Camberwell Public Baths opened in 1892 and has been in continuous operation as community baths and more recently as a public leisure centre.
Camberwell Public Baths is more recently known as both Camberwell Baths and Camberwell Leisure Centre. The facilities now include a gym as well as a swimming pool.
Commissioners were commissioned in 1887 by the Vestry of Camberwell to establish three Public Baths and Wash-houses in the Parish of Camberwell - one in each of the parliamentary divisions of North Camberwell, Peckham and Dulwich.
The Camberwell Public Baths officially opened on 1 October 1892 and had cost £28 575.
The original facilities were:
- Men’s First Class: 24 private baths, one public swimming bath 120 feet by 35 feet with 81 dressing boxes at the side
- Men’s Second Class: 40 private baths, one public swimming bath, 120 feet by 35 feet with 65 dressing boxes
- Ladies First Class: 12 private baths
- Ladies Second Class: 20 private baths
- Public Laundry: 78 compartments
- Establishment Laundry
Camberwell was one of the first baths with electric lighting, powered by its own generator. The Flemish Renaissance-style facades are Grade II listed.
The baths underwent extensive refurbishment and reopened in early 2011.
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