Jeremy Clarkson returns as our auctioneer for what is always a highly entertaining – and sometimes unpredictable – evening. Already we have a fantastic array of promises, ranging from pet portraits and ice cream to stand-up paddleboarding, a luxurious getaway in Kent and holidays in Portugal, Scotland and Wales. Watch out for updates on social media and don’t forget to …
DUCK RUN & FUN AT THE LIDO!
Chipping Norton Mayor Sandra Coleman has kindly chosen The Lido as her Charity of the Year and has organised a morning of family fun at the pool on Saturday 13 April. The action begins at 8.45am when we’ll be running and walking alongside the Chipping Norton School Parkrun on their 5km route, starting on the school field alongside The Lido. …
Lido Cleanup Day 2024
Lido Cleanup Day 2024. Want to come behind the scenes? Join our spring clean and you’ll be part of bringing the lido back to life after its winter hibernation… We’d love to see you, get you know you and show you The Lido ‘behind the scenes’ at our pre-season cleanup day. 📆: Sunday 17 March ⏰: any time between 10am …
THE LIDO CAFÉ IS RECRUITING
☕️ The Lido is looking for a Café Supervisor to join our management team. 💚 This is an opportunity to provide refreshments to our visitors, cater for parties and events and build on our popular menu of homemade food and drink. 💚 Your hours will be planned around a rota system using other café staff to support you, and could …
THE LIDO IS RECRUITING STAFF FOR OUR 2024 SEASON, AND WE NEED YOU!
🛟 We are looking for friendly, committed lifeguards who enjoy meeting customers and working as part of a team to keep people safe in the water! 💙 Anyone aged 16+ is welcome to apply, and, if you’re not a qualified lifeguard but confident in water and fancy learning a new lifesaving skill, we have a lifeguard course running before we …
Season’s greetings from The Lido
The Lido wishes you all a very merry festive season and a happy New Year! The days will soon be getting longer, and we’re looking forward to turning our thoughts to swimming outdoors again. While we may look appear quiet on the surface, we are paddling hard to plan a brilliant season in 2024. Filters are being repaired, plumbing modernised, …
CLOSED FOR THE SEASON
We have now closed for the season, and we want to thank everyone who visited us in 2023 🥰 We have enjoyed making new friends, as well as welcoming back our wonderful regulars. Thank you all for sticking with us through all that the climate could throw at us this year. Please take away your best, sunniest memories of The …
Swim into the Sunset
Join us for a final late evening swim on Saturday 9 September to celebrate the end of the season, with a special hot food menu and BBQ, hot and cold drinks, and a bar 🍷 Swim into the sunset, enjoy a drink and a bite to eat, and gather round the fire pit as the evening draws in 🔥 …
The Pike Hike
What on earth is the Pike Hike? Karen Whitehouse and a friend are climbing Scafell Pike to raise money for their favourite local charity – The Chipping Norton Lido. They thought climbing a lovely mountain in the Lake District wasn’t enough to merit your donations, because everyone can do that for fun. So decided to raise the levels of their own …
Lido Slide Statement
Following a recent visit, patron Luke Froude kindly launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to reinstate The Lido slide. This former much-loved feature of Chippy Lido was initially a victim of the Covid-19 restrictions but, unfortunately, bringing it back post-pandemic isn’t as simple as having sufficient funds to buy a new slide or refurbish the old one. Updated advice from the Health …