Ullswater — United Kingdom

Ullswater Length

11.2 km
Distance
Glenridding ↔ Pooley Bridge
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
Loading…
Crossings
37
Swimmers
30
Countries
1
Women
50%
Median time
4:07:45
Busiest month
August

Crossings per year

Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.

51980199020002010
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
Show the data as a table
YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
2019110——
2018201——
2017101——
20162105:255:25
2015000——
2014100——
2013000——
2012000——
2011110——
20101104:34:134:34:13
20091104:394:39
2008000——
20071104:144:14
2006000——
2005000——
20048802:43:494:00:23
20037702:50:263:31:15
20023303:23:154:07:45
20012203:48:163:49:05
20003302:52:093:41:22
1999000——
1998000——
1997000——
1996000——
1995000——
1994000——
1993000——
1992000——
1991000——
1990000——
1989000——
1988000——
1987000——
1986000——
1985000——
1984000——
1983000——
1982000——
1981000——
1980000——
1979000——
19781104:254:25
1977110——

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is August.

5JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Show the data as a table
MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June17%
July427%
August960%
September17%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

50%Women
  • Women10 · 27%
  • Men10 · 27%
  • Relays or not stated17 · 46%

Equipment and format

37Crossings
  • Skin · Solo31 · 84%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo3 · 8%
  • — · Race3 · 8%

Starting side

37Crossings
  • From Glenridding4 · 11%
  • Direction not declared33 · 89%

Single and multiple

37Crossings
  • One-way33 · 89%
  • Two-way4 · 11%

Where swimmers come from

1Countries
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom21 · 100%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 4:01:54, median 4:07:45.

52:303:003:304:004:305:00

Times year by year

Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.

2:49:374:04:255:19:121980199020002010
Median timeBest

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

2:47:283:34:254:21:2119801985199019952000
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
2004Darron Corden🇬🇧2:43:49−0:06:37
2003Nathan Renshaw2:50:26−0:01:43
Aug 12, 2000Nathan Renshaw2:52:09−1:32:51
1978Albert Coward🇬🇧4:25—

Countries

  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom21
Show the data as a table
CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom21102:43:49Albert Coward🇬🇧 · 1977

Where swimmers land

  • Pooley Bridge3
  • Glenridding1

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.