Powfoot Tidal Pool

Powfoot Tidal Pool, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Chapel Rock Pool

Chapel Rock Pool, Perranporth Bay, Cornwall

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Cellardyke Tidal Pool

Cellardyke Tidal Pool, East Fife, Scotland

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

The Rock Pool

The Rock Pool, Westward Ho!, Devon

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Bude Sea Pool

Bude Sea Pool, Summerleaze Beach, Devon

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Woody Bay

Woody Bay, Exmoor, Devon

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Portreath Tidal Pool

Portreath Tidal Pool, Cornwall

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Shoalstone Pool

Shoalstone Pool, Brixham, Devon

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

St. Monan’s Tidal Pool

St. Monan’s Tidal Pool, Anstruther, Fife, Scotland

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Treyarnon Tidal Pool

Treyarnon Tidal Pool, Cornwall

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Dancing Ledge

Dancing Ledge, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Sir Thomas’s Pit

Sir Thomas’s Pit, Bude, Cornwall

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Chapel Cliff Pool

Chapel Cliff Pool, Polperro Looe, Cornwall

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Porthtowan Tidal Pool

Porthtowan Tidal Pool, St Agnes, Cornwall.

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

Tarlair Outdoor Swimming Pool

Tarlair Outdoor Swimming Pool, Banff, Aberdeenshire

Luke Brown

British Landscape Photographer

Time and Tide - Tidal Swimming Pools

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Time and Tide

The tidal swimming pools are some of the last standing man-made structures that can be accessed without coming under scrutiny from current health and safety rules. Despite this, when these rules are applied, they threaten the existence of the remaining pools. They prevent the spaces from being maintained, whilst they continually endure the harshest of elements scattered along Britain’s coastline.

The tidal swimming pools represent a space where freedom of expression can be celebrated, where people can make choices to act on instinct and common sense, rather than the behavioural constraints dictated upon society.

The spaces do have restrictions, the most prevalent limit being nature. The tide dictates the space, however the ocean answers to the gravitational pull of the moon. This natural occurrence still holds a dominant sense of control over humans and the landscape, dictating the conditions of use, enjoyment and documentation.

“Time and tide wait for no man.” (Geoffrey Chaucer)