London Mental Health & Swimming

When I am in a bit of a rut, I prescribe myself a daily swim for one week in the ladies pond on Hampstead Heath.

It sorts me out every single time. There is something so incredibly healing about swimming in cold water.

Swimming spots such as the ladies, mixed and men’s ponds of Hampstead Heath, the London Fields Lido and the Serpentine Lido are some of the essential spaces for the wellbeing of the capital’s population.

I hope to continue this series of drawings as depicting these spaces brings me as much calm as swimming there does. I hope you enjoy them!