Windermere — United Kingdom

Windermere Length

16.3 km
Distance
Fellfoot ↔ Waterhead
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Crossings marked «documented» are historical: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones.

Traditional knitted textile swimsuit, cap and goggles: no wetsuit and no tech suit; no contact with the boat and no drafting behind it.

Podium · Skin · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    3:40:28 · Sep 1, 2023 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 2
    3:48 · 1997 · 2 in Skin · Solo
  3. 3
    3:48:04 · 1997 · 3 in Skin · Solo

50 of 250

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Hector PardoeSep 1, 20233:40:28
2Justin Palfrey19973:48documented
3Justin Palfrey19973:48:04documented
4Sara Ward19963:53:03documented
5Sara Ward19963:53:30documented
6Harry MiddletonSep 5, 20224:20:11
7Nicola FraserAug 3, 20114:26:50
8Dee LlewellynAug 3, 20114:26:56
9Oliver Turner19954:40documented
10Christopher Carter19794:56documented
11Karen ThrosbyAug 2, 20135:09
12Nigel ChatwinAug 28, 20195:10:31
13Chris Stockdale19895:12documented
14Ian LangAug 5, 20105:15:29
15Jamie PageMay 5, 20105:16:42
16John K. Slater19555:20documented
17Norman TrustySep 4, 19655:23documented
18Helen Elizabeth GibbsAug 24, 20135:27:40
19Ian HumphreysJul 19, 20195:44:12
20Tamara DarruspeSep 14, 20085:45
21Mark SheridanJul 27, 20185:47:28
22Chris Stockdale19845:51documented
23Kevin Murphy19795:55documented
24Fred Oldman19545:56documented
24Chris Partington19915:56documented
26Norman TrustySep 7, 19635:57:16documented
27Mark RobsonAug 25, 20105:58:58
28Chris Stockdale19865:59documented
29Phil CooperSep 17, 20165:59:25
30Jane Mhairi Mccormick20055:59:59
31Adrian RotchellMay 29, 20166:02:34
32Nick YoungSep 4, 20136:06:43
33Julie Bradshaw19916:07documented
33Julie Bradshaw19916:07documented
35Bryan Finlay19646:10documented
36Chris Stockdale19876:11documented
37Julie BradshawJul 10, 20016:11:04
38Norman TrustySep 7, 19746:16documented
39Albert Coward19786:21documented
40Charles Denton19346:22documented
41Sam JonesJun 7, 20166:26
42Heather Macdonald19966:27:04documented
43Wendy TrehiouAug 30, 20176:28:14
44Kevin Murphy19746:29documented
45Peter Elwin Bales19736:30documented
46Kevin Murphy19676:34documented
47Chris Stockdale19886:38documented
48Joe CoyAug 24, 20066:39:26
49Norman TrustySep 2, 19676:41documented
50Joe HunterJul 13, 20116:42

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.