Image: The new gym has 60 exercise stations

Work has begun on a £400,000 refurbishment of Putney Leisure Centre in West London.

The revamp is funded by DC Leisure, which manages the leisure centre on behalf of Wandsworth Council.

The revamp includes includes new CV equipment for the kinetika gym, which will feature 60 stations from Precor's next generation Experience Series, including treadmills, crosstrainers, upright and recumbent bikes, as well as Vplate Pro vibration machines and TRX total resistance exercise equipment.

The redevelopment, by leisure build and design expert Createability, is expected to take up to eight weeks to complete with an opening date set for end of September.