Outdoor Recreation
Sport and Leisure for All
Fareham has 24 football pitches; 9 grass cricket squares and 2 artificial squares; 2 rugby pitches, one of which is floodlit; 4 bowling greens, 20 tennis courts (which are usually licensed to a tennis club or an adjacent Community Centre); and four petanque terrains. These are spread around 18 sports pitch locations in the borough, most of which have purpose built changing and shower rooms as well as car parking.
In order to use sports pitches and the associated facilities during the 2009/2010 season, all Clubs & Leagues will need to complete a online sports pitch registration form or download a PDF version (76 Kb) 
. They are also required to provide a copy of their Public Liability Insurance Certificate and evidence of Third Party Public Liability Insurance cover of £2,000,000; this may differ, depending on the nature of the booking. As pre-season games are not covered by the leagues insurance, Clubs will need to contact Hants FA and request a copy. All bookings are subject to the Booking Conditions and Regulations (160 Kb) . Please see Value added Tax Exemption Rules (155 Kb) to gain site discount
If you would like to make a booking please complete the online pitch booking form, or email leisuredev@fareham.gov.uk with your requests.
If your request is by email then you must provide the following information:
- The team name
- A contact name
- Name of the pitch/es location
- Date/s and time/s required
- Amount of pitches
- Type of fixture - Match/Training
- Type of game - Adult/Junior/Mini Soccer
- Gender of team/s
We also provide a pitch booking checklist (49 Kb) plus information for the 2009-2010 cricket and football season.
You can check the status of our pitches by visiting our online pitch availability service and you can inform us of a pitch cancellation by emailing us the date, pitch and reason for the cancellation. For further information on pitch cancellations please see Booking Conditions and Regulations (160 Kb)
Recreation Grounds and open spaces are also available for hire for non-sport bookings such as dog shows and fetes. Further information can be found within the Hire of Open Spaces page.
Situated within some of our recreation grounds are facilities for children and young people. There are play areas providing equipment that is suitable for children aged 2-5 years (toddlers) and children aged 6-12 years (junior) and some have equipment for older children and young people.
For further information please contact the Leisure and Community Division on Tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail customerservices@fareham.gov.uk.
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