Jubilee Pool
Jubilee Pool was opened in 1935 to celebrate the silver jubilee of King George V. The pool is built on an area of rocks that had been a traditional swimming spot. The shape of the pool is carefully designed to cope with storm waves breaking against the sea walls. The pool was borrowed for use as a gun battery during WW2.
By 1992, the pool had become dilapidated and its future was in doubt. It was rescued when the Jubilee Pool Association was formed and was restored in 1994 and is Britain’s largest surviving seawater lido. The pool was badly damaged in the 2014 storms but was restored once more and reopened again in 2016. Part of the pool will be heated by geothermal energy - the first in Britain.
On walks
- Penzance to Newlyn (3.9 mile walk)
Get the iWalkCornwall app
Download the app and use it to explore the walks and to purchase a guided route.
The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.
The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.
A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.
Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.
Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need a phone or wifi signal during the walk.
The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.
We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.
