All 8 indoor basketball courts in London.
Find every indoor court in London on the map below. Below that, our ranked picks of the 8 courts we keep coming back to.
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The 8 best indoor courts in London.
Our ranked picks of the 8 courts every player in London should run at least once. The full indoor atlas (8 courts) sits on the map above.
- By the Editors
- Aug 14, 2025
- Photographs by Editorial
East Ham SportsDock
SportsDock at the University of East London's Docklands campus carries the best origin story in London basketball: it was built as Team USA's training base for the London 2012 Olympics. The gold-medal team of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant prepared on these courts before playing across the water at the O2.
The facility still runs at that standard, with full-size courts, proper flooring, and 542 Google reviews at a 4.5 average, the best rating among London's big indoor venues.
Access is friendlier than the pedigree suggests: public memberships and court bookings alongside the student programming, with London league basketball running through the building on weeknights.
- Best for
- elite-standard indoor
- Busiest
- weekday evenings, league nights
Mile End Mile End Park Leisure Centre and Stadium
Mile End Park Leisure Centre and Stadium is the most-reviewed indoor venue in our London dataset at 2,216 reviews. The sports hall runs basketball on the standard London leisure-centre model: pay-and-play sessions, league bookings, and school use in the daytime. The scale and the Mile End location keep it the default east London indoor option.
- Best for
- east London indoor volume
- Busiest
- weekday evenings
Waddon Leisure Centre
Waddon Leisure Centre gives Croydon its indoor basketball anchor, 1,084 Google reviews with basketball listed among its core facilities. South London's deepest borough for basketball talent gets a full sports hall with pay-and-play sessions here, and the weeknight runs reflect Croydon's standard: young, quick, and competitive.
- Best for
- south London indoor
- Busiest
- weekday evenings
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Clerkenwell Finsbury Leisure Centre
Finsbury Leisure Centre sits between Old Street and Angel with basketball on its facility list and 504 Google reviews. It is the most central reliable indoor court in London, which makes the after-work sessions busy with City and tech workers. Book ahead for weeknights.
- Best for
- central-north indoor
- Busiest
- weekday evenings
Wapping John Orwell Sports Centre
John Orwell Sports Centre in Wapping runs a full sports hall with basketball sessions, 347 reviews at a 4.0 average. The riverside location serves Tower Hamlets' south edge, and the centre's league nights carry a strong local following.
- Best for
- Wapping indoor runs
- Busiest
- weekday evenings
Whitechapel Whitechapel Sports Centre
Whitechapel Sports Centre on Durward Street runs indoor basketball in the middle of one of London's densest neighbourhoods, 282 reviews. The sessions are affordable and the location, minutes from Whitechapel station, makes it the drop-in option for inner east London.
- Best for
- inner east London indoor
- Busiest
- weekday evenings
Stepney Qmotion Sport and Fitness Centre
Qmotion is Queen Mary University of London's sport centre on the Mile End campus, with basketball on the facility list and 227 reviews at a 4.2 average. Students dominate, but public memberships exist, and the term-time evening runs are quick and young.
- Best for
- student runs at QMUL
- Busiest
- term-time evenings
Royal Oak Academy Sport
Academy Sport rounds out our London indoor list with basketball facilities rated 4.3 stars across 182 reviews. A dependable north London sports hall with pay-and-play access and league play through the week.
- Best for
- north London indoor
- Busiest
- weekday evenings