The Castle Centre - London

John C. (. A. J.

Very good Southwark Council leisure centre at the Elephant and Castle. I was there to try out the newly refurbished gym. But the Centre also has two swimming pools and a sauna.

The newly refitted gym is light and airy and has all the latest equipment from Pulse Fitness. The new changing facilties are also excellent. Very friendly and helpful staff.

Highly recommended.

MARCELA E. M.

I'm so happy with the gym, the machines are new. It has different classes to train. The personal trainers are friendly, but they get the best out of you and are strict. Sometimes, I feel like I'm in the army 🤣🤣.After a strong session is a nice finish in the steam room or the swimming pool. And also, the relationship between quality and price is the best.

Ahmed Z.

Love this leisure centre and gym! Great community and super friendly staff. What’s even better is that it recently got refurbished and the transformation has been amazing! You really get so much value for what you pay. Highly recommend!

M B.

This gym has undergone an incredible transformation! What used to feel like a cramped, outdated relic from the 50’s is now a spacious, modern fitness hub. The new design is bright and inviting, with state-of-the-art equipment and plenty of room to move. It’s a pleasure to work out here—huge credit to the team for the amazing upgrade!

Aluicious S.

A wonderful community facility. Nice atmosphere and the cleaners do an excellent job. Unfortunately maintenance of the gym machines is very poor. Today I counted twelve machines with signs indicating they were out of order. There were other machines that are clearly in need of repair. I'm not a qualified service technician but I know when a knocking noise isn't right. However, there is probably more than half the machines working properly.
The free weights are in good order and always tidy and organised. So you'll always be OK if you can workout with free weights.

Lucy B.

Most of the gym equipment is often out of service, there is not a lot of space for stretching or dumbbell workouts.
The shower facilities for the pool are unclean.
Furthermore, when I tried to cancel my membership they have continued to take money out of my account and the multiple calls I have made have been entirely unhelpful with different staff members telling me entirely different things. There is no sense of communication.
I would not recommend this gym as other gyms in the area I have had much better luck.

Lois H.

I never came here pre-refurbishment but I love it here. The staff are friendly, the gym facilities are really nice with v modern machines and I was really impressed with the free health check machine in reception too!

Miss T.

I’ve had such an amazing experience so far. I did a 12 week swimming course with Nicole and I can confidently say I now know how to swim. Nicole is an amazing swimming teacher, prior to lessons with her I wouldn’t think to go into a swimming pool, but with her as a teacher I’ve gain the confidence to learn and enjoy swimming.

I also put my daughter with 1:1 swimming lessons with Ariane and she is amazing. My daughter who is autistic is now so excited to go swimming thanks to Ariane.

I would highly recommend them to friends and family.