The Surrey Docks Watersports Centre in Rotherhithe, Southwark, has undergone £2.39m redevelopment.

Funded by Southwark Council, the centre now boasts a health and fitness club with exercise and dance studios.

The redevelopment has seen the upper floor extended to house a spacious gym overlooking the water, and the ground floor space has been reorganised to provide three studios and a new club room.

Fusion Lifestyle, the leisure trust which operates the centre on behalf of the council, is also in the process of improving the centre's disabled access standards so it will gain Inclusive Fitness Status (IFI accreditation).

Councillor Lewis Robinson, executive member for culture, libraries, leisure and sport said: "The subsidised prices at Surrey Docks Watersports Centre make it one of the most affordable and accessible places for Londoners to go sailing.

The investment by Southwark Council has created a facility which offers everyone the chance to participate in some sort of water sport and perhaps for some of our children and young people to go on to be medal winners as part of our 2012 legacy."