Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some swimmers have also found wild swimming to be an antidote to pandemic-era loneliness and mental health struggles. Jessica J.

Wild swimming has grown massively in popularity in recent times. Not only is swimming outdoors a pleasant way to enjoy the sunshine, fresh air and green leafy surroundings, it can also help to relieve ...

While wild swimming during the depths of winter might seem like a slightly mad idea, it's a pastime that's becoming hugely popular. In fact, part of the ritual of this slow living hobby often involves ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Wet 'N' Wild Water World held a free event Thursday to show people how to swim. The swimming lessons were held at the "Wild Island Wave Pool" with lifeguards guiding ...

It’s not hard to argue that summer fun starts with safety. On Thursday, June 20, some 200 people, mostly kids, practiced their swimming at Wild Rivers Waterpark in Irvine, where plenty of fun will be ...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - As the temperature rises in South Georgia, it is the perfect time for families to participate in water-related activities, but according to Wild Adventures Theme Park, July is ...

It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but more and more Brits are swapping chlorinated indoor pools for the exhilarating, mind ...

University of Leicester provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Wild swimming has grown massively in popularity in recent times. Not only is swimming outdoors a pleasant way to enjoy the ...

Primrose Freestone, senior lecturer in clinical microbiology at the University of Leicester looks at the growing trend of wild swimmining and whether fears of germs and unwanted bacteria are founded.