Basildon Sporting Village

The Basildon Sporting Village will be set within the mature Gloucester Park, providing a new building that will offer facilities which are fully accessible. Planning approval has already been granted and the Council is fully committed to having the buildings complete in good time for 2012.

Key Facilities: 

•  A 50m, 8 lane swimming pool, with spectator accommodation for 300 
• Sports Hall - 8 court multi-purpose sports hall with retractable seating for 480 
• Gymnastics Centre
• Multipurpose Studio 
• Health and Fitness suite
• Changing rooms for athletics and outdoor pitches
• Athletics Tracking ( British Grade 1) , 8-lane track, seating for 750 spectators, with new changing facilities 
• Synthetic turf pitch 
• 12 Netball Courts 
• 7 Football Pitches 
• 2 Cricket wickets

Strengths of the local proposition: 

• Combination of both venues provides very high concentration of gymnastics capacity
• Will have one of the few 50m pools within a one hour drive time of the 2012 Aquatics Centre 
• High profile location - afforded by Thames Gateway regeneration
• Sports facilities viewed as a key to success by Basildon Renaissance Partnership
• Security that allows potential for physical segregation of Sporting Village for higher risk teams 
• Local commerce enjoys international trade links ( e.g. Ford and Dubai Dry Docks)
• Availability of relatively low cost

South Essex Gymnastics Centre

South Essex Gymnastics Centre re-located to Basildon Sporting Village in 2011 and has facilties for:

• Mens Artistic
• Womens Artistic
• Rhythmic
• Parents and Toddlers
• Pre-School
• Adult
• Recreational Gymnastics