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Haggerston Baths

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Postcode
  
E2 8BN

Status
  
Grade II listed

Architect
  
Alfred Cross

Closed
  
February 2000

Opened
  
25 June 1904

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Address
  
Whiston Road, Hackney, London

Similar
  
Haggerston railway station, Hoxton Hall, London Fields, Clissold Park, Geffrye Museum

Haggerston Baths in Hackney, London, was opened in 1904 as public baths. The baths were built at a cost of £60,000. There was a single pool, 91 slipper baths and a 60 stall wash house.

The Grade II listed Haggerston Pool was designed by Alfred Cross. It was closed in 2000 with an uncertain future. In June 2009 after a long community campaign, a £5m grant was announced from the Department for Children, Schools and Families to refurbish and re-open the pool. The building would also contain community facilities and a GP surgery.

Due to the financial downturn the council has had to remove funding for the re-opening of the baths. The Haggerston pool campaign has restarted efforts to find financial backing and public support in an effort to re-open the pool.

References

Haggerston Baths Wikipedia


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