Brighton to get new outdoor swimming pool as part of seafront regeneration

City council gives go ahead for Olympic-size pool to reinvigorate the Kemptown seafront and open in spring 2022

A historic but forlorn stretch of Brighton seafront is set for a facelift thanks to a new 50-metre outdoor swimming pool, which is due to open in spring 2022.

Brighton and Hove city council gave the green light for the heated Olympic-size pool on Wednesday. It will be built on Madeira Drive, in Kemptown, not far from the historic Volk’s Electric Railway and a few minutes’ walk from Brighton’s Palace Pier.