Lake swimming events

Lake swimming events

Explore wild swimming events in the lakes and lochs of the UK!

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Lake swims in the UK

Combine exercise with adventure in these lake swimming events! Take the opportunity to explore incredible locations like the Lake District and Scottish lochs, creating unforgettable memories alongside your fellow swimmers. Sign up to an event right here!

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Lake swimming events in 2025

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The UK's top outdoor sports festival! Incredible entertainment, sports events, speakers, live music, activities, brand expo, bars, food, drink and much more.
  • Fri 16 - Sun 18 May
  • £30
Keswick, Cumbria, UK

Keswick Mountain Festival

The UK's top outdoor sports festival! Incredible entertainment, sports events, speakers, live music, activities, brand expo, bars, food, drink and much more.

  • 5K run 2
  • 10K run
  • Half marathon
  • 50K ultra run
  • Fell run
  • + 12 more races
  • Families
  • Wheelchair users
  • Newcomers
  • Dogs allowed
  • Entertainment
  • Music
  • Enter online
  • Event village
  • Event expo
  • Park
  • Rural
  • Mountains
  • All ages
  • Events
Take the opportunity to swim in a superb lake swimming venue where you’re not normally allowed to swim! Come and make a weekend of it with lakeside camping too.
  • Sat 17 May
  • £29-£55
Lifton, Devon, UK

Roadford Lake Swim

Take the opportunity to swim in a superb lake swimming venue where you’re not normally allowed to swim! Come and make a weekend of it with lakeside camping too.

  • Lake swim 4
  • Trees not tees
  • Recycling
  • Rural
  • Sustainability policy
  • Age 12 & over
  • Swims
The UK's biggest open water swimming event providing a fantastic opportunity for families, individuals, experienced and beginner swimmers to enjoy the open water.
  • Fri 13 - Sun 15 Jun
  • £19-£98
Windermere, Cumbria, UK

Great North Swim

The UK's biggest open water swimming event providing a fantastic opportunity for families, individuals, experienced and beginner swimmers to enjoy the open water.

  • Lake swim 6
  • Families
  • Wheelchair users
  • Event village
  • Event expo
  • Rural
  • Sustainability policy
  • Age 8 & over
  • Swims
A family-friendly event in partnership with the Brownlee Foundation, for triathletes of all skill levels including a Sprint, Standard, Middle distance tri, Swims, Aquabike, Relay and Juniors.
  • Sat 12 - Sun 13 Jul
  • £20-£95
Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK

Ripon Triathlon Festival

A family-friendly event in partnership with the Brownlee Foundation, for triathletes of all skill levels including a Sprint, Standard, Middle distance tri, Swims, Aquabike, Relay and Juniors.

  • Lake swim 4
  • Sprint triathlon
  • Sprint aquabike
  • Standard aquabike
  • Olympic triathlon
  • + 5 more races
  • Families
  • Newcomers
  • Dogs allowed
  • Event village
  • Urban
  • Rural
  • Free venue entry
  • Age 8 & over
  • Events
Awarded the Event of the Year (2021) in the Welsh Triathlon Awards, The Craft Snowman is well known as the toughest multi-terrain triathlon and duathlon in the UK. Plus swims and trail running events.
  • Sat 2 - Sun 3 Aug
  • £31.99-£249.99
Betws-y-Coed, Clwyd, UK

Craft Snowman Triathlon & Duathlon, Snowman Swim & Ogwen Yr Helgi Du Trail Runs

Awarded the Event of the Year (2021) in the Welsh Triathlon Awards, The Craft Snowman is well known as the toughest multi-terrain triathlon and duathlon in the UK. Plus swims and trail running events.

  • Sprint triathlon
  • Olympic triathlon
  • Half Ironman
  • Sprint duathlon
  • 10K run
  • + 5 more races
  • Trees not tees
  • Recycling
  • Newcomers
  • Plastic bottle free
  • Music
  • Event village
  • Event expo
  • Rural
  • Mountains
  • Free venue entry
  • Sustainability policy
  • Public transport links
  • Plastic-free event
  • Age 15 & over
  • Events
The Long Course Weekend Yorkshire is back for a second year! A huge multi-sport festival in stunning Nidderdale featuring runs, rides, triple-style challenges and junior events too.
  • Fri 29 - Sun 31 Aug
  • £10-£279
Masham, North Yorkshire, UK

Long Course Weekend Yorkshire

The Long Course Weekend Yorkshire is back for a second year! A huge multi-sport festival in stunning Nidderdale featuring runs, rides, triple-style challenges and junior events too.

  • Ironman
  • Half Ironman
  • Kids triathlon
  • Lake swim 2
  • Long sportive
  • + 6 more races
  • Families
  • Newcomers
  • Event village
  • Event expo
  • Rural
  • Age 4 & over
  • Events
The Olympic venue, Eton Dorney, offers pan-flat, traffic-free roads and a beautiful clear lake for all levels of triathletes and swimmers to enjoy in an exclusive setting.
  • Sun 21 Sep
  • £30-£97
Windsor, Buckinghamshire, UK

Eton Dorney Triathlon & Swims

The Olympic venue, Eton Dorney, offers pan-flat, traffic-free roads and a beautiful clear lake for all levels of triathletes and swimmers to enjoy in an exclusive setting.

  • Super sprint triathlon
  • Sprint triathlon
  • Olympic triathlon
  • Lake swim 4
  • Families
  • Recycling
  • Newcomers
  • Dogs allowed
  • Event village
  • Urban
  • Park
  • Rural
  • Free venue entry
  • Age 15 & over
  • Events

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