEMOLISHED 1990|Opened 1934.
The earliest date of the feature, as a year, if known
1990|1934.
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1990|1934.
Julian Ortiz
2025-05-20 14:05:24
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New Brighton Outdoor Bathing pool was a haven for many.
It was on the 13th of June, 1934, before an assembly of nearly 12,000 people, Lord Leverhulme declared open the finest and largest aquatic stadium in the World.
The open air swimming pool was demolished in 1990 which was a great shame as it was the place to be on hot summer days.
New Brighton Rock was held over two days: Monday 21 May and Tuesday 22 May 1984 at the town's open air swimming pool and transmitted by Granada Television on Saturday 23 June 1984 on ITV.
Nikolas Crooks
2025-05-14 01:00:44
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New Brighton outdoor baths was a central feature of the seaside town's booming resort. Damaged by a storm in the early 1990s, the baths were demolished soon after, bringing an end to an era for New Brighton which seemed to go hand in hand with its steady demise as a tourist hotspot. A busy New Brighton Baths on August 30, 1961. The plans, which were eventually approved several years later, included a small outdoor pool. Part of the the building would include a private leisure facility including gym and outdoor swimming pool within a stone's throw of the promenade. In 2011, the developers Neptune spoke of the project nearing completion, referring to "a standalone, two-storey leisure building with a heated outdoor open-air lido." However, Neptune’s revised plans for the lido building – which had initially intended to be a gym – mean the swimming pool – will be redeveloped as a child’s splash pool. The empty pool remain at the Bubbles site for a few more years before the splash pool was developed in its place. Opened in 2016, the outdoor area has been popular with the thousands of families making use of the play centre each year, which is one of the largest in the UK.
Lillie Kiehn
2025-05-05 12:54:07
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The famous Derby Pool stood on Harrison Drive in New Brighton and was named the race course built in the area by Lord Derby around the turn of the 17th Century. Centuries later the race course has long since disappeared but the remains of the Art Deco swimming built in the early 20th century remains. The huge pool provided many hours of fun for the locals of Wallasey and the day trippers of Liverpool. Its huge outdoor swimming area made the pool an attraction during the summer months and was often the scene of vast over crowding. The building was refurbished many years later and some of the original areas still stand.
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