Name: The Outdoor Sports Centre
Rating: 5.0

The Outdoor Sports Centre

Thornhill Road Bassett Southampton SO16, Bassett, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 7AY, England

1-90 Years

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The Outdoor Sports Centre in Southampton is a unique city facility offering a huge variety of sports and activities for all ages. With modern pitches, courts, cycling routes, and even an Alpine Snowsports Centre, it’s a hub for recreation, fitness, and fun. A brand-new hub building will add a café, social spaces, gym, and more, making it a welcoming community venue.

Visitors can enjoy football, hockey, cricket, tennis, and netball, alongside a BMX track, athletics track, crazy golf, and a trim trail. Families can explore the new Family Zone with a play area, cycle routes, skate and skateboard provision, while skiers and snowboarders can make the most of the upgraded slopes with lifts and lighting.

Prices are available directly from the venue.

The Outdoor Sports Centre is a fantastic destination for sport, fitness, and family fun. With its wide choice of facilities, exciting upgrades, and community-focused design, it’s a must-visit venue in Southampton.

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Football: The sports centre will benefit from one new 11 v 11 and two new 9 v 9 floodlit football artificial grass pitches. There will also be a retention of two junior and five mini-soccer grass football pitches with improved drainage.
Hockey: The two existing all-weather hockey pitches will benefit from upgrades which will enable additional training. To help support local hockey clubs and bookings, facilities including lighting and storage will be improved.
Alpine Snowsports Centre: The Alpine Snowsports Centre will benefit from a single storey ski lodge with a reception, changing facilities, kit store and toilet facilities. There will also be an extension to the learner slope and resurfacing of the ski slopes with new ski lifts and lighting.
Family Zone: The former Boating Lake area will be transformed into the new Family Zone facility which will be for all ages and abilities to enjoy. Facilities of the Family Zone will include a children’s play area, and a new cycle, skate, and skateboard provision.
Cricket: The remaining four cricket pitches will benefit from upgraded wickets and improved drainage, along with new artificial wickets to both adult cricket pitches.
Pedestrians and cycling: There will be improved pedestrian and cycle routes across the Outdoor Sports Centre. In addition to Southampton’s Bike Park which was recently upgraded, there will be a cyclo-cross, woodland bike trail, and cross-site cycle routes added to the cycling facilities at the sports centre.