Gosforth, Scout Camp open air swimming pool

HER Number:
16849

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Scout Camp open air swimming pool

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Swimming Pool

Site Type: Specific:
Outdoor Swimming Pool

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
This private pool was built beside Gosforth Racecourse in 1933 as part of a Scout Camp. It was described as a 'perfect paradise for boys'. Infilled in the 1970s.

Easting:
2615

Northing:
7056

Grid Reference:
NZ26157056

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 52, 188