Holiday intensives for club swimmers in Borehamwood, Barnes and Berkhamsted.
Next camp: Mon 26 – Fri 30 Oct, 8–10am
A swim camp is a concentrated block of squad-style training over the school holidays — not a one-off workshop. Three to five consecutive days, purposeful coaching, measurable progress across the week.
Half-term camps run five days; Christmas camps run three, around the bank holidays. Momentum builds day on day rather than fading between weekly sessions.
Two hours of coached pool time every day — 8 to 10 hours across the camp. Pool sessions only: no dryland, no lunch or childcare element.
Numbers stay tight: a maximum of 16 swimmers a day, so every swimmer gets coached, not just timed.
Stroke technique, race craft, starts, turns and race-pace work — the same coaching standard as our one-to-one and squad programmes, delivered as a block. Your coach is on deck for the whole session.
Not sure whether you want a camp or a clinic? A stroke clinic is a single 1-hour workshop with one focus — the fastest way to fix a specific stroke. A camp is the opposite shape: three to five days of coached volume that rebuild technique, fitness and race sharpness over a whole holiday block. Many swimmers do both.
The same camp programme at each venue: two hours a morning, lanes grouped by ability.
Hertfordshire. Camps run at The Venue, Borehamwood in the school holidays; upcoming dates are below.
South West London. Coming soon: register interest to hear the dates first.
West Hertfordshire. Coming soon: register interest to hear the dates first.
The format is the same — a few consecutive days, two hours in the water and a coach on deck. What changes is who's in the lane next to you. Juniors and adults train as separate cohorts, on separate camps, because they need different sets and different session times.
For club swimmers who want to come out of the holidays faster than they went in.
Not for beginners. Swimmers should already train with a club and be comfortable across a full session.
Book the October camp →The same block, built around adult bodies and adult diaries.
Waiting list only. You don't have to race masters to join it.
Join the Masters waiting list →Not sure which one, or swimming as a family? Tell us the ages and where everyone trains and we'll say plainly which camp fits — including if the honest answer is neither.
Every camp day is £50, or less when you book the whole camp. A £2.50 booking fee applies to each booking.
£50 a day
Or book the whole camp: the October half-term week is £160 (an opening rate; the list price is £200 from February) · Christmas camp £150 for all four mornings. Any three October mornings are £100.
The October half-term Junior Camp is open for booking: ages 9–16, Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, 8am–10am each day, with a maximum of 16 swimmers each day. Skills on all four strokes, dives and turns, sprints and relays. Coached by Andrei, a Swim England Level 2 coach and former Romanian national champion who raced at the Youth Olympic Games.
Christmas and February half term follow the same format: two hours a day, a maximum of 16 swimmers a day. Dates are announced soon, and the waiting list hears first.
Junior Camp · booking open
Mon 26 – Fri 30 Oct
8am–10am daily · ages 9–16 · max 16 swimmers a day
Full week £160 · single days £50 · plus £2.50 booking fee
Book a place →Junior Camp · dates announced soon
4 mornings · £150 for all 4 · £50 a morning
max 16 swimmers a day · plus £2.50 booking fee
Junior Camp · dates announced soon
5 mornings · £200 for all 5 · any three £120 · £50 a morning
max 16 swimmers a day · plus £2.50 booking fee
October half-term offer: the full week for £160 (an opening rate for this first camp; £200 list price from February), or any three mornings for £100, applied automatically, no code needed. A £2.50 booking fee applies. Full details and booking →
Looking for a different holiday, or the Masters camp? Join the waiting list and tell us which, with the swimmer's age and level. You'll hear first when a camp is scheduled.
Join a waiting list →Club sessions are built around lengths, sets and fitness, and with a full lane there is rarely time to stop and work on the detail. Parents tell us the same thing again and again: their swimmer trains hard but never gets coached on dives, turns or drills. This camp is built around exactly that.
Getting off the blocks well: a clean entry, a strong streamline and a fast first few strokes. The start is where races are won and lost before anyone has taken a breath.
Tumble turns and open turns, the push off the wall and the breakout into the stroke. Every length has a turn, so small gains add up across every race.
Technique drills on freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly, with a coach watching each swimmer rather than just setting the clock.
Putting it together at race speed: short sprints, and relays that bring the starts and turns into a team race.
Two hours a day, a maximum of 16 swimmers each day, with Andrei coaching on deck. Andrei is finalising the day-by-day plan, and we'll add it to this page as soon as it's ready.
Book the October camp →Every camp is run by coaches accredited by Swim England, ASA or STA at Level 2 or above, all fully DBS-checked. The coach is on deck throughout every session, swimmers check in with the coach on poolside, where a register is taken at the start of each one, and medical details and a parent's mobile are collected at booking. On the Junior Camp, swimmers check in with the coach on poolside each day, and juniors never train in a mixed-age cohort with adults. We'll confirm the full safeguarding arrangements for your swimmer's cohort at the point of enquiry.
At three venues. Borehamwood camps run at The Venue Leisure Centre, Elstree Way, WD6, in the school holidays. Barnes camps are coming to a 25m school pool in Barnes, SW13 (South West London), and Berkhamsted camps to a 25m school pool in Berkhamsted, HP4 (West Hertfordshire): register interest for Barnes or Berkhamsted to hear the dates first.
Yes, that's who it's for. Most club sessions are about lengths and fitness, so dives, turns and drills get squeezed out. The October camp works on exactly those: dives and starts, tumble and open turns, drills on all four strokes, then sprints and relays to put it together at speed. Groups are small (a maximum of 16) so each swimmer gets coached, not just timed.
A stroke clinic is a single 1-hour workshop focused on one stroke or skill. A swim camp is a three- to five-day holiday intensive: two hours in the water each day, squad-style, building across the camp. A clinic is £30 for one session; a camp day is £50, less when you book the whole camp. Clinics fix one thing fast; camps rebuild volume, technique and race sharpness over a full block of school-holiday training.
The Junior Camp is for competitive club swimmers under 18: age-groupers, county and regional hopefuls. The October camp is for ages 9–16. The Masters Camp, for adults 18 and over, runs from a waiting list: masters swimmers, triathletes, and adults returning to competitive training. Camps are performance training, not beginner sessions and not holiday childcare.
Not on set dates at the moment. The Masters Camp for swimmers 18 and over runs from a waiting list: join it and you'll hear first if one is scheduled. Triathletes and adults coming back to training are welcome on the list.
No. They're separate cohorts on separate camps. Adults and age-groupers need different sets and different session times, and keeping them apart is also the simplest safeguarding arrangement.
Two hours in the water per day, across three to five consecutive days — 8 to 10 hours of coached pool time over the camp. Sessions are pool-based only; there is no dryland, lunch or childcare element.
School holidays only — October half-term, Christmas, February half-term, Easter, May half-term and the summer holidays. We book pool time for each holiday once we know how many swimmers we have, so dates go out when the pool is confirmed — to everyone on the interest list first. Places are limited by the number of lanes hired.
Camp coaches are Swim England, ASA or STA qualified at Level 2 or above and fully DBS-checked. Swimmers check in with the coach on poolside each day, and the spectator gallery is free for parents. Tell us your child's age and level when you enquire and we'll confirm the arrangements.
£50 a morning, any three mornings £100, or £160 for the October half-term week (an opening rate for the first camp), plus a £2.50 booking fee per booking. The Christmas camp is £150 for all four mornings. From February a 5-day camp is £200, or any three mornings £120.
Christmas camps run three days, around the bank holidays. Any camp can be shorter if a bank holiday falls in the week or the pool isn't available one day. The price follows the length — you only pay for the days that run.
A maximum of 16 swimmers a day, each lane matched on speed. Small enough that every swimmer gets coached, not just timed.
Yes, for the October Junior Camp: ages 9–16, Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, 8am–10am daily, £160 for the full week or £50 a day, plus a £2.50 booking fee. Book a place here. Christmas and February half-term camps have prices but no dates yet: join the waiting list and you'll hear first when they're scheduled.
A camp is one block in a bigger picture. For year-round development, our competitive swimming coaching works alongside your club programme, with dedicated junior swimmer coaching for age-group athletes targeting county and national times. For a single, focused fix on one stroke or skill, a stroke clinic is the quickest route.
For a future Borehamwood camp, or a place if October sells out. Leave your email and you’ll hear first. Nearer Barnes or Berkhamsted? Register for Barnes or Berkhamsted.
