Take the plunge: sublime swimming pools to discover this summer

Love it or loath it, London’s 10-storey-high ‘sky’ pool, suspended 114m above the Nine Elms made a splash this month. Images of swimmers dipping their toes in the 25m water-filled bridge between two blocks of luxury flats ignited a social media furore; would-be swimmers were disappointed to discover the residents-only rule, and equally furious that developers had slammed a ban on just who in the building could accessing the slice of sky-high aquamarine heaven.