Stoke Bathing Place
Stoke Bathing Place was an outdoor swimming venue in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Location and features
During the 1830s, the Ipswich Wet Dock was being constructed. This caused the closure of Ipswich's three swimming venues. The replacement was Stoke Bathing Place, which was an enclosed area within the West Bank of the River Orwell. It had an estimated size of 90x30m. The bathing pool was refreshed by tidal waters.The bathing area is shown as early as 1896 on a maps of Ipswich and also from 1908 and up to 1973. In photos from 1908, white changing cabins and diving jetties were present.
Stoke Bathing Place were extensively damaged during the Ipswich Floods of 1953 but the other outside bathing venues were already open for use.