Brixton Recreation Centre - London

Twincess D.

I had booked the 60min deep tissue massage 2-3x already and Susan has been excellent. The place is clean and organised. The heated bed was fabulous. Susan was able to ease out the tension in my back and shoulders, and the deep pressure she delivered was what I preferred.

Today, I had a 30 min back neck and shoulders massage. Leyla was my therapist and she was really nice, sweet and professional. . Her massage was soothing and she offered we great advice on my health and wellness. I will surely rebook.

I came for another session today (10/1/25) with Leyla and it was very relaxing and just what I needed after a busy Christmas Season!

Jenny J.

Totally shocked at how filthy the community Gym area was. This is not cleaned. Bits of old tissue in corners, accumulated dirt on the machines. The NHS staff just shrugged their shoulders & said it was always like that. Reception said it was cleaned daily. If it is, it’s the worse cleaning job ever. This is not the first time. It feels grubby & unkempt & quite frankly it’s pretty disgusting & disrespectful to patients. Next time will take photos.

Holly B.

Really nice new local soft play. We went on a sold out day during half term and it still didn't seem too busy. All the staff in the rec are so friendly and helpful it made everything so much easier. The 2 guys behind the leisure zone desk on Fri 16th Feb at 1300hrs were so efficient and helpful (not to mention patient with my very excited son hopping all over the place!). They have a climbing area which looked really fun (needs separate booking), a large soft play, a timed assault course, and another smaller soft play for smaller ones. No baby area. Also love the fact that there are lots of seating areas and booths within the soft play equipment so you can keep an eye and be with them without following them around the equipment. Well done Brixton Rec! Small basic cafe area with hot drinks, juices, crisps, chocs, slushies etc. Better to take your own food as quite basic/minimal. The toilets were also surprisingly clean for a busy soft play so kudos to the cleaning staff. Also nice to see staff committed to safety - some older kids climbed up on top of all the equipment and promptly got told off by the climbing instructor and told to get down (love the absent parental supervision...) and again a small toddler girl kept running into the climbing area and the mother was found and told to supervise her child as she would get crushed if one of the climbers fell (also love that this needs to be explained to a parent...). I do think they should somehow separate the climbing area from the soft play with some kind of barrier as it's very close to the start of the assault course and lots of kids accidentally running into it.

Zunaira M.

I recently visited this place. My 5 years old really love the place, especially the soft play area. I definitely will go again. I found a soft play area very wide and open. They have plenty of place to enjoy as compared to the same places which I visited in the past. Staff was very friendly.

ruby P.

Great experience at the family leisure overall. I went to take my son swimming however the pool was closed for children at 13.30 on Monday 8th May which was the bank holiday . I asked about the new family leisure area and was told to walk downstairs to the low level. I was not able to book this online so asked the assistant at the desk. I was informed that we'd need to wait 20 minutes for the next session. I did not mind waiting so paid £6 for me and my son. During the wait, there was an area selling crisps, drinks and snacks, unfortunately no one was at the till point. Staffing was short by the look of all areas from entrance to exit. The family leisure area was amazing, the slides and climbing areas were brilliant. The website and schedule needs adjusting to avoid confused customers.

Dee R.

Had a Deep Massage with Tomas and he worked on all the Tension in my Shoulders Tight Muscles in my Glutes, Legs and Back. The pressure was just right, I felt the pain ease after the hour session. Will be back. Highly recommend

Claire T.

Held my son’s 6th birthday here so I thought it might be helpful to others to have the information because I found the communication poor and I didn’t really know what to expect. There is very little information online about the parties which is a shame because the kids had a great time.

I had to email several times to get confirmation of the party. Lots of silences & I had to chase a lot of information that you’d think they would just email out.

There are a few places to park around the area on a Saturday but it’s not cheap for the whole day. Because you need to provide your own drinks and food it’s not really an option to get the bus/train.

We got there around 25 minutes before the party. The front desk was super helpful. The person who was helping us came up around 10 mins before the party which was not enough time for us to organise ourselves really.

We booked for 22 children and were given a ‘party room’ and the children could go in the soft play for an hour. We then had the ‘party room’ for an hour.

I call it the ‘party room’ because it’s a room where they run exercise classes which is just off the soft play area. It was the end of summer but it was absolutely humming. My daughter commented ‘it stinks of feet in here’ when she walked in and I could not disagree.

The party room is huge. It was set up with tables and chairs which was sufficient for what we needed. We had space to do games but I didn’t know that so I didn’t plan for it. I was imaging the usual small soft play party room and it was not communicated to me by the people who booked the party that it was big enough for games.

The soft play is great. The staff on the gate of the soft play were diligent and helpful.

Overall, it’s a good place to have a party (provided you can get past the smell of the room!) but the communication really needs improving. If you live close enough I would recommend you pop in to see the facilities.

Leticia S.

I had a deep tissue massage from Lalah and it was awesome alongside the tips she gave me regarding my gym routine. The room was cozy, clean and fresh.