The river Thames could be getting an open-air swimming pool

The Thames Baths swimming pool would offer 25 metres of swimming in the middle of the river Thames in London.

Image: Studio Octopi & Picture Plane

By Tim ChesterUK2015-01-26 12:41:18 UTC

LONDON Berlin's got one. New York is set to get one. Now, it looks like London could get one too.

Plans are afoot to launch a crowd-funding campaign for an open-air swimming pool in the middle of the river Thames.

The Thames Baths project would see a 10 million pool, measuring 25 metres by 10 metres, with a full filtration system and pool-side decking, plonked in the murky waters by the Victoria Embankment, the Guardian reports.

The pool project has been conceived by architects Studio Octopi and Jonathan Cook Landscape Architects as well as other studios and construction companies, and is backed by Tracey Emin and The Outdoor Swimming society among others.

It aims to offer an alternative to the hot, chlorine-infused experience of an indoor pool and will likely charge between 4 and 6 for a dip. Beds of reeds and a glass barrier will keep river water away from the pool water, which will be "as clean as anything you would find in a mountain lake" according to Tim Evans from another firm on the project Gartenart.

An artist's impression of the swimming pool in the Thames.

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