# Pool Bridge Farm > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pool_Bridge_Farm > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pool_Bridge_Farm.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_Bridge_Farm > Source revision: 1328490593 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Outdoor swimming venue}}{{Infobox venue |name=Pool Bridge Farm |city=York |owner=Mike Fletcher |location=Crockey Hill |image=Monet lake at Pool Bridge Farm.jpg |caption=Monet lake (July 2025) |logo_image=File:Pool_Bridge_Farm_logo.jpg |logo_size=200px |logo_caption=Pool Bridge Farm logo }} '''Pool Bridge Farm''' is a farm and [open water swimming](/source/open_water_swimming) venue in [Crockey Hill](/source/Crockey_Hill), York, UK.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-17 |title=Pool Bridge Farm plans to build bigger car park |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7q1vygn2do |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} The farm is owned by Mike Fletcher and family.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-09 |title=Brrr...the day I went cold water swimming in York with Bear Gryll's sister |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24167872.cold-water-swimming-pool-bridge-farm-wheldrake-york/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=York Press |language=en}} The farm opened it's lakes for outdoor swimming in 2022. Prior to this, all lakes were used for [coarse fishing](/source/coarse_fishing), with an emphasis on carp and catfish at Q lake.{{Cite web |last=Prabhu |date=2021-09-27 |title=Pool Bridge Farm, Crockey Hill |url=https://www.fisheryguide.co.uk/pool-bridge-farm/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Fishery Guide |language=en-US}} In 2018 the site hosted a fund raising event to support people with [Motor Neurone Disease](/source/Motor_Neurone_Disease).{{Cite web |date=2018-07-27 |title=York angling contest in memory of wife raises more than £6,000 |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/16382424.york-angling-contest-memory-wife-raises-6-000/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=York Press |language=en}} In 2024 it was named by [''The Guardian''](/source/The_Guardian) as one of the UK's top ten pop up sauna locations.{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Siân |date=2024-03-10 |title=Hot ticket: 10 of the best pop-up saunas in the UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/mar/10/10-best-pop-up-saunas-in-the-uk |access-date=2025-03-14 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-06 |title=York wild swimming spot among best pop-up saunas - 'you won't want to leave' |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24231356.north-yorkshire-wild-swimming-spot-among-best-pop-up-saunas/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=York Press |language=en}} The same year it was named by ''The Telegraph'' as one of the best places for a festive dip.{{Cite web |title=The best places in Britain for a Christmas or New Year’s Day swim |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activity-and-adventure/britain-christmas-new-years-day-swim/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk}} One of the lakes is called [Monet](/source/Claude_Monet), named after a series of paintings entitled ''[Water Lilies](/source/Water_Lilies_(Monet_series))'', due to the fact that [those flowers](/source/Nymphaeaceae) grow in it.{{Cite web |last=Bromley |first=Freya |date=2025-03-02 |title=How contrast therapy became 2025's biggest wellness trend |url=https://www.cntraveller.com/article/how-contrast-therapy-became-2025s-biggest-wellness-trend |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=CN Traveller |language=en-GB}} Another lake is called M lake; the site also has [saunas](/source/Sauna) for use alongside outdoor swimming. The farm also hosts full moon swims, and has a campsite. It was a partner on a 2023 project led by [York St John University](/source/York_St_John_University) that explored disabled access to [blue spaces](/source/Blue_space).{{Cite web |last=Heinemeyer |first=Catherine |last2=Berding |first2=Raphaela |date=2023-07-01 |title=Disability Access to Blue Spaces: A joint research project between Open Country and York St. John University |url=https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/9346/ |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=ray.yorksj.ac.uk |language=en}} == Gallery == File:Pool Bridge Farm - geograph.org.uk - 4027326.jpg|Pool Bridge Farm (June 2014) File:Horseshoe Lake at Pool Bridge Farm.jpg|Horseshoe lake (March 2025) File:M Lake at Pool Bridge Farm.jpg|M lake (March 2025) File:Monet Lake at Pool Bridge Farm.jpg|Monet lake (March 2025) File:Inside of changing barn at pool bridge farm.jpg|Inside changing barn (March 2025) File:Cold water safety sign at Pool Bridge Farm.jpg|Cold water safety sign, M lake (March 2025) == References == == External links == *[https://www.poolbridge.co.uk/ Official website] {{Authority control}} {{coord|53.9096|-1.0251|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}} Category:Swimming pools Category:Farms in Yorkshire Category:Fishing --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pool Bridge Farm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_Bridge_Farm) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_Bridge_Farm?action=history)). 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