IT has only been open for nine months but already the leisure centre at Crook Log, Bexleyheath, has welcomed its 500,000th visitor since the Queen opened it in July last year.

A surprised Wesley Smith, 52, from Bexley, who uses the centre's gym at least three times a week, was greeted by staff and presented with free membership to the gym for three months.

Mr Smith has been a regular at Crook Log for more than four years.