OmniathlonOWS
Ullswater — United Kingdom

Ullswater Length

11.2 km
Distance
Glenridding ↔ Pooley Bridge
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Timeline

Computed from the recorded crossings: the first, the first by sex, the first from each country and every record broken.

  1. 1977
    First crossingAlbert Coward
  2. 1977
    First from countryAlbert Coward🇬🇧 United Kingdom
  3. 1978
    RecordAlbert CowardSkin · Solo · 4:25
  4. Jul 25, 2000
    First womanVicki Thompson4:51:48
  5. Aug 12, 2000
    RecordNathan RenshawSkin · Solo · 2:52:09
  6. 2003
    RecordNathan RenshawSkin · Solo · 2:50:26
  7. 2004
    RecordDarron CordenSkin · Solo · 2:43:49

Crossings per decade

1020197020002010

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.

Source: British Long Distance Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.