Check the ‘News’ section of this website for updates on recent and future campaigning action.
For an understanding of the history of the Corporation of the City of London’s past dealings with Heath swimmers, we recommend watching City Swimmers, a film directed by swimmer and KLPA life member Margaret Dickinson and available to view on our gallery page.
The KLPA will continue to announce to members details of any further campaigning and protest activity in respect of the new charging regime at the Hampstead Heath bathing ponds which we firmly oppose. A summary of the consultation on this subject in 2020 can be found here.
Management of the Ponds
If you are unhappy with any aspect of the City’s policy for managing the swimming ponds you can email your concerns and questions to:
- HH-Swimming@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Stefania Horne, Superintendent, Hampstead Heath
Stefania.Horne@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Local Democracy
If you are unhappy with the lack of democratic accountability of the City of London (whose members are not elected by voters in this area) for its decisions affecting Hampstead Heath and the swimming ponds you may want to write to your MP to express these concerns. If in doubt you can identify your own constituency MP here (https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP).
For an update on the legal situation in relation to our campaign to fight discriminatory charges for swimming on Hampstead Heath and the outcome of the Judicial Review which took place earlier this year see our blog post here.