Information about Poplar Baths Leisure Centre and Gym

E India Dock Rd 170
E14 0ED, London
+44 20 3795 0599

Opening hours

  • Monday: 6:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 6:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 6:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Thursday: 6:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Friday: 6:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Saturday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
  • Sunday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Located adjacent to All Saints DLR station in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Poplar Baths leisure centre now boasts a newly refurbished gym with state-of-the-art Technogym cardio and resistance fitness equipment and new layout which continues to offer ladies-only gym sessions. The light and airy fitness studio provides a variety of fitness classes for all, including sessions for our Young@Heart 50+ Club members. The 25m swimming pool is accompanied by a smaller teaching pool for our Better Swim School members of all ages and abilities and the 4-court sports hall is well equipped for activities including badminton, netball, volleyball, gymnastics, street dance and more. Lastly, the rooftop 3G football pitch, which is available to hire throughout the year, is Poplar’s very own hidden gem. With so much on offer, we have something to help everyone get fit and feel better, so pop in today and find out more.

Located adjacent to All Saints DLR station in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Poplar Baths leisure centre now boasts a newly refurbished gym with state-of-the-art Technogym cardio and resistance fitness equipment and new layout. The light and airy fitness studio provides a variety of fitness classes for all, including sessions for our Young@Heart 50+ Club members. The 25m swimming pool is accompanied by a smaller teaching pool for our Better Swim School members of all ages and abilities and the 4-court sports hall is well equipped for activities including badminton, netball, volleyball, gymnastics, street dance and more. Lastly, the rooftop 3G football pitch, which is available to hire throughout the year, is Poplar’s very own hidden gem.  With so much on offer, we have something to help everyone get fit and feel better, so pop in today and find out more.

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Better is a registered trademark and trading name of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), a charitable social enterprise and registered society under the Co-operative & Community Benefit & Societies Act 2014 registration no. 27793R. Registered office: Middlegate House, The Royal Arsenal, London, SE18 6SX. Inland Revenue Charity no: XR43398 VAT registration no: 219749179.

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Poplar Baths Leisure Centre and Gym: Opinions

4.9/5 (52 Opinions)
Susan Talbhbbh. hbhbhbhb. vhbb. bb. elzfxot 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Love it

Tina Power 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Aqua Arobics with Jennifer....brilliant, fun workout

Louis 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff. Super clean facilities.

H Kaur 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: So clean and the family changing room is so convenient!!!

Amanda Lewis 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Really refreshing to cool down after the heat we've been having. Cool water and quite quiet without crowds to avoid when swimming lengths. Made contact with some friendly people

Alex Danileico 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice gym. Enjoy going there. Never too packed. Lovely staff. Quite clean. The pool is very big and the classes are nice.

William Key 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I went with my 5 month old daughter and she had a great time. The buggy park and family change were very helpful

Pietro Francellini 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The centre is in a great position outside All Saints Dlr station. I went to the swimming pool. Clean and well organised with 3 lanes for general swimming. The changing room is spacious and functional.

Ad Re 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Big enough and avoid early and late evenings

Prateek Jain 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice badminton courts and other facilities. Clean, recently furbished. Lighting can be an issue sometimes on badminton courts

Mike “Everything Mike” 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I was there the first time to play badminton with friends. The sports hall is exactly as in the picture. What totally blew my mind is the amount of natural light in the hall. I didn't even notice if lights were installed there. Another fact I would like to say is that for each friend you bring, they have to pay a £1 entrance fee, which was not mentioned anywhere in the better app so be aware of this when booking. Other than that the price for 1h was like £13 something, but worth it since it's got such a good natural light.

sydul alam 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The gym has everything you need for a great workout. There are classes and women only swimming and gym. Very dynamic.

Crystal Atkins 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Been signed up to this gym for nearly a year. Always clean and good changing rooms. There is 2 pools, a small kids pool and one for laps etc. Been recommed

Anne Hayfield 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: My local gym and swimming pool. The gym area is huge which helps and you never have to wait for machines

Toin Le 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: A five star experience, but basically as a result of the swim staff, the coaches, life guards, etc. If you are a non-swimmer like me, they really are invested in you learning to swim, with some of the lifeguards sharing valuable tips with you as well. The coaches will ask you what your goals are, and then push you towards them in a fun, but challenging class. The pool could probably benefit from more lanes, and for me, would definitely benefit by being a couple of degrees warmer! Maintenance of the changing areas are undertaken periodically by staff, but it's worth bearing in mind that these are high use areas, as they have a constant flow of schools throughout the day, due to the loss of one or two local pools over the past two years. Telephone customer service is not based inside the actual centre, which is a pity, because they would have immediate access to centre knowledge such as class cancellations, etc, etc.

Jennifer Wong 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Juvani and his team are incredibly helpful and friendly, and has gone the extra mile in helping us resolve booking issues. Exemplary service.

Rihad Rihad 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Zackriah and Annette are the best swimming instructor, hands down!! I was a beginner at learning how to swim, but because of their support, encouragement and motivation I now moved to Zack and now he is teaching me tremendous skills of the breathstoke technique because I surpassed the backstroke and frontstoke techniques and I couldn’t be more proud of myself but that’s because of the teachers like Zack and Anette, so thank you, so, so much!! I come here weekly, and I will continue to do so!!

Carla Tavares 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Staff really caring did have my daughters bday there and it was a success.

SuzySimon Ssenabulya 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Convenient location, clean, not too busy, helpful staff, always a very relaxing swim.

Nurul Amin 2 years ago

Positive experience: Decent size football pitch. Although i find the turf to be far to hard. I think they need to upgrade it. You can feel that the ground is uneven in certain parts of the pitch

Nazim Alom 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym in All Saints right next to the DLR. Two pools one for beginners and one lane pool. Decent changing facilities and also has gym and hall for badminton and roof football pitch. Overall a great place part of the Better gym brand

Ivan Molochko 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Zacharia is a great Swim Doctor instructor on Monday nights, I learned so much from him!

Bharath Kalyan 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: A good gym with lots of space to maintain social distancing. The staff are friendly and helpful.

P K 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Baby's first swim went amazing, lovely pool, very clean

James Steel 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: A very clean, new looking and friendly public baths. During C-19 access is closed while swimming lessons are going on.

Gyorgyi L 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very friendly, helpful staff. My kids came here for swimming short course, they improved their skills amazingly, thanks to the brilliant swimming teachers!

Mes V 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great swimming pool but like most modern day centres, it'd be even better if it were 5 times bigger!! Good changing facilities with male/female/family changing rooms. A shower in the family changing room cubicle is a great touch. 20p for lockers. Staff are friendly, helpful and keep to the rules and are good at enforcing them, which can be annoying (imagine being whistled at by the lifeguard for swimming past the boundary marking non-swimmers area, as you're the adult with 2 non-swimmers [the ratio is 1 adult swimmer to 2 non-swimmers]). But you console yourself with the thoughts that a) they're doing their jobs b) people are being kept safe. If you have children that can swim, they do a test which consists of front crawl 25m with 2 minutes treading water at the deep end. Once they pass this, they're given wrist bands to confirm they've passed and can then swim past the boundary, which is great news if, as a parent, you'd like to do some lengths yourself. Mine passed theirs on 1st try and it was a huge confidence boost and made their visit that bit more special! Lovely holiday memories! Rates can be found online.

joe mama 2 years ago

Positive experience: service is great however the building is quite small so places like swimming pools won't have a large area to swim in.

Jinny Wickes 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great pool for baby/kids swimming classes. The changing rooms are clean and well laid out for parents. There is a family changing room but there are only 4 cubicles. The ladies changing room has a large low bench which is perfect for getting babies and toddlers ready. The kids pool is a good size and usually warm. My oldest did swimming here from 6 months to 2 years, we had to change classes to York Hall because I could no longer do weekdays. In April we signed up again here and she loves it, she really missed not going to classes during all the restrictions. She's almost 4 and her confidence in the water is improving every week. Highly recommend this centre, the staff are very helpful.

Sajid Gujjar 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Staff are ver kind ,they have enough machines, i really recommend this gym.

VIDEO NEWS 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff, great gym, and a good sized swimming pool. Better App needs to to be updated M.N.ALI.

Nastia Dębowska 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love the place! A lot of light in the swimming pool, a lot of space and not so many people.

Sabiha Khanam 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Weekly swimming lessons here and the instructors are fantastic. The venue is clean and all staff are friendly and helpful.

Maxine Room 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I have tried all kinds of gyms and this was an excellent experience from entrance to exit. Everywhere clean and tidy with a calm atmosphere.

Janine Ryan 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great local pool. Really friendly reception staff, always smiling and helpful. Pool is clean and well maintained with a smaller pool for the littler people. Plenty of changing facilities and lockers. My only negative would be that the showers could do with a little more cleaning and maintenance....

Debra Southgate 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: First swim after lockdown. It was heaven, nice and empty. Water was cold but after first minute felt fantastic!

Ilvija Dicmane 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to do all ginds of sports. Pool is big enough and clean, in gym there is bunch of trainers to choose from. Changing rooms are always clean as well. I enjoy coming here.

David Mallo Ferrer 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: The fit beats/dance aerobics class on Saturdays is amazing. The gym is spacious and well equipped. The facilities are very clean. Altogether superior to other 'Better' leisure centres in Tower Hamlets

Andrea Darabos 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great small 25m swimming pool with clean , relatively warm water for swimming. As a regular swimmer I find it excellent. The only thing the management could improve is to ban people coming in to the changing room amd pool area with outdoor shoes. Plastic shoe covers and notices to encourage people to remove their shoes at the changing entrance could solve the issue with the dirt in the changing rooms. Increasing the frequency of mopping the floor during winter period would also help. Besides swimming, the Fitbeats class is excellent and the fitness room very good. Thank you for your service to our Poplar community.

Shelly Smith 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great hour playing badminton with the family, great facility. Will definitely use again!

Despoina Chatzilari 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good opening hours, the pool areas are very clean and looked after nicely. The staff is very helpful and friendly

Jo Owusu 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice pool, good gym. Good value for money. Plenty of classes to take if you are interested. Gym is good. They do have women only gym sessions. Swimming pool is a good size, for families and children.

Chris Rudman 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I think the leisure centre has been restored really well, and I love the pool area. The gym is good and large and the courts up top are in a really cool space. I have recommended Poplar Baths to lots of people,

joey lai 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym.... But they allow school kids in here which is really annoying they take up all the equipment and have no idea what they're doing and just playing around which disrupts your workout

Vytautas Vaskevicius 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great lesure centre nice and clean, water is warm for kids to have a splash. Not to overcrowded. Please note parking is available, only few places for disabled badge.

Booster Bells 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautifully clean with all modern facilities. Great disabled access. Fab showers and hair drying appliances. Family changing rooms available. Separate baby pool. Nice cafe. Highly recommended.

Aminul Islam 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Its a great place to visit has a excellent swimming pool and other facilities such as a gym which I haven't visited. Has a men only and women only swimming session which is something that greatly benefits this community. Easy to reach via All saints DLR station. The issue with this place is the staff shortages and because of the lack of man power most of the time my child has to end up swimming in the small pool which is a big paddling pool at best. For a competent swimmer who is trying to improve and get a good workout its pretty awful. Poplar baths management get your car together. The facility deserves better and so do your customers.

fahema Begum 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Despite all the bad reviews this centre caters amazingly for the local community. There are a good amount of women only swimming sessions and also men only sessions. In the past I've been to other pools that offer women only sessions but lifeguards watching are male which is pointless. Poplar Baths has female lifeguards and all windows are closed off so it truly is a women only session. In other centres I've been to in Tower Hamlets management have lacked any understanding of the local community but this centre has a muslim manager named Karim who is very understanding of the needs of the local community and has always been open to discuss matters. Well done Better... still some way to go across the borough but you're going in the right direction!

Tania Stebbing 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love this place.... To know it's the original listed building is enchanting. The pool is clean and gym equipment is new!!

Abhishek Dwivedi 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Had a really great time at the badminton court. This was our first day and Michael at front desk was quite helpful! The court and nearby area a well kept. While coming out Michael and another lady helped us by informing about benefits of being a member etc. Thanks guys! This will be our place to play badminton going forward!

Steph Angle 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Overall amazing service. I was keen to get my 3 children into stage1 lessons as the Mile End branch is overcrowded. A receptionist (black girl, tall, slim) did this in 15 minutes. I also come to the women only swimming on a Wednesday and she is always lovely and efficient. Only issue was the water being too cold for my 5 yr old.

Reuben Carter 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Staff are very friendly and helpful. The pool os lovely and not too busy. U sually i can get a lane in the swimming pool to my self on a sunday morning.

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