Sea Lanes Brighton

The National Open Water Swimming Centre®

A stepping stone to the sea, creating a happier, healthier community with swimming, seaside views, and delicious food and drinks.

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Christmas at Sea Lanes

This festive season, make Sea Lanes your destination for celebration. With sweeping sea views, cosy interiors, and festive menus designed for sharing, our spaces, The Clubhouse and The Studio, are made for memorable Christmas gatherings.

From team afternoons to lively evening parties, we offer flexible hire options to suit every celebration. Enjoy a festive sharing platter, exclusive private hire, an eco-friendly Christmas decorated venue, and all the seasonal touches that make Christmas at Sea Lanes feel special.

Available from 1st  November – 31 December. Choose from either a lunchtime event or an evening party. Click here to learn more.

Hire

Our flexible spaces are perfect for parties, presentations, workshops and meetings, designed to fit your needs seamlessly.

Coaching

There is something for all adults with the coaching courses and sessions available at Sea Lanes. Find the course for you today.

Our Community

Check out the various local fitness, health and wellbeing, food, and beverage businesses Sea Lanes is also home to

WINTER SWIM CHALLENGE 2025

Open to all and free to enter. Complete one or all the five challenges between 1 November 2024 and 28 February 2025.

This year’s challenge highlights endangered Arctic and Antarctic marine animals, with each swim distance representing their remaining numbers to raise awareness. Complete the challenge, purchase your swim badge and raise money to support Sussex Bay’s work to restore local ecosystems and protect biodiversity.

Snowy Owl – 15KM (300 lengths)
Polar Bear – 25KM (500 lengths)
Orca – 50KM (1000 lengths)
Beluga Whale – 150KM (3000 lengths)
Emperor Penguin – 350KM+ (7000 lengths)

Join the challenge. 

Rank Swimmmer Distance Time Progress
1 Andy Tester 196km 51h 0m 40s 56%
2 Hildi Mitchell 185.507km 64h 59m 53%
3 Ben Fearnside 143.762km 46h 49m 41%
4 Kent Reynolds 110km 45h 42m 31%
5 James Longstaff 97.2km 28h 45m 57s 27%
6 Nicholas Petche 92.2km 38h 32m 7s 26%
7 Jay Ransom 91.5km 32h 10m 26%
8 Dawn Stepney 75.5km 25h 33m 21%
9 Bea Stiller 73.282km 22h 47m 22s 20%
10 Wendy Kane 67.919km 26h 56m 19%