Coate Water Diving Platform is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 2013. Diving platform. 1 related planning application.
Coate Water Diving Platform
- WRENN ID
- fallen-sentry-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 2013
- Type
- Diving platform
- OS grid reference
- SU 176 826
- Coordinates
- 51.54226, -1.74672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coate Water Diving Platform is an Art Deco style structure built in 1935, designed by Swindon Borough Surveyor JBL Thompson, and constructed in accordance with the regulations of the Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA).
Made from reinforced steel and concrete, the diving platform features a curved, forward-leaning tower that houses a central stair leading to five diving platforms of varying sizes, shapes, and thicknesses, with their measurements documented in a booklet from the year of its opening. This design allows for the use of both spring boards and fixed boards. The top platform includes a flagpole, and originally, each platform was surrounded by plain, tubular shaped metal railings. Following its closure, to prevent vandalism and unauthorized access, the arches at the base of the diving tower have been partially filled with concrete blocks, and the lowest platform has been fitted with a concrete block parapet.
Local climate
Coate Water Diving Platform receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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