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Hard to believe that Dunoon on May Bank Holiday was one of the warmest locations in Britain and enjoyed by maximum capacity guests, despite some sun burn!BBC Scotland Television and Radio gave excellent coverage of the event which for the first time offered a three night extension. This proved popular with first timers and several who had to journey some distance to attend. Visiting guests came from Germany, Belgium, Ireland as well as the British Isles, including the Scottish Hebridies and Skye

Saturday night saw almost 300 Naturists head to Waterworld in Stoke-on-Trent for a night of family fun. A great time was had by all as they took to the slides and flumes and relaxed in the tropical atmosphere. The nice thing about Waterworld is that there is something for everyone, from the thrills of the big rides to the hot-tub and wave pool, plus there is plenty of space to lounge around too. It was great to see so many new faces attending too. There was a good mix of families and a

BN’s new Events Manager Mark reports on our a fantastic event - an adrenaline-rush filled weekend in the Splash Landings Hotel at Alton Towers, and this year we had something to celebrate - a landmark tenth year at this prestigious venue. For those who haven't been (and I hadn't until this one) Splash Landings is a hotel with waterpark that British Naturism take over for a weekend of clothes-free fun…and by fun, I mean fun! I had read about the event with envy and longed to go but always ha

Click here to watch again On Demand for 30 days This Valentine's Day, fall in love with your body... The film we contributed to about last year’s The Great British Skinny Dip will be aired on Channel 4, 10pm, 14 Feb… You can see the trailer here -  Click here to watch again On Demand for 30 days The Great British Skinny Dip In 2016 British Naturism, Britain’s largest group devoted to the naked lifestyle, organised a mass event to encour

It's what we've been saying for years! Brilliant new research shows that Naturism boosts self-esteem, happiness and life satisfaction. Here's an article from the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4156788/Being-naked-makes-happier-bodies.html ...and the research paper itself http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-017-9846-1 ... and a video made by the researcher.  

Many congratulations to BN member Helen Smith who ran her first public Nude-ercise class on Saturday. The UK media has also paid attention...the story appeared in many newspapers, here's the one the Daily Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-first-naked-workout-classes-9670914  The numbers at the Naturist Southampton swim were also boosted with a record-breaking 42 guests, including many newcomers. Check out our calendar for more classes and swims in 2017.

Lots of people make contact with us to ask about what's happening, but this website probably has THE most comprehensive list of UK Naturist events anywhere! Club events, weekly and monthly swims, exercise classes, garden visits, rambles, exhibitions…there are plenty of things to choose from. It's updated all the time and events are even colour-coded to help you find the ones in your area. Check out the full calendar now which you can also access from the menu bar under 'Events'...see y

...and we're off...after a great start to our campaign aimed at educating people to the benefits of social nudity - and have a lot of fun in the process - we've set the date for The Great British Skinny Dip 2017 - it will run for the whole of September so there is ample opportunity for venues to pick a date - or more than one. Check out the GBSD website for more information, advice, contacts. BN members can find lots of discussion over in the members area on this website. Not a member?

For reasons as yet unexplained, our Twitter account vanished a couple of days ago. We're investigating... We've set up a new one at https://twitter.com/britnaturism, please follow us and get the word out to others!  

Well what a festival, great venue, great people and great time had by all. 2016's festival was held at Thorney Lakes Camping and Caravan site near Langport, Somerset, a site found for us by Somerset Tourist board. The site is huge with a massive lake and loads of room for everyone to spread out. The site’s owner Sally could not have been more helpful and praise must also be given to the hard working catering and bar staff who went the extra mile, sometimes on top of the bar, in various states of

An interview about Naturism for ITV's Daybreak.  

Naturism is normal We're ordinary people choosing not to wear clothes when the weather and circumstances are appropriate. Other than being nude, our activities are no different from what most people do in their leisure time. We're not anti-clothes, we just know they are not always essential. It's also a lot of fun! If we were supposed to be naked, we'd have been born that way. .and yet now anyone wanting to be in that natural state is treated with at best, mild amusement and at worst, suspici

What were you doing back in 1964? Ok, so quite a few of you were yet to enter the world, and to some it will seem like only yesterday. I was just eight and the nearest I got to Naturism that year was laughing at those saucy McGill nudist colony postcards on a family holiday in Swanage. Oh, so close to Studland! If only I had known and been older! While the Searchers were serenading us in the number one spot with Don’t Throw Your Love Away, representatives from 50 of the 70 Naturis

British Naturism takes the protection, well-being and safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in Naturism very seriously and a copy of our policy is available below. Our policy is put into practice though a Child Safeguarding committee which works closely with NSPCC and meets regularly that our policy is up to date and being properly implemented. We run workshops and seminars for groups - including some non-naturist groups - around the country and encourage member clubs to appoint their

Within the EC, we've always had a pretty good idea of what we're doing and where we're going, but know that we don't often communicate it as well as we might. There are also loads of new ideas and challenges coming in all the time, and changes to the world outside naturism that we need to take account of. Therefore, over the two awaydays (the first was in September 09, and the second in February this year), we took the opportunity - without an agenda or the need for minutes etc. - to discuss on

We will work for greater acceptance of naturism, with more places – private and public – available for our use We will provide social and networking opportunities, information and assistance We will work to protect naturism and naturists, and challenge threats to our lifestyle We will work to provide a safe environment for adults and children to enjoy naturism without ridicule or fear We will facilitate, coordinate and support naturist activity. We will set high standards for the integrity

About BN British Naturism (BN) is internationally recognised as the UK’s national naturist organisation. It exists to unite and support naturists, to protect, and provide more naturist venues, to make social nudity acceptable in the UK and to provide comprehensive information on naturism and naturists around the world. Formation British Naturism came into being in 1964 when the British Sun Bathing Society and the Federation of British Sun Clubs merged. We are the UK member of the Internation