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Dip your toes into open water swimming at Swim Serpentine

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Swim Serpentine participant holds up a peace sign from the water
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Event overview

Choose from four distances: half a mile, one mile, two miles, six miles

Swim Serpentine takes place in Serpentine Lake in the beautiful Hyde Park. Whether you're new to open water swimming or have been dipping your toes in for many years, this is the perfect event for you!

Choose the distance for you or start your London Classics journey in the Serpentine.

Water covers the bottom half of the image, above the waterline you can see a group of swimmers in wetsuits and googles waiting to start the Swim Serpentine event
Swimmers enter the water at Swim Serpentine
The London Classics medal waiting at the Finish Line for participants
Swimmers out in Serpentine Lake
Swimmer out in the open at Swim Serpentine

First held in 2016, Swim Serpentine is a one-day open water swimming event taking place in and around the beautiful Serpentine in Hyde Park.

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A swimmer emerges from the water during Swim Serpentine

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