£80m Woolwich Waves opens on New Year’s Day

Woolwich Waves leisure centre in east London opened its doors to the public on New Year’s Day 2026.

The centre, designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, features a 25m, eight-lane swimming pool, leisure pool with flumes and slides, a teacher training pool and a large health club.

Owned by The Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG) council, the centre was built by Morgan Sindall with Buro Happold providing engineering support.

RBG has now handed the building over to leisure management company GLL, which will operate the facility under its Better brand.