Cleveland Pools, Britain’s only Georgian lido, has won lottery funding to develop its restoration bid. The Cleveland Pools trust have been awarded £366,200 to work up their proposals and business plan, with an expectation of a £4.1 million grant to implement the scheme.

Trustees of the pools want to re-open the lido for public swimming for the first time in thirty years. BathNES Council provided the trust with a lease for the site last year, and have supported the lottery bid. Hundreds of volunteers have also backed the bid, writing the application documents, clearing the site and fundraising.