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| == Description == | == Description == | ||
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The bathhouse is on three floors decorated in the style of a Roman baths.<ref name=Edward2007 >{{citation |last1=Edward |first1=Olivia |year=2007 |title=MTV England |last2=Cortinovis |first2=Genevieve |last3=Eggleton |first3=James |last4=Lee |first4=Youyoung |first5=Ashley |last5=Hermitage |publisher=Frommer's |isbn=9780764587733 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7oTkiQechFYC |page=122}}</ref> On the ground floor is the main entrance with several areas of customer lockers, main shower room, lounge with bar/cafe and internet area and an inclusive gym with several work-out machines. The first floor houses a maze of free cubicals of various sizes including orgy rooms and an extensive dark room. The third floor has a swimming pool, two whirlpools (jacuzzis), two steamrooms, a hot dry sauna, glory-hole cubicals, a second smaller dark room and a video/orgy room.<ref name=QX767 >{{citation |journal=QX Magazine London |date=19th November 2009 |publisher=QX |accessdate=2009-11-21 |issue=767 |page=88 |url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=rwhrsd#/page88}}</ref> | ||
| There are free ] testing sessions held at the |
There are free ] testing sessions held at the bathhouse.<ref name=Pink2007 >{{cite news |title=NHS to hold STI testing in gay sauna |date=October 15, 2007 |newspaper=Pink News |accessdate=2009-11-21 |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-5752.html}}</ref> | ||
| == Etiquette == | |||
| Customers are given two towels, a locker key and condoms on entrance. Most people keep the second towel as a spare in their locker. The convention is to walk around the bathhouse wearing a towel, though nudity in the dry or steam sauna is normal.<ref name=Couture2008 >{{citation |last=Couture |first=Joseph |year=2008 |title=Peek: inside the private world of public sex |publisher=Haworth Press |isbn=9781560236467 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GPvZAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> | |||
| == History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 21 November 2009
| Chariots Shoreditch | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Shoreditch, London |
| Address | 1 Fairchild Street |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Management | Chariots Leisure Ltd |
| Website | |
| http://www.gaysauna.co.uk | |
Chariots Shoreditch (Chariots Health Spa) is a gay sauna in Shoreditch, London. In terms of floor-space and capacity it is the largest gay sauna in the UK.
Description
The bathhouse is on three floors decorated in the style of a Roman baths. On the ground floor is the main entrance with several areas of customer lockers, main shower room, lounge with bar/cafe and internet area and an inclusive gym with several work-out machines. The first floor houses a maze of free cubicals of various sizes including orgy rooms and an extensive dark room. The third floor has a swimming pool, two whirlpools (jacuzzis), two steamrooms, a hot dry sauna, glory-hole cubicals, a second smaller dark room and a video/orgy room.
There are free STI testing sessions held at the bathhouse.
Etiquette
Customers are given two towels, a locker key and condoms on entrance. Most people keep the second towel as a spare in their locker. The convention is to walk around the bathhouse wearing a towel, though nudity in the dry or steam sauna is normal.
History
In 1998, Justin Fashanu spent a last evening in Chariots before committing suicide.
There was significant press interest and internet speculation in 2006 when the sauna was closed for Easter Weekend, after a 24 year old man's body was found. The police investigation found that death was due to a drugs overdose but there were no suspicious circumstances.
References
- Humphreys, Rob; Bamber, Judith (2003), The Rough Guide to London (5 ed.), Rough Guides, p. 507, ISBN 9781843530930
- Edward, Olivia; Cortinovis, Genevieve; Eggleton, James; Lee, Youyoung; Hermitage, Ashley (2007), MTV England, Frommer's, p. 122, ISBN 9780764587733
- QX Magazine London (767), QX: 88, 19th November 2009 http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=rwhrsd#/page88, retrieved 2009-11-21
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - "NHS to hold STI testing in gay sauna". Pink News. October 15, 2007. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
- Couture, Joseph (2008), Peek: inside the private world of public sex, Haworth Press, ISBN 9781560236467
- "It's the national game but it is a sport which has a bad reputation for tolerance. Football started to tackle racism when black players became stars. But why is being gay still a taboo on the football field?". BBC. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- Shoffman, Marc (April 21, 2006). "Man found dead in gay sauna". Pink News. Retrieved 2009-11-21.