Sport at Bath
Sport is at the heart of everything we do – and we offer something for everyone, whether you want to play sport casually or compete for Olympic and Paralympic gold.
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Our renowned, fully-accessible Team Bath Sports Training Village (STV) is based at the heart of the University of Bath campus and is open seven days a week to the public, students, staff and elite athletes.
A world-class multi-sport training environment with fitness, coaching, physio and sport science facilities all under one roof, the STV – a UK Sport-accredited Elite Training Centre – has indoor and outdoor facilities to accommodate more than 50 sports, regularly hosts major international competitions such as the Fed Cup tennis and Modern Pentathlon World Championships, and is home to a host of Olympic, Paralympic and World medallists.
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Our facilities include (click on images to find out more):
Team Bath Gym and Fitness Centre
Olympic-standard swimming pool and Hydropool
Sprung-wood Sports Halls
Indoor and outdoor tennis courts
Indoor 120m sprint track
Outdoor 400m athletics track
Floodlit all-weather 3G pitches
Multi-use Games Area (MUGA)
Outdoor grass pitches
Water-based and sand-based hockey pitches
Judo dojo
Multi-purpose Performance Hub
Beach sports
The UK’s only outdoor push-start track
Pentathlon hall and fencing salle
Indoor and outdoor shooting ranges
Wheelchair Fencing National Training Centre
High-performance gym and rehab centre
Physio & Sport Science Centre
Sports CafeTeam Bath Gym & Fitness Centre
The inspirational Team Bath Gym & Fitness Centre – open to public, students and staff – underwent an extensive £450,000 refurbishment in the summer of 2024 and features nearly 200 workout stations across three distinct gym zones, as well as two dedicated studio spaces hosting more than 60 group exercise classes a week.
Membership packages are available, while the gym and classes can also be accessed on a pay-as-you-go basis.
| Find out more | Memberships | Group exercise classes |
London 2012 Legacy Swimming Pool
Our 50m swimming pool – used by Olympic, Paralympic, World and Commonwealth champions – is open to the public on a daily basis.
A retractable swim wall allows the eight 50m lanes to be split into 16 25m lanes, while a £30,000 underwater camera system enables elite swimmers to analyse their stroke.
We also have a Hydro Pool which is bookable for shared or exclusive use, and hosts our popular parent and child swimming classes for children aged from three months to pre-school.
| Public swim-fit timetable | Pay-as-you-go prices | Team Bath Swim School |
Multi-Purpose Sports Hall and Arena
Featuring sprung-wood floors and divisible into three separate courts, our adaptable Sports Hall – available for public hire – hosts such sports as badminton, frisbee, gymnastics, netball and volleyball.
It can also be transformed into an arena space for spectator events like Team Bath Netball fixtures, cross-fit team challenges and regional gymnastics, trampolining and badminton championships. Its flexible seating configuration, with space for up to 2,000 spectators, makes it ideal for sports events, concerts, awards ceremonies, conferences, corporate events, exhibitions and much more.
We can arrange audio visual and PA systems and catering, as well as offer event management services. For further information please visit our events pages and contact the Events Team.
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Indoor and outdoor tennis courts
The STV houses 16 courts, eight indoor and eight outdoor, all within close proximity and all available to book by students, staff and the public for recreational tennis.
We are often a chosen venue for Aegon GB Pro-Series competitions, drawing some of the most talented young players from around the world, and in February 2019 we successfully hosted the first Fed Cup tie to be staged in Great Britain for 26 years.
| Book a court online | Coaching and courses | Visit our tennis page |
Indoor and outdoor athletics facilities
Our floodlit 400m outdoor athletics track and 120m indoor sprint track allows athletes to train in all weathers and conditions. Both are available to book, meaning young athletes and recreational and club-standard athletes can train at the same venue used by Olympians and Paralympians.
There is also a multi-purpose infield as part of the outdoor facilities, overlooked by a viewing gallery, which hosts events and fixtures including BUCS Super Rugby matches.
| Visit our athletics page | Pay-as-you-go prices | Book the athletics facilities |
3G pitch and training strip
Opened in the summer of 2025, the UK’s first fully-recyclable 3G pitch complies with FIFA, World Rugby and Sport England standards which ensures quality, performance, safety and the best possible experience for players. The floodlit, all-weather facility is available to book on a pay-and-play basis for all customer groups, including the public.
There is also a separate 3G training strip, again available for public hire.
| Pay-as-you-play prices | Book a pitch |
Hockey, football, lacrosse, rugby and cricket pitches
Other outdoor playing surfaces at the University include several grass pitches and two floodlit all-weather hockey pitches. The latter can also be hired for five-a-side football.
Our dedicated rugby pitches are often utilised by international squads such as Australia (men) and England (women) ahead of the 2015 and 2022 Rugby World Cup tournaments respectively.
| Pay-as-you-play prices | Book a pitch |
MUGA (multi-use games area)
A floodlit outdoor facility featuring three courts which can be used year-round for a diverse range of sports including basketball and netball.
| Pay-as-you-play prices | Book a court |
Judo dojo
Based on a traditional Japanese style, our martial arts dojo has been a training base for some of Britain’s top judoka including double Olympic medallist Kate Howey, Olympic silver medallists Gemma Gibbons and Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz, Commonwealth champion Megan Fletcher and fellow Olympians Emmanuel Nartey and Ben Fletcher.
It is also used by community clubs across the South West, student groups and for our Team Bath Tribe judo sessions.
| Visit our judo page | Book the judo dojo |
Performance Hub
This large mixed-use area is home to a Student Performance Gym providing a dedicated space for student-athletes on the Team Bath performance sport programmes to train.
The spacious, high-roofed hall also has a range of other uses including indoor athletics training; Team Bath Tribe trampolining and multi-sport classes; and student sport activities.
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Beach sports
A multi-functional outdoor space that features two beach volleyball courts and can also be used as a low-impact training area.
| Book the beach volleyball court |
The UK’s only bobsleigh and skeleton push-start track
The University of Bath is home to the UK’s only bobsleigh and skeleton push-start track, used by British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association athletes who base their training here.
Our 140m push-start track enables Britain’s bobsleigh and skeleton athletes to hone their starts away from the ice. Since it was opened in 2002, skeleton athletes have won seven medals for Team GB at the Winter Olympic Games including gold-medallists Amy Williams (2010) and Lizzy Yarnold (2014 and 2018), while the four-man bobsleigh team won bronze in 2014.
| Visit our skeleton page | Book the push-start track | Push-start track video |
Pentathlon Hall
The STV has been home to Pentathlon GB‘s National Training Centre since 1998, with a host of Olympic medallists – including Tokyo 2020 champions Joe Choong and Kate French – honing their fencing and laser-shooting skills in the indoor Pentathlon Hall.
The fencing facilities are also used by student and community clubs, while there are two more outdoor shooting ranges on site – one next to the athletics track and the other next to the push-start track.
| Visit our modern pentathlon page | Book the fencing salle |
Wheelchair Fencing National Training Centre
A spacious and purpose-built facility in the Sports Training Village from where the world-leading British wheelchair fencing squad – including Paralympic and World Champions Piers Gilliver and Dimitri Coutya – prepare for national and international competition.
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Physio & Sport Science Centre
Physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, sports massage, nutritional advice and physiological testing – these are just some of the services delivered by our dedicated team of highly-qualified therapists and practitioners to performance sport and student-athletes at the Team Bath Sports Training Village.
We also have a Sport Science Lab which offers a wide range of physiological and fitness tests for elite and recreational sportspeople and clubs, as well as hands-on educational opportunities for school pupils
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Exclusive high-performance sport facilities
In addition to the public exercise facilities, there is a separate High-Performance Gym which is used exclusively by Olympians, Paralympians and other full-time athletes to fine-tune their strength and conditioning training.
There is also an Athlete Health and Performance Studio, located in the Performance Hub, which is used by UK Sports Institute support staff working with high-performance athletes – including British Swimming, Pentathlon GB and the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) – for collaborative rehabilitation.
| Performance Sport | Full-time athletes |
Sports Cafe
A café in the Team Bath Sports Training Village serving healthy hot and cold breakfasts, sandwiches, bagels, pasta and frozen yoghurts, as well as smoothies, shakes, coffee and tea. It is fully open to the public, as well as students, sportspeople and staff.
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Other sports spaces
The Founders Hall, located next to the Students’ Union on campus, is a traditional sports hall used for netball, five-a-side football, basketball and much more, as well as careers fairs and other events. There are also squash courts which are available to book.
The Sulis Club is located about a mile away from the University of Bath’s Claverton campus and features grass sports pitches and some changing rooms, as well as on-site car parking.
| Squash courts, Founders Hall and Sulis Club bookings |
Accessibility
Our facilities are fully accessible to members of the disabled community. Please click here to find out more or call the STV’s main reception on 01225 386339.
Train with us
Want to pursue a career in the sports and fitness industry or learn a new skill like first aid or lifeguard? Our Vocational Courses team are here to help.
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Memberships
Team Bath’s range of monthly and annual membership programmes offer a cost-effective solution to achieving your fitness and sporting goals at the STV.
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