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# Out to Swim launches new clubs in Bournemouth and Newcastle
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/out-to-swim-launches-new-clubs-in-bournemouth-and-newcastle/
- Published: 2025-02-26T13:06:49.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-26T13:06:49.000Z
- Description: Out To Swim, which runs LGBTQ+ swimming clubs across the UK including Bristol, Brighton and London, has announced it has expanded into two new cities, Bournemouth and Newcastle. The LGBTQ+ swimming club was founded in London in 1992 by a small band of enterprising swimmers from the LGBTQ+ community.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Sponsored Content, Sport, Bournemouth, Brighton, LGBT, LGBTQ, Newcastle, Out to Swim, Out to Swim Brighton & Hove, swimming

**Out To Swim**, which runs LGBTQ+ swimming clubs across the UK including **Bristol**, **Brighton** and **London**, has announced it has expanded into two new cities, **Bournemouth** and **Newcastle**.

The LGBTQ+ swimming club was founded in London in 1992 by a small band of enterprising swimmers from the LGBTQ+ community. In 2006 the club expanded by launching a branch in Brighton & Hove and a further club was founded in Bristol in 2018.

Out to Swim is the UK largest LGBTQ+ aquatics club in the UK and the Brighton branch is the largest masters club in Sussex.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/bournemouth-e1740575079128.jpg)

Out to Swim Bournemouth

**Out to Swim Bournemouth** was founded in 2023 and officially became part of Out to Swim in 2025\. The club meets at **Stokewood Leisure Centre** on a **Sundays** **6.30pm**. The club is also looking to run open water sessions along the bay.

The club said: “Our motivation is to encourage everyone to return to swimming, develop skills and have fun in a warm and welcoming community.”

**To sign up,**[ **join the WhatsApp group.**](https://chat.whatsapp.com/JC7bTiVIklmFhNBxOpBBfX?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/newcastle-e1740575110659.jpg)

Out to Swim Newcastle

**Out to Swim Newcastle** started as a group of like-minded individuals who started pilots in December 2024\. The team involved are experienced and have come from previous OTS clubs, business experience, and marketing. They swim at **Heworth Leisure Centre** on **Mondays** at **7.45pm** and **Saturdays** at **11am**, and **Tuesdays** at **Lakeside Leisure Centre** from 7.**30pm**.

The club uses private lanes, separate from the general public, although in April they will look at a whole pool session on Thursdays (Details to be confirmed in the future).

**To sign up complete the form [here](https://www.outtoswim.org/join?ref=scenemag.co.uk) or email** [**newcastle.comms@outtosim.org**](mailto:newcastle.comms@outtosim.org)

Out To Swim Brighton & Hove is a sociable group of LGBTQ+ people and allies who swim for fun, fitness or competitions, and provide a friendly environment for those who prefer the social aspect of the club, in the Brighton & Hove and Sussex area.

**More info: [brighton.membership@outtoswim.org](mailto:brighton.membership@outtoswim.org) or [CLICK HERE](https://www.outtoswim.org/brighton/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**