Built by the Clark shoe family in the 1930s for the women and children of Street, a listed modernist lido now heated to about 30°C
Open to visitorsopen May to mid-September; pay at reception, no booking — check session times before you go
Greenbank Pool exists because Alice Clark, of the family behind Clarks shoes, wanted the people of Street to have somewhere to swim, particularly the women and children, and her nephew Bancroft Clark carried out her wishes. He designed the pool with Jack Stock in the stripped-back International Modern style of the 1930s, and it opened on 30 April 1937. At first the pools were warmed with cooling water from the Clarks factory. Carved stone tablets by the sculptor Henry Parr decorate the buildings, and a semicircular children’s pool sits beside the main one; Historic England listed Greenbank at Grade II in 2004. A charity runs the pool today, with grants from Street Parish Council and help from an Alice Clark trust fund. The main pool is heated to about 30°C and the children’s pool to 32°C. The season runs from May to mid-September, and you pay on arrival with no booking. Glastonbury and Glastonbury Tor are about 3km north-east.
