Built in 1914, the swimming baths were in a meadow near the Chess and were greatly enjoyed by the residents of Chenies. The water was drawn from the river, although it eventually had to be closed as it was thought that the water was not sufficiently clean.
“Living by the river, I learned to swim at a young age so the use of the swimming Pool was my favourite pastime. This was an antiquated corrugated iron building standing on the river bank by Chenies Mill. The pool was fed from the river through pipes and it was naturally very murky but you were certain where the bottom was when going in off the boards at the deep end. The pool was demolished about the second year of the Second World War.” Betty Healing
This aerial image taken in 1949 from Historic England shows the pool to the right of the river Chess. More images of Chenies can be viewed on their website.