A PUBLIC pool is offering naked swimming sessions where you can bathe with strangers - and kids go free.
Derwent Swim and Fitness Centre in North Yorkshire, closes its doors to the public between 3pm and 5pm every other Sunday, to offer nudists the "best chance of a naked swim" with "no sexual activity of any type".
Rydale Naturist Club, who launched the sessions, insists their swims are "just like any council run swimming pool except we don't use swim-wear".
Newcomers may wear a swimsuit "on their first visit", but like all other members, "once you have tried swimming without your costume, you will never want to wear one again".
A description on the club website states: "If you have never tried naturist swimming before then give it a try, you have nothing to lose except your wet sticky cozzie.
"This is a great way to meet people and make new friends.
"If you are looking for anything more than a swim then you will be very disappointed and need to look elsewhere."
Members of all ages, body shape, race, background or "anything else" are encouraged to sign up as "naturist attracts people from all walks of life".
Daring newcomers to bare it all, the website adds: "Anybody can be a naturist and once you have tried swimming without your costume you will never want to wear one again.
"The only regret you will have is why you left it for so long before trying it out."
The club encourages nudists to bring a maximum of two kids, per adult, as those aged 18 and under will be allowed in for free.
But they "must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times".
The naturist club's swim event is said to attract dozens of regulars from Yorkshire, Teesside and County Durham.
Membership costs £15 a year or £20 for couples, visitors pay £5 for a swim or £4 to use the sauna.
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On behalf of Derwent Swim and Fitness Centre, Nicki Ross, Everyone Active's operations manager said: "As a community venue, we aim to accommodate requests from a variety of local groups.
"Ryedale Naturist Club has been using Derwent Swim and Fitness Centre for more than 20 years, and we inherited its fortnightly booking when we took on the centre's management in 2014 as part of our partnership with Ryedale District Council.
“We want everyone who uses the centre to feel safe and comfortable. Ryedale Naturist Club, along with any other users of our pool space, abide by our robust safeguarding policies.
“Ryedale Naturist Club operates closed sessions only, and those wishing to participate must first register for a membership through them. Once the necessary background checks have been carried out by the club’s committee, members are issued with an identity card allowing them access to the sessions.
“The group hires out the entire site for each of its sessions to ensure the privacy of attendees and to respect other users.”
Sun Online has contacted Rydale Naturist Club for comment.
The last session took place on Sunday April 22.
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