At The Pond

Writing From the Hampstead Ladies’ Pond. A collection of writing on the much-loved Ladies’ Pond by the women who swims there.

Big name contributors include Margaret Drabble, Esther Freud, and Leanne Shapton and newer voices such as Sophie Mackintosh.

Tucked away along a shadt path towards the north east edge of hampstead Heath is a sign: Women Only – Men Not Allowed Beyond This Point.

This is the Kenwood Ladies Bathing Pond, the only wild swimming spot in the UK just for women.