8 great swims round the world – from Norway to New York The most extraordinary dips on the planet (and the best cold-water kit to splash out on) © Lucy Ranson | Swimming in front of the loggia at Hever Castle Swimming in history at Hever CastleFor the first time, visitors are being invited to swim in the stately surroundings of Anne Boleyn’s childhood home Postcard from . . . Norway: swimming with salmonOn a ‘salmon safari’, fishing enthusiasts can get off the bank and into the water13 outdoor swimming essentials Dive in, the water’s… quite manageable, so long as you’re armed with this all-weather kit Swimming with Norway’s killer whalesThe delight — and dread — of a close encounter with orcaHow cold-water swimming saved meThe chilly sea off New York’s Long Island has never felt so welcoming — or necessary — as during lockdown Swimming in the desert: a Lake Turkana adventureAway from the fertile safari parks, a newly launched trip takes visitors through Kenya’s desolate, dramatic, far northMore from this SeriesIsabel Berwick: winter swimming on Hampstead Heath‘Wild swimming is a sensible response to the pressures of modern life, especially the isolating effects of life online’How New Yorkers are rediscovering the waters that surround themImprovements in water quality have encouraged a growing number of swimmersA natural high: wild swimming in the Outer Hebrides watersThe FT’s Mure Dickie goes on a personal quest to swim in a remote loch on the Isle of Harris
