Peckham Pulse Leisure Centre swimming pool

This pool is a bit like a Sunday dinner – although the main event is good, it’s all the trimmings that make it excellent. The 25m pool is accommodating for both exercise fanatics and water babies, water temperature is kept at a comfortable 27 degrees and there are opportunities to lane swim or paddle around in the shallow end. But it’s the extras that make Peckham a great go-to pool: as well as a sauna and steam room, the hydrotherapy pool - kept at a toasty 32 degrees Celsius - is on hand for those with creaky joints.