Haggerston Baths

Haggerston Baths

2005 photo
Coordinates: 51°32′05″N 0°04′34″W / 51.534691°N 0.076185°W / 51.534691; -0.076185
Address Whiston Road, Hackney, London
Postcode E2 8BN
Opened 25 June 1904
Closed February 2000
Architect Alfred Cross
Status Grade II listed

Haggerston Baths in Hackney, London, was opened in 1904 as public baths. The baths were built at a cost of £60,000. There was a single pool, 91 slipper baths and a 60 stall wash house.[1]

Interior of Haggerston baths

The Grade II listed Haggerston Pool was designed by Alfred Cross. It was closed in 2000 with an uncertain future. In June 2009 after a long community campaign, a £5m grant was announced from the Department for Children, Schools and Families to refurbish and re-open the pool. The building would also contain community facilities and a GP surgery.

Due to the financial downturn the council has had to remove funding for the re-opening of the baths. The Haggerston pool campaign has restarted efforts to find financial backing and public support in an effort to re-open the pool. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Ian; Inglis, Simon (2009), Great lengths: the historic indoor swimming pools of Britain, English Heritage, pp. 126–129, ISBN 978-1-905624-52-2
  2. ↑ Jun 2009 15%3A50%3A58%3A487 Cash for historic baths—what the Edwardians did for us Peter Sherlock 25 June 2009 (Hackney Gazette) accessed 27 June 2009
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