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  • this could be on a map
    https://maps.app.goo.gl/kdkzNLTscHkJWpPy6?g_st=i (pls add / edit !!)

    I live near Greenland Dock and I've been thinking about ways to get the council to allow swimming. I'd want it to be more like a beach and less like the 'love open water' places in Canary Wharf and Royal Docks.

  • Looking at your map... I doubt Shadwell basin is full of underwater objects and currents or the activity centre wouldn't encourage kids to jump in. No more dangerous than any other cold and deep body of water.

  • Shadwell was my local pool for a few years. I'd say safer than most due to lack of currents etc.Swimming is very actively discouraged - I've been told to get out by police three times. Obviously a much more important use of their time than getting the local yoot to stop stabbing each other. Sample convo:

    • You might know what you're doing in there, but what if the kids copy you?
    • It's January m8.

    There was a death a few years ago - one of those roasting summer weekends when all the locals sit there drinking/getting stoned all day, then jump in to cool off. They're not used to deep/cold/any water, and one doesn't come back up. Tragic, but not much of a danger for experienced swimmers.

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