Brunel University Sports Park
SETTING
Outdoors
WHERE
Uxbridge
What it’s like
An indoor climbing wall, sports halls and proper athletics tracks, open to the public with pay-as-you-go sessions you book online.
The draw for kids is the indoor climbing wall. Beyond that there's a netball hall and sports halls for ball games, squash courts, 3G pitches, and indoor and outdoor athletics tracks if you've got a child who's got into running and wants somewhere proper to train. The campus gym runs four training zones including a classes studio, and the community can use all of it, not just students and staff.
The athletics tracks and the climbing wall are the two bits I'd pick between. If your child is in a running club or wants to try one, the tracks are the obvious reason to come. If they'd rather climb and hurl a ball about than do laps, the wall and the halls are where they'll spend the session. The site doesn't put ages on any of it, so it's worth knowing your own child before you commit to a particular activity.
Open hours are long. Weekdays the Sports Park runs 9am to 9.45pm, the Indoor Athletics Centre 9am to 9pm and the Sports Centre from 7am to 11pm. Weekends are shorter: Sports Park 9am to 6pm Saturday and 9am to 5.45pm Sunday, the Indoor Athletics Centre 9am to 6pm both days, the Sports Centre 9am to 7pm. Everything shuts on Bank Holidays, so don't plan a trip for one of those.
Pay-as-you-go community sessions are booked online, so sort that before you travel rather than turning up hoping. Programmes run across the year but change with the seasons, which means the activity you want might not be on the timetable in every school holiday. Lift and ramp access runs across the site, so bringing a buggy or a wheelchair isn't a problem.
Facilities
Need to know
- Booking
- Community pay-as-you-go activities can be booked online
- Wheelchairs
- Lift and ramp access across the site
- Worth knowing
- All facilities are open to members of the community, not just students and staff
- All facilities shut on Bank Holidays
- Community pay-as-you-go sessions are booked online, not on the door
- Weekday evenings are the longest opening window; weekends finish much earlier
- Programmes shift with the seasons, so the activity you want may not be running in every holiday
- Lift and ramp access across the whole site
Plan your visit
Who's allowed to use it?
Anyone, at any level. Students, staff and the general public all use the facilities, and the community gets the same access.
Do we need to book?
Pay-as-you-go community sessions are booked online. Sort it before you set off rather than turning up on the day.
What can kids actually do there?
Climb the indoor wall, play in the sports halls or netball hall, use the squash courts or 3G pitches, or run on the indoor and outdoor tracks. There's also a campus gym.
What are the opening hours?
Weekdays the Sports Park is open 9am to 9.45pm, the Indoor Athletics Centre 9am to 9pm and the Sports Centre 7am to 11pm. Weekends are shorter, with the Sports Park closing at 6pm Saturday and 5.45pm Sunday.
Is it open all year?
Programmes run throughout the year, but they vary with the seasons. What's on in summer isn't necessarily what's on in term time.
Is it accessible?
There's lift and ramp access across the site. Buggy and wheelchair access isn't an issue.
Is anything closed on Bank Holidays?
All the facilities shut on Bank Holidays. Pick another day.
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