Great North Swim

Great London Swim start

Lexie Kelly at the Great North Swim finish

Great East Swim logo

Great London Swim logo

Great Manchester Swim logo

Great North Swim logo

Great Scottish Swim logo

The Great North Swim is UK's biggest outdoor swimming event with a ½-mile, 1-mile, 2-mile, 5 km and 10 km lake swim in beautiful Windermere in the Lake District of Cumbria, England. There were 10,000 entrants in 2011 in the wetsuit-only event that is part of the Great Swim series.

Marathon Swim

The 10 km marathon swim is two heats held in June.

Honors

It is one of the World's Top 100 Open Water Swims.

Great Swim Series

The Great North Swim is organised by Nova International, a UK-based company owned by former Olympic runner Brendan Foster. There are 5 swims in the series: Great London Swim, Great East Swim, Great Manchester Swim, Great North Swim, and Great Scottish Swim.

Distances

1 mile lake swim and 10 km marathon swim

Type

Lake

Location

City Windermere

Country England

Region Europe

Event Information

Month: June

Event Date: 22-24 June 2012

Website: Great North Swim

Class: Amateur

Wetsuit: No

Records: Records:Great North Swim and Great North Swim - Fastest Male

External links

• Colin Hill Honored By The International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Great Swim
• Colin Hill Ever Enthusiastic On WOWSA Live
• Great North Swim registration
• Great Swim highlights
• H2Open Magazine website
• Great East Swim website
• Great London Swim website
• Great Manchest Swim website
• Great North Swim website
• Great Scottish Swim website
• Julian Crabtree's Great Swim Challenge Of Yesteryear
• The Evolutionary Digitalization Of Open Water Swimming
• Great North Swim May Go Bioprene
• Christine Jennings Leaves Others In Her Wake In The Lake
• [httpss://openwaterswimming.com/2015/06/caleb-hughes-wins-great-north-swim/ Caleb Hughes Wins Great North Swim]
• An American In Windermere
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim round-up
• Marathon Swimming
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• I Got Stung
• World Marathon Swimming Association
• Great Swim
• Great North Swim registration
• Great North Swim 10K
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim round-up
• Marathon Swimming
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• I Got Stung
• World Marathon Swimming Association
• Have Baby, Will Swim