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There is nothing 'wild' about having to swim anti-clockwise.
If you've ever clashed heads with an oncoming swimmer you'll understand why they're asking folks do this.
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I swim at Highgate Pond which has no such rule and seems to manage. I don't recall any personal crashes there while I can think of a couple of others elsewhere (winter solstice in the dark at Parliament Hill Lido was too chaotic for example).
Call it Open Water Swimming if it needs a label other than plain Swimming, I'm just not convinced it sounds very wild.
jellybaby
I'm going to be writing a stern letter to Lewisham Trading Standards. There is nothing 'wild' about having to swim anti-clockwise. The swimming times also don't allow for a post parkrun plunge which is an epic fail.