Oasis Sports Centre

This was a fine place to swim. Both pools were open when I went, and I booked a session in the outdoor pool. (I believe one must book a session on the website, as I didn't see any way to pay on arrival and the other swimmers indicated this as well.) The outdoor pool was reasonably clean, and the temperature was good for laps (the air temperature was a cool 12°C [54ºF] for August). The pool was busy at opening time on a Saturday, and etiquette was mixed. The lanes are unusually wide, which helped make up for lapses. I was unable to find kick boards or pull buoys. The locker/changing rooms are HUGE and clean.

Rating: 6 on a scale of 10. Only the outside pool was open in the middle of winter. It was 23ºC (73ºF). The pool has three wide lanes with a mix of speeds. The pool is shallow enough to stop flip turns at one end and a metal bar runs along the width of the pool at the deep end which stops flips there. The bottom was discolored with debris. However, it's great that it exists in Central London at all. The locker rooms need work.

I was thrilled to find this pool in London. I swam in the indoor pool, which was busy but there was still lots of room to get in my workout.

I loved my experience here. I've used only the indoor pool, which is always clean. My only beef is that the regular clock is as big as a pancake and the pace clock is huge. There are lots of kickboards and pull-buoys available. I swam weekdays from 10:30 AM to noon and it was not very crowded. It's still 20 pence (non-refundable) for a locker, so bring your shower gear on deck and leave valuables in a locker. There are hair dryers, soap, and lotion available in the clean and very spacious changing rooms. Credit and debit cards are accepted for admission, as long as the card has a chip.

Both the indoor and outdoor pools were clean and free of debris. The outdoor pool is open throughout the year and is heated to 27ºC (80.6ºF). Both pools have three, wide lanes, and I observed the speeds being enforced. I swam at 9:30 AM, when it was not crowded in either pool.

The locker rooms were modern and clean, and had hair dryers, a swim suit dryer (extractor), and moisturizer available. A 20p coin is required to use the locker and is not refundable when the key is returned.

I've swum there twice and each time there's been quite a lot of debris (dirt, feathers, sticks, leaves, etc.) at the bottom of the outdoor pool.

I love this facility! Great location and a choice of indoor and outdoor pools. It gets very busy at lunchtimes or immediately after office hours.

Very busy in peak times (before 9 AM, lunchtimes, after 5 PM), and there is not much lane discipline, either. But outside of those times these are great training pools: lane ropes are always up, lanes are wide enough, the temperature of pools is fine. On a sunny day there is space for sunbathing on the upper terrace. Schools often use the indoor pool between 9 AM and 3 PM in term time – so it’s best to check timetable if you don't want to swim outside.

The centre had a refurbishment in 2012, everything new and clean, lots of space in changing rooms, new showers, etc.

A very busy pool making lap swimming difficult.

Fantastic location and cheap. For laps, use the INDOOR pool, it has speed-designated lanes and is much cooler. The one outside is crowded and overheated.

The changing rooms are tired, take flip flops. Modern, clean and plentiful floats, kick boards, etc. available. Both pools are a lot cleaner than in 1998.