The Swimming Pond Company
Carpe Diem,
Common Road,
Bressingham,
Diss,
Norfolk,
IP22 2BD
Swimming ponds, also referred to as natural swimming pools are the new environmentally friendly alternative to swimming pools. In place of chemicals, plants are used to clean and purify the water and unlike conventional swimming pools, swimming ponds are designed be visually appealing for 12 months of the year, blending harmoniously with home and garden, while providing a magnet for wildlife.
Anyone who has ever been swimming in a rock pool while on holiday or in a stream as a child will know the wonderful sense of well being, that interacting with nature can generate. The natural swimming pond simply enables us to recreate these feelings in our own garden. With summers becoming warmer and extending further into the traditional autumn, the opportunity to swim in fresh water has never been so great.
The Swimming Pond Company is based in Norfolk and specializes in both the Design and Construction of Swimming Ponds throughout Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire.
With 20 years experience in the construction of ponds and lakes together with expertise in innovative garden and landscape design, our aim is to build swimming ponds that work with nature but provide total functionality.
The Swimming Pond Company offers a complete design service that will guide you through the design process from conception to completion ensuring a unique project, which will provide years of enjoyment and fun, while at the same time making a significant contribution to the environment.
Whether you are looking to have a new build swimming pond, develop an existing pond or lake or convert an existing swimming pool simply contact us to find out more.
The Swimming Pond Concept
The ‘swimming zone’ is separated from the planted area or the ‘regeneration zone’ by an internal wall that terminates around 20cm below the surface of the pond allowing free movement of water between the two zones and ensuring the swimming area is kept free of vegetation. Despite the divide, one still feels surrounded and immersed in plants, while swimming in uninterrupted water. Each zone is roughly equal in size.
No Chemicals
In place of chemicals, the aim of the regeneration zone is to utilize plants as a living filtration system which absorbs nutrients to clear and purify the water and maintain a natural swimming environment. Water is circulated by a concealed pump, from the swimming area, through the regeneration zone and back into the swimming area.
Wildlife
With the loss of so many natural ponds over recent times, the swimming pond can play a vital role in providing a wildlife habitat. It will quickly become a diverse habitat for animals such as frogs, toads and newts, although any concerns about swimming with amphibians should be put to one side as they will have left the pond by the time the water warms up sufficiently for swimming.
To observe dragonflies darting above the surface of the water and watch wild birds coming to the waters edge to drink and bathe is a sheer delight. At night, bats will soon discover a rich source of food in the insects which live around the swimming pond.
Cost 
Cost can be similar to that of a conventional swimming pool but ultimately will depend on specification. As a general guide swimming ponds work out between £300 - £400 per square metre.