"A south London lido has been called "shabby and neglected" by users who want its operator to improve the historic facility. Amelia Walker, who regularly swims at Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill, said she first reported "mountains of rubbish bags building up on the poolside" in May. "You'll come down and there will be sort of 50 or so bin bags spilled out on to the poolside," she said."
""There's grime around the poolside," Ms Walker said. "Last week, when I was swimming, I had bits of tissue blowing into my face." She added that changing rooms "smell so bad" she avoids using them, describing broken windows and faulty urinals. Ben Longman, chair of the Brockwell Lido Users Group, said that while the pool itself had stayed open this summer, other facilities such as the gym, sauna and steam room had "spent a long time with outages and with equipment failures"."
Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill is a Grade II listed outdoor pool that opened in 1937 and is managed by Fusion Lifestyle for Lambeth Council. Regular users report mountains of rubbish bags on the poolside, grime, tissue blowing into swimmers' faces, smelly changing rooms, broken windows, faulty urinals and uneven paving stones that have caused trips. Gym, sauna and steam-room equipment have experienced long outages and failures. Fusion Lifestyle reported almost 200,000 visitors this summer and said around £500,000 of improvements are planned after the peak season. Users and the local group call for greater reinvestment to secure the community asset.
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