Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Fusion failure at Tottenham Green Leisure Centre

I went to the pool at Tottenham Green today, after a break of several months, and it is in a disgraceful state of disrepair. Almost half the lockers in the women's changing rooms are out of use ('unsuitable for using' as the notice would have it - actually just broken or lacking a key). The spinner for wet costumes is out of action, there is no hairdryer and the place was freezing cold (though the water erred on the side of overheated). Also apparently the disabled shower cubicle has no shower head.

I asked when the promised refurbishments would be taking place, as they are obviously letting it all run down to nothing, but nobody seemed sure - they mumbled something about 'next month' with a shrug which implied that they had heard that story before.

I think after more than a year, it is clear that Fusion are not a fit company to run a public facility like this - it's one thing not to spend any money on doing it up, but quite another to gradually allow the facilities to become unusable. After all, we are still paying to get in, and I wouldn't be surprised if Haringey council were still shovelling money into the service.

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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on December 3, 2013 at 21:26

It was the urine "feedback" that left me gagging.

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Permalink Reply by Liz Carter on July 11, 2014 at 17:26

Ah well if it nice changing rooms and that you are after then this probably still isn't the place for you. The temporary changing facilities are pretty poor - some of the cubicles are missing doors, the lockers are pretty flimsy (several were broken into fairly recently with a number of friends having money, phones etc stolen). Personally I have never known there to be hot water in the temporary showers although some might have been luckier with this.

The actual pool has been upgraded although it looks very much the same. There is no sauna or steam room and the moment and swimming lessons and open sessions take place simultaneously in the big pool which is pretty crowded. Worst of all the have got rid of the red elephant slide and the mural of the fishing village :(

I would avoid going during swimming lessons obviously but the rest of the timetable is pretty erratic by all accounts with the pool closing at short notice and problems with the water temperature.

I am sure once the refurbishment of the changing rooms is complete, both pools are back open, the cafe is up and running and then reception area is transformed then it will be delightful but unless you really need to go then sadly it is probably best avoided.

There hasn't been any improvements at reception as far as I can see. It is still very slow and difficult to book into sessions / get information etc.

Sorry! The Edmonton Green pool is quite nice if you can travel!

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Permalink Reply by Alison P on July 11, 2014 at 20:33

I stopped going to Tottenham Green last year and now go to Clissold Park - quick hop down a Green Lanes on the 141 or 341. Much nicer in almost every way I'm afraid to say, though personally I prefer the layout of the pool at TG as it makes it easier to teach kids to swim and have a bit of a play (at Clissold you have to choose between 3 different pools). But it is efficiently run, clean and all their systems seem to work so I will stick with that for now!

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Permalink Reply by GillianM on July 11, 2014 at 20:43

Yup - the sad thing is that TG was such a great place to take kids. Clissold is nice, but as you say not ideal for children of different ages and you're quite likely to not get into the toddler pool due to crowding. And the toddler changing room was surely designed by someone who's never had to change a small child or two at a swimming pool!

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Permalink Reply by Alison P on July 12, 2014 at 19:07

Gillian - very true. Or by someone who didn't realise that parents might have children of - shock - different ages!

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Permalink Reply by Luci on May 28, 2015 at 17:57

Is anyone else still taking the kids to swimming lessons at Tottenham Green? We've been paying for blocks of 12 lessons at c £65 a block. The price list for swimming lessons says "Lesson - £6/£5.50/£5" (this is in columns and we would have been paying the middle rate. They are now suggesting signing up by Direct Debit "for convenience" at a cost of £24 to £29 a month. By my reckoning a DD for £26 works out at £6.50 a lesson for 48 lessons a year, and I suspect that there are more than 4 weeks a year with no lessons (summer, Christmas and Easter), whereas on the 12 week system we wouldn't have been paying for weeks when lessons don't run (though of course we would have paid when lessons were on even if the kids didn't go).

My partner's phone call was greeted with a response of "the computer system is down" which he doesn't believe (I think it's entirely consistent with Fusion's incompetence).

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Permalink Reply by Anna Maria Dipino on June 2, 2015 at 16:38

If you like being insulted Tottenham Green Leisure Centre is the place to be.
I have the misfortune of being a member of Tottenham Green Leisure Centre if I knew now what I should of known then I wouldn't of joined even if someone paid me.
Luck has it that I can attend Park Road so as they say watch this space.