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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Josef Steen

Bid for new community sauna at Grade II listed London ‘castle’

The Victorian-era pumping house is nicknamed the Castle on account of its medieval-style architecture and home to the Castle Climbing Centre - (Google/ LDRS)

A new sauna has been tipped to come to Hackney as a non-profit organisation seeks the council’s permission to install facilities next door to a local climbing centre.

Community Sauna CIC has chosen the Grade II listed Stoke Newington Pumping Station, commonly known as the ‘Castle’ after its medieval-style architecture, as the next destination for a dry heated hut in the borough, joining its existing site at the Hackney Bath House.

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