Sports halls

Sports Halls

 

This guidance covers the design and planning of multi sports and specialist sports hall facilities and their support accommodation.

The information includes specific guidance on the selection of the right sports hall and sports floor along with downloadable CAD drawing layouts of example sports hall facilities and access to capital and lifecycle cost guidance through the planning kitbag. 

pdfSports halls: Design and Layouts design guide (NEW)

This 2012 update provides Sport England's current advice on multi-sports hall facilities and includes recommended sizes of sports halls and courts dimensions in line with the national governing bodies requirements.

pdfBadminton (NEW)

This 2012 version of the design guide represents a major update that takes account of current best practice and situations where badminton is the primary consideration.

pdfFloors for Indoor Sports design guide 2007

Details the range of floor surfaces for indoor sports facilities and offers guidance on selection for differing sports and multi-sports environments.

Comparative sizes of sports pitches and courts 2011

This checklist provides standard sizes (minimum/maximum) for indoor and outdoor courts and pitches, associated run-off margins and links to the NGBs

Developing the right sports hall

Developing the right sports halls has been jointly developed by the national governing bodies (NGBs) of badminton, basketball, cricket, netball and volleyball who together with Sport England have developed guidance to ensure sports hall developments comply with up to date requirements of the NGBs.

Sport Data Sheets (NEW March 2012)

These sheets are intended to be used in conjunction with Sport England’s ‘Developing the Right Sports Hall’. They relate to Step 5 ‘Establishing the Project Brief’ and identify the needs of the priority sport and the key secondary sports. They show the requirements for the ’Priority Sport’ at various levels of play and how other ‘Secondary Sports’ that can fit into the same overall space.

pdfBadminton Data Sheet

pdfBasketball Data Sheet

pdfIndoor Cricket Data Sheet

pdfNetball Data Sheet

pdfVolleyball Data Sheet


Sports halls cost guidance

A list of facility and lifecycle costs for the development of community sports based on providing good quality sports facilities.

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