Should we campaign for even more women only spaces

[Trexical]

I've been lucky enough to spend the hottest day of the year at Hampstead womens pond in London and found myself queuing for well over an hour to get in.
In spite of there being a huge expanse of space on hampstead heath with many accessing the mixed and general ponds only the ladies pond had excessive queues and it highlighted just how in demand women only spaces were.
The atmosphere inside was incredible..women of all ethnicities, religions and ages freely able to walk around semi nude without fear of being photographed or gawped at.

I have rarely felt so at peace in a mass crowd but thought how many similar spaces are there in the uk for those who don't live in london and is this something worth campaigning for?

Also, I might be missing something but I thought the 'women only' pond was now mixed sex despite their being both a male only and a unisex pond? ie. another lost space.

You're correct AnotherAdultHumanFemale in that the womens pond at hampstead ( in spite of fierce opposition) does admit transgender individuals who identify as women - indeed on my last visit I was sitting next to someone of this nature.

We were all topless and I did find myself more watchful but I didn't let it affect my enjoyment of the day with my daughter- that being said I would like to have had a choice.
As a section of society with obvious shared experiences, we should have the right to set up, run and maintain natal women's groups without the fear of threat or intimidation.

As a section of society with obvious shared experiences, we should have the right to set up, run and maintain natal women's groups without the fear of threat or intimidation.

You can .. the Equality Act 2010 permits this :

www.aroomofourown.org/a-uk-guide-for-non-lawyers-about-protecting-women-only-spaces-june-2016/

although the implication that a formal society with 25+ members cannot turn away men (presumably without invoking an exception) is a bit concerning.

Perhaps it depends on whether this condition applies to a whole national organisation or its branches; eg: Women's Institute. Each WI branch would have a distinct rule that members are drawn from a specific locality, so no branch would be operating with identical rules to any other. This may make each branch a distinct formal society.

[Just stretching the law, here. ]

Brilliant resource thank you JackyHolyoake