lido

Lido, Italian for 'beach', is a public outdoor swimming pool, often by the sea but there were lots of inland ones too. The Worthing Lido was built within the Grade II listed Victorian birdcage bandstand which had been built in 1897. In 1957 the pool opened but has been boarded over since 1989; the pool space is used for storage. Although after it's closure to the public it was used to house the dolphins from the then Brighton Aquarium (now Sealife Centre) whilst their pool was being renovated in 1988.