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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Updated: 03:35 - 17 December, 2025

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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 175.15km 45h 36m 34s 50%
2 Hildi Mitchell 142.607km 49h 32m 40%
3 Ben Fearnside 105.299km 34h 20m 30%
4 James Longstaff 82.7km 24h 16m 51s 23%
5 Jay Ransom 71km 25h 5m 20%
6 Kent Reynolds 70.3km 31h 48m 20%
7 Nicholas Petche 63km 26h 20m 27s 18%
8 Stuart Klein 62.425km 20h 33m 59s 17%
9 Rachel Hayward 61.5km 27h 5m 17%
10 Dawn Stepney 58.3km 20h 16%