A couple of users talk about it online; one refers to it as a "semi-nudist" organisation! Another very nice blog here talks about seeing a naked man and deciding to copy him with her friend.

And The Guardian describes it as operating a clothing optional policy (for swimming only)... sounds like paradise though you are expected to be discreet when boats go past and you intend to get out of the water.

So if you do join, good luck and tell us about it!

I'd appreciate any info available if any one can provide it. 
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I have been in contact with the main guy there, and it is only the river that is naturist friendly and not the gardens which is a shame I think.

On the other hand, if the nudity is for swimming only that is likely to open up the experience to many more people, and enjoy considerable public acceptance. If it were a nude sunbathing place it would probably have gone the way of Parsons Pleasure in Oxford (closed in the 1990s).

After all swimming was traditionally done nude long before naturism came along: perhaps it is the one type of outdoor nudity that naturists and non-naturists can agree on and enjoy together.

There's a nice mention in an article here to that effect by Rowan Pelling in The Daily Telegraph (scroll down to the second item).

I have been in contact with the main guy there, and it is only the river that is naturist friendly and not the gardens which is a shame I think.

Darn it ....... does this mean that I'm ok in the water but can expect Cambridgeshires Finest to be waiting on the bank as I get out? I suppose I could loop a pair of trunks over a wrist and hope they didn't get lost.  Lol.

I joined last year. It is a very quiet CO club with a mixture of members. Some join mostly to swim in the river, either naked or with costume, and some join to use secluded grass lawn to get an all over tan. I was last there on Halloween when the air temperature topped 20 C and the water was a bracing 13 C. There are no real facilities there so members bring their own sandwiches, drinks etc.,

Hi, hope you don't mind me asking but do you have the contact details for enquiring re joining??  They seem very evasive!

Sounds like a little piece of magic - no wonder they are a bit reticent - the noisy minority (claiming to be the silent majority) would love to eliminate it.

There's a nice mention in an article here to that effect by Rowan Pelling in The Daily Telegraph (scroll down to the second item).

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Hi, hope you don't mind me asking but do you have the contact details for enquiring re joining??  They seem very evasive!

If you Google "Newnham Riverbank Club" a number of images are returned including a picture of the entrance door which has a mobile number for membership enquiries. The club is not allowed (by the land owners) to seek publicity.

Sounds like a little piece of magic - no wonder they are a bit reticent - the noisy minority (claiming to be the silent majority) would love to eliminate it.

Very true John, on both counts

I went down to the club this afternoon, and was given a friendly welcome by one of the committee. The annual subscription is very reasonable - £15 for single, £20 for family and a mere £5 for over-65s. I joined on the spot, and hope soon to make my first visit.