Some of you may remember Katherine Arnott, a post graduate Occupation Therapy student at the University of York who visited the Lido in the summer of 2024. Katherine visited the lido to interview swimmers for her dissertation research paper on “The meaning of outdoor swimming in lidos: An occupational perspective.”

An executive summary by Dr Hannah Spring and Katherine Arnott of the report was posted in September 2025 and can be viewed here

https://friendsofpeterboroughlido.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Executive-Summary-The-value-and-meaning-of-outdoor-swimming-at-Peterborough-Lido.pdf

Now her full report has been published and can be viewed here

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14427591.2026.2649726

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