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| {{Infobox bathhouse | |||
| | image = pleasuredrome.jpg | |||
| | location = Waterloo, London, UK | |||
| | address = Arch 124 Cornwall Road | |||
| | postcode = SE1 8XE | |||
| | type = gay sauna | |||
| | latitude = 51.50387 | |||
| | longitude = -0.110374 | |||
| | opened_date = 1998 | |||
| | website = http://www.pleasuredrome.com | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Pleasuredrome''', Waterloo, is an independent gay sauna (or gay bathhouse) opened in 1998. | |||
| ==Description== | |||
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| The sauna is set in railway arches. The venue comprises of two floors with most facilities on the ground floor and locker rooms and maze/cubicles on the first floor. | |||
| Facilities include a ], 2 dry ], 2 ]s, cafe/bar area, cubical maze, ] and orgy room, maze of cabins as well as private cabins. | |||
| The sauna is notable among London gay saunas for being open 24 hours a day all year, including Bank Holidays.<ref name=QX758>{{citation |journal=QX Magazine London |date=September 17, 2009 |publisher=QX |accessdate=2009-11-18 |issue=758 |page=80 |url=http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=rqqwpg#/page80}}</ref> Consequently it markets itself as "We never close". | |||
| ===Etiquette=== | |||
| On entry customers are given two towels and a safer sex pack of ] and ]. More condoms are kept on the backs of all cubical doors. When entering, customers can ask for a wrist band, the colour indicating the customer's sexual preference (]). The lockers need a pound coin to use and the key is kept on a strap that customers wear on their wrists or ankles. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| The sauna opened as a gay ] or gay bathhouse in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/19980113090110/http://www.pleasuredrome.com/|title=1998 archive of official site}}</ref> | |||
| In 2002, Pleasuredrome was central to an unfair dismissal case where a Managing Director had been followed by private detectives going to the sauna. He won his case in 2003.<ref name=Correspondent2003>{{cite news |title=Gay sauna sacking wins boss £450,000 |date=February 26, 2003 |newspaper=Times Online |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1113062.ece}}</ref> | |||
| A claim of rape by an 18 year old in 2006, against a 24 year old, resulted in a police investigation and the closure of the sauna for a day. The police did not proceed with any prosecution.<ref name=Pink2006>{{cite news |title=Rape claims in gay sauna |date=March 14, 2006 |newspaper=Pink News |accessdate=2009-11-19 |url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-799.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080417085203/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-799.html|archivedate=2008-04-17}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==See also== | |||
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