Tottenham Green Leisure Centre

“This place is an institution and like all institutions it has its problems. It’s far from the cleanest place in the world. There is often a faint smell of wee and loose hairs flying around the swimming changing rooms. A lot of the lockers are broken. The showers may be warm when you want them cold. However, and I’ve been coming here for 2 years now and thought about this review for a long time, I still think it deserves 5 stars. It’s a pillar of community that is run by great people and offers great services. Literally hundreds of children, working adults and old people rely on this place to exercise, socialise and have fun. I use the gym, pool and sauna primarily and genuinely love my experience of all three. I can come here and guarantee a good workout, a great sauna / cold shower session and some good conversations. Yes, there are times when it’s annoying that the pool is inexplicably closed or the sauna is shut for some reason or other. But for every annoying moment it’s outweighed by 3 or 4 beautiful moments like meeting new people in the (very hot and spacious) sauna or over hearing two old friends catch up by the free weights in the gym. The staff will help you. The services will work if you have a bit of patience. And you will come away from this place with faith in humanity and hopefully having had a good workout in the process. There’s a lot to improve, but it gets a 5* nonetheless - I can’t imagine not having this place!”

“Two floors to explore, the downstairs is a baby and toddler area with soft foam shapes and a small ball pit. Upstairs is the climbing area for the older toddlers who want to climb, slide and just run around and play with the different levels. It feels slightly darker upstairs but everything was clean and it was not busy as we came around 1pm-ish. It was £4.95 for one hour of play and there is also the cafe if you want something to munch on, you just need to ring the bell in the wall where the menu is. A few tables and chairs are laid out both downstairs and upstairs. It’s not bad for the price, location and type of play. Heads up the upstairs area if your an adult you will in your hands and knees but there are some parts you can stand.”