Sporting Village

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Opening in April 2011, the Basildon Sporting Village will be the best public sports facility in Essex.

It will be a sporting hub for the community, providing modern, ‘state of the art' facilities for local people and others from across the region. It will be affordable and accessible to all sections of the community, from casual users to elite athletes.

Supporting the excellent outdoor facilities existing in the Park, the new facility will be located immediately to the west of the Athletics Track, that will have a new 750 seater grandstand.

The Sporting Village will include the following sports and fitness facilities:

Indoor Facilities

• A 50m, 8 lane swimming pool, with spectator accommodation for 450 people
• Sports Hall - 8 court multi-purpose sports hall with retractable seating for 480
• Regional gymnastics centre
• Multipurpose Studio
• 100 station fitness suite
• Changing rooms for athletics and outdoor pitches (football,netball, cricket)
• Climbing wall
• Six floodlit 5-a-side football pitches

Outdoor Facilities

• Retained current British Athletics Grade 1 8-lane track, seating for 750 spectators plus wheelchair access,with new changing facilities
• Synthetic turf pitch
• New netball courts relocated from southern part of Gloucester Park
• Existing football pitches retained
• Existing cricket square retained 

Once the facility opens in April 2011, it has the potential to be used as a training camp for 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Community Solutions for Leisure have been awarded the contract to design, build, operate and maintain the facility.

For more information on Basildon's Sporting Village, please contact Roy Short on 01268 294108, or email roy.short@basildon.gov.uk  

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