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Blue Lagoon, AbereiddiPhoto Dominik Gryzbon / Pexels
Quarry lagoons, sea pools and river holes — cold water with a following. 5 in the Albion Guide.
A flooded slate quarry on the Pembrokeshire coast at Abereiddi, its water an improbable milky turquoise — a coasteering amphitheatre that has hosted world cliff-diving championships.
Pembrokeshire
A flooded granite quarry near Princetown with abandoned workers' cottages and a still blue pool for wild swimming.
Devon
A flooded slate quarry whose arched caverns and 150-foot walls read as a skull in reflection — famous on camera, and strictly for looking into.
Cumbria
Small upland pool on the shoulder of the Blorenge, a former ironworkers' reservoir now a popular walking start with mountain views.
Monmouthshire
Clear spring-fed pool below the North Downs at Albury, its still green water wrapped in legend and box woodland.
Surrey
