Forum topic: Bringing back 'wild swimming' in Broomfield Park

An ambitious crowdfunding campaign has been launched by a group called the Broomfield Pond Swim Society, whose aim is to revive wild swimming in Broomfield Park.

The crowdfunding target is £123,123 and if successful the first phase of the project will include:

• creating an open community organisation to work with Enfield Council to deliver clean, swimmable Ponds in Broomfield Park
• delivering a dynamic youth driven marketing campaign in partnership with local schools
• commissioning a Pre-Feasibility study on both ponds to identify problems and propose solutions
• hosting a mini pop-up water park for children, a giant water slide, a toy boat regatta and water lantern festival
• hosting quarterly Stakeholder and Community events to guide the project into Phase 2

A diving competition in Broomfield Park during the 1930s, when swimming in the park was normal (photo: Enfield Museum and Archive)

• creating a clear and informed long term plan that would include a full Feasibility Study and steps towards swimmable ponds
• carrying out and overseeing pre-development plans and updating the community on this progress via a website and social media
• desilting the Boating Lake and making repairs to the pipes so that it can be refilled
• repairing the piping in the borehole that will deliver fresh water to the Boating Lake
• desilting the Bathing Pond