Wild Swimming

Lewis Pugh, the UN Patron of the Oceans, has swum 530 kilometres having set out from Land's End on 12 July. Pugh calls on the UK government to urgently strengthen Marine Protected Areas around the UK and Overseas Territories. MARIANNE BROOKER reports

In an exclusive extract from Wild Swimming, author Daniel Start looks back at his best-ever wild dips

Thought you couldn’t swim in the Thames? As Rosie Spinks discovered, London’s waterway is one of the UK’s top locations for a natural dip

Forget the chemical depths of your local swimming pool: wild swimming is the more refreshing, natural way to cool off this summer