Information for those planning to join our visit to Felixstowe on 10th
October – please note that the Felixstowe Triathlon will be taking place
on this day. Consequently, the town is likely to be busy and car parking
will, no doubt, be at a premium.
However, there should still be plenty of space in the sea for our swim!
https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk
Extended Autumn Opening Dates
We’re delighted to announce that further to our consultation, in partnership with Cambridge City Council, Jesus Green Lido will remain open into the winter months. Opening times from the 20th September – 31st October are below and if there is demand the season will be extended further 🙂
Better will make a decision about the opening times from November having reviewed demand over the next two months.
The Friends’ Committee expressed their delight at the decision reached jointly between The City Council and Better, with key support from local councillors, and are grateful to all involved in continuing to show their support for the Lido.
Calling all swimmers! Do keep going through the autumn; it’s so beneficial to health and well being, and a great way to meet friends outdoors.
Felixstowe Beach
Although we don’t yet know when, or if, our pool will close for the winter we plan to make our usual autumn visit to Felixstowe on Sunday 10th October
Meet on the beach near the Fludyers Hotel at approximately 11.30 for a swim then a walk, coffee and perhaps fish and chips. Please be aware that this is an informal arrangement and that we cannot take any responsibility for organising transport – we suggest that individuals arrange appropriate car sharing. Alternatively, travel by train should be possible by catching the 09.00 train from Cambridge arriving at 11.21 with a change at Ipswich. Return services run hourly @ 15.25, 16.25 etc. High tide should be at approximately 15.00
As anyone reading the local press is aware there is a good chance that Jesus Green Pool may open through the winter and of course, we are in total agreement with that idea 🙂
To help the powers that be please fill in this questionnaire asap!
Please click the image or click the link here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JGWinter
and maybe COVID willing we can have our next Christmas party by the pool!
Here is the Cambridge Evening News article https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/calls-keep-jesus-green-lido-21086089
Here is our NickyB talking on local radio https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09mts1f at 1:56:14
Tonight!! Thursday 24th June, 5.30 – 7.00 pm
Chesterton College choir singing at Jesus Green Lido
Collection in aid of Rowan Charity
Sunrise to Sunset
It’s official, on the 21st of June this year, we will be opening from 5am until 9pm.
Don’t forget to book in online or via the app for your 1 off swim! #JesusGreenLido #SummerSolstice pic.twitter.com/jgh1DF4NpM— Jesus Green Lido (@JesusGreenLido) May 28, 2021
Please complete this survey before May 30th to share your thoughts about your experiences of using Jesus Green Lido on your last visit to the centre after 12th April.
For the purposes of this research, please answer all questions exclusively in relation to this leisure centre only and disregard any others you may have also visited recently.
Your input will help us understand how members use this centre and improve both its facilities and services going forward.
Sport England with the help of local authorities and leisure centres are undertaking National research to understand the participant experience of using public leisure centres and their activity habits, and we would welcome your views on our centre to add to this research.
Please note that this survey is completely confidential and all data is collected and processed in compliance with all data protection laws and the Market Research Society Professional Code of Conduct.
Responding to these questions is entirely voluntary and the answers that you provide will be presented in aggregate form, and not be linked back to you in any way.
In accordance with GDPR, please be reassured that your personal details and individual answers will remain confidential and will not be passed to any other organisation.
Some of the questions in the survey will ask for your ethnicity and health data. This sensitive information about you is considered special category data.
The lawful basis for collecting any special category data is your explicit consent to do so. Special category data is personal data that needs more protection because it is sensitive.
You can read the full privacy notice by clicking on this link https://movingcommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Privacy-Notice.pdf.
By clicking on the survey link you are giving us your explicit consent for us to collect this special category data about you.
We will also give you the option to give us your mobile phone number to ask you further questions by text.
This survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete. THE CLOSING DATE IS 30 MAY 2021. The survey link is https://www.efocus-net.com/dynamic_survey.php?data=1618493139&id=W93wEu/mNAYCqfzLmA1e8A==
Great news from this Saturday 8th May we will be open from 7 am to 7 pm every day until mid-September
To accommodate the transition to the new opening times there will not be a Friday afternoon session this week.
Looking forward to the extended summer with better weather.
Many thanks
Daryl Emes
BBC Cambridgeshire ran an excellent piece on our pool which you can see below:
The swimmers In the video are:
Greg Alvey, Geoff Jones, Anne Campbell, Mary, Bronwyn and Nicky Blanning.
High-resolution video here
Photo by Becky Allen
Jesus Green Lido is very honoured to have a huge mural painted on the outside of the lido that has been created by the world renowned Italian-born street artist Giacomo Bufarini, known as RUN, you can read more about RUN and his Cambridge works at https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/blog/2021/02/01/an-interview-with-street-artist-run/
Plus more on his personal website at http://www.runabc.org/