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Facilities

At sportBU, we believe in helping to bring out the best in you, whatever your sporting passion!

That's why we think it's really important that you have access to the best facilities possible.

Most of what we have to offer is on Talbot Campus with plenty of other great facilities at our partner clubs too.

A large number of our facilities can be hired out to external clubs and the local community, either on a pay-as-you-go or a block booking basis.

Please contact Julie Lockyer for more information.

We offer through our partnership clubs and at BU:

  • Four badminton court sports hall
  • Two floodlit 3G pitches
  • A fully equipped training zone with separate free weights room and cardio theatre
  • 3 brand new Trixter bikes situated in the gym
  • Refurbished and enlarged High Performance Training Suite
  • Hot Rocks Climbing Wall
  • Health Zone treatment rooms
  • Injury and rehabilitation services
  • Dean Park cricket ground
  • Two dance and activity studios
  • Two turf football pitches (Wallisdown)
  • Changing rooms with showers.

Partnership club facilities include:

  • Swimming at Littledown Centre with Swim Bournemouth
  • Athletics at Kings Park Athletic Stadium with Bournemouth Athletics Club
  • Netball at the Sir David English Centre
  • Football, rugby, squash, table tennis and hockey at Chapel Gate
  • Golf at Dudsbury Golf Club and Ferndown Golf Club
  • Squash and racquetball at West Hants
  • Tennis at Bournemouth Gardens.

In this section

3G Talbot Arena Pitches

Floodlit artificial surface pitches.

Dean Park

Dean Park cricket ground.

Gym

Fully equipped gym.

Climbing wall

Hot Rocks climbing wall.