London's best swimming pools

Hi everyone, I'm trying to find where the best indoor waterpark / water slide rides are in and around London. Everytime I search the only "fun" water activity place that comes up is Aqua Splash in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Can anyone help? Surely there has got to be an indoor waterpark in London! Many thanks!

Hi Everyone, I am currently looking for a decent (which means CLEAN swimming pool meeting the continental standards (changing rooms outside the main hall, shallow pool through which you have to walk before entering the main hall to get rid off anything that lives on your feet, clean toilets and showers, swimming- friendly chlorine levels). The reason I am asking for some advice is that I was swimming in east Dulwich (where I live st the moment) but had to stop as the water is just dirty and I ended up with a massive sinusitis after each swim, which has not happened before. Peckham swimming pool is much cleaner, but it is seriously overcrowded and swimming there is just difficult. I would be truly upset if I had to give up swimming as it cost me too much effort to learn it and I really enjoy it! I guess I could commute twice a week somewhere within zones 1-2, if I really liked it there. anyway, I would be grateful for any suggestions: dustinmyveins@hotmail.com

I hesitate to mention it (in case everyone goes there) but Seymour Leisure centre is very well run these days. Everyone gets a polite reminder to shower before swimming and the wet-side changing rooms are about to be re-opened following refurbishment. It's 33.3yds long (about 30.5 metres) there is natural light and the water is consistently clean. I pay £28 per month for unlimited swimming. I wish I lived in town to be able to use it even more often than I do! This is the small one - the main pool (44 yards) has been covered over as a Sports Hall since most people can remember.

I don't buy TO anymore as the regurgitated articles and lists are often out of date. Occasionally check online and funnily enough, it still has the North - Muswell Hill via Camden to Soho - bias with a tokenistic fling to Peckham (where one writer obviously lives, how very daring). Brockwell Lido is shut in the winter despite the listing, Ironmonger Baths is revoltingly dirty and of course they haven't stepped foot in there recently, lazy TO's "writers" just check the last article and put that in. TO can only sustain itself on newcomers to the capital - of which of course there are hundreds every day so guess it is smug and complacent cos of that.

Finchley Lido, don't know what it was like but nowadays it has a lane pool, a fun pool which is like a beach (you walk in and it gradually gets deeper), a small jacuzzi and a sauna. The changing rooms are poor, there are no hairdryers except one in the toilet where there is hardly any space and it smells. They leave the garden doors open all the time and the draught is very unpleasant for swimmers or people in changing rooms. The floors are always wet - never seen anyone come to sweep them. As for cafe, it is not worth a visit, first of all ALL seats are wet and they are sponge seats, not just plastic that you can wipe dry - whoever thought of that?!! There is a small swimming pool outside which operates in high summer but basically do not except too much so you won't be disappointed. For an unbeatable swimming pool, try Potters Bar Furzehill Centre. Bit of a distance but well worth your time and money.

Gurnell Leisure Centre Swimming Pool has a reputation for verrucas... every childI have ever met, who has been there has got one or several verrucas in the hands of feet... And some of the staff have actually encouraged people to pass urine directly in there, as "everybody does it anyway".. also no hourly checks of chlorine levels at all! What a waste of facilities!

I have seen the advert to the Turkish bath, Ironmonger Row Baths and was really interested with the information disclosed there. I decided to try it this Saturday 06th of September. I was completely shocked with the place. The smell was horrible from the moment we stepped in the lockers room. I could not understand how you can say in your website that this is one of the top 5 places in London. It might have been long time ago, but now all we could see was a filthy and stinky place. I am sorry if it sounds bad, but I was expecting at least hygienic place. There are not even shower gels in the only two showers available. The resting areas are dreadful. This place shouldn't even be mentioned anywhere as a recommendation, it damages any one's reputation. This info is about the Turkish baths only. We have not used any other facilities in that centre. After all we just wanted to leave the place as soon as possible!

Porschester pool is crap. I almost drowned there. The lifeguads are never at pool side.

message for scootergirl, sadly it's been turned into a Garden Centre, makes your heart bleed.

Finchley lido is only open at the weekends during June - not sure about the rest of the summer.