ABOUT THE POOL:Broomhill Pool is situated on the north-west side of Ipswich, with the entrance looking out onto Sherrington Road. It opened in 1938 and closed in the autumn of 2002 and was therefore an intrinsic part of Ipswich for well over 60 years. There was no warning or consultation about its impending closure and residents were horrified when the Evening Star made headlines in February 2003 asking if Broomhill was now "Doomhill".
The Broomhill Lido is an Art Deco, Grade II Listed building, part of Suffolk's heritage and a potential tourist attraction. The main pool is 55 yards long and 20 yards wide and therefore it can be described as roughly "Olympic" in size.
(Photo by Paul Beaumont, showing Broomhill Pool at its finest, before it was closed in 2002)
It was featured as one of the case studies in Janet Smith's book "Liquid Assets - the lidos and open air pools of Britain" (English Heritage 2005)
Ipswich Borough Council are the owners of this heritage pool and it has been their choice, and their choice alone, to leave it disgracefully neglected and needlessly derelict for the last eight years.
VOTE ON MAY 6TH TO SEE FULL RESTORATION OF THE LIDO
VOTE FOR SALLY WAINMAN
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
VOTE FOR SALLY WAINMAN
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
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