British Gas Great North Swim 2012
- The UK's biggest outdoor swimming event – now taking place over 3 days
- A one-mile outdoor swim in beautiful Windermere, Cumbria
- Choose from 3 distances – 1 mile, ½ mile or 2 miles.
- Brilliant challenge for all swimming abilities, from first timers to Olympic champions
- Experience the thrill of open-water swimming, safe in the knowledge expert kayakers and safety boats are with you every stroke of the way
- Watch some of the world’s top swimmers go head-to-head in the elite races
- 10,000 entrants in 2011
- Entry prices – ½ mile £31, 1 mile £38, and 2 mile £46
- Highlights to be shown on TV
- Wetsuit only event