Taplow Lake
Taplow Lake | OUTSIDE 2 Swim Coach Information
Please see the following information for Taplow Lake outdoors swimming location. Including directions, session times and coaches.
Recruitment is now closed at this swim site.
Coaches
- Carine Evans
- Janet Moore (Assisting)
Session dates and times (Updated)
- Introductory session: Thursday 24th of April 2025 via Zoom.
- Swim sessions: Please see below for a full list of swim sessions – please note, the times and days vary week by week:
- Saturday 26th April 1:30pm
- Thursday 1st May 6:30pm
- Saturday 10th May 1:30pm
- Saturday 17th May 1:30pm
- Saturday 24th May 1:30pm
- Saturday 31st May 1:30pm
- Saturday 7th June 1:30pm
- Saturday 14th June 1:30pm
Location, including where to meet
- Taplow Lake, Amerden Lane Taplow, Nr Maidenhead SL6 0EA
- Location to meet: By the Welcome sign on the outside deck of the café
- What3words: Pink.boot.wink
Transport links
Taplow Tube / Train station & Buses 53 and 6
Directions by car
Access via A4 next to Sytner BMW garage – Sat Nav – enter ‘Taplow Lake’ & it should come up with directions.
Parking information
Free parking
Swimming experience needed
We have room for people to dip, however Ideally if participants are able to swim 25m in some shape or form they can then swim alongside the decking area.
Accessibility of venue
Access to Water
Anyone unable to access steps can walk (or drive & park) around the back of the building where they will find the ramp down to the edge of the lake. There is gentle sloping access into the water and hand-rails (if required) to help less able swimmers enter the lake. It is possible for people to stand & ‘dip’ in this area as it is shallow enough, without needing to swim.
Facilities (including where you can get changed)
Indoor heated changing rooms, 8 individual outside showers/changing cubicles and indoor places to warm up. Café on site
What to bring with you
Minimum – Costume / Trunks, Towel, lots of warm layers, big warm coat, woolly hat, warm drink for post swim warm up.
The lake requires everyone to have a Brightly coloured swim cap & tow float.
Other things that might be useful:
Some sort of changing robe, neoprene wetsuit gloves, beach shoes/footwear to swim in, flip flops or sliders to walk to edge of lake, goggles, hot water bottle and a wetsuit if you would prefer to use one. We aren’t expecting participants to have all these things or go out & buy them especially (unless they want to). We do have lots of these additional items that we are able to lend. Please contact us to let us know if there is anything you don’t have from the required items & need to borrow. We can also advise on where to buy items from should you prefer to do that.