Women protesting for a female only policy at the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond in Hampstead Heath Hampstead Heath Ladies’ Pond has refused to ban transgender women despite a Supreme Court ruling. The ...

A row over transgender women using a female-only wild swimming spot in Hampstead Heath looks set to reach the High Court as campaigners launch a £50,000 judicial review. Women’s rights charity Sex ...

The City of London Corporation (CLC) has launched a consultation on whether the Hampstead Heath ponds should continue to be trans inclusive. The consultation, which looks at six ways of operating the ...

A London bathing pond described as a “female sanctuary” has been thrust into the center of a major gender dispute. Some female bathers say they disapprove of a new policy put into effect late last ...

A 60-year-old disabled swimmer has lost a High Court fight over ticket prices at a “unique” bathing pond in London. Christina Efthimiou claimed that prices at Kenwood Ladies’ Bathing Pond on Hampstead ...

Four years ago, when I lived on the Gospel Oak side of Hampstead Heath, I used to swim in the Ladies' Pond once a week. I saw plenty of things during my time at the ponds: boobs, genitals, famous ...

Any female swimmers fancying a dip this week will have to go to the mixed ponds or lido. The Kenwood Ladies Pond, off Millfield Lane, is closing on Monday (March 18) for essential maintenance work.