How long is York Hall swimming pool?

33m
The 33m pool is home to lane swimming, Water Workout plus women-only sessions, while our teaching pool is home to our Better Swim school lessons. The award winning Spa Experience provides an affordable luxury day spa with Thermal spa, Aroma Steam rooms, Turkish Baths, Sauna and Spa treatments.

Why is St George’s leisure Centre closed?

The Council has closed the building temporarily because of Covid but there is a real risk that this could become permanent given the likely cuts to local authority spending.

Is Bethnal Green rough?

Bethnal Green with an above average violent crime rate and an above average property crime rate for London.

Who lives in Bethnal Green?

Like Spitalfields to the west, Bethnal Green has long been a first home for new waves of immigrants, from Huguenot weavers in the 16th and 17th centuries to the South Asian community of today. Over a third of Bethnal Green’s residents are now Bangladeshis.

What part of London is York Hall from?

Bethnal Green
The York Hall, officially known as York Hall Leisure Centre is a multi-purpose indoor arena and leisure complex in Bethnal Green, London and is situated on Old Ford Road. The building opened in 1929 with a capacity of 1,200, and is now an international boxing venue.

Is Tower Hamlets the poorest borough?

Tower Hamlets is the most deprived borough in London on three of the five summary measures (the average score, the extent and the most deprived ten per cent measures). On the average rank and concentration measures, Tower Hamlets is ranked third most deprived in London.

Why is Bethnal Green famous?

Bethnal Green tube station was the scene of the worst civilian disaster of the Second World War when 173 people, 62 of them children, were killed in a stampede to shelter here during an air raid in March 1943. Shown in the photo above, an award-winning memorial now commemorates the tragedy.