Active Communities Malvern Hills District: A Vision for the Future Malvern Hills District Sport and Leisure Strategy 2014 - 2024 Chapter 7 : Current Sport and Leisure Provision Malvern Hills District Council www.malvernhills.gov.uk Active Communities Malvern Hills District: A Vision for the Future CONTENTS 7. CURRENT SPORT AND LEISURE PROVISION .................................................................... 4 - 30 7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 4 7.2 Sports Halls .............................................................................................................. 4 - 6 7.3 Swimming Pools ...................................................................................................... 6 - 8 7.4 Synthetic Turf Pitches (STPs) ................................................................................... 8 - 9 7.5 Athletic Tracks ............................................................................................................ 10 7.6 Health and Fitness ............................................................................................... 10 - 12 7.7 Indoor Bowls .............................................................................................................. 13 7.8 Outdoor Bowls .................................................................................................... 13 - 14 7.9 Indoor Tennis ............................................................................................................. 15 7.10 Outdoor Tennis ................................................................................................... 16 - 17 7.11 Squash ................................................................................................................. 18 - 19 7.12 Multi Use Games Areas (MUGAs) ....................................................................... 19 - 20 7.13 Grass Playing Pitches – Football, Rugby and Cricket .......................................... 21 - 25 7.14 Golf ...................................................................................................................... 26 - 27 7.15 Village Halls and Community Centres ........................................................................ 27 7.16 Educational facilities with sport and leisure provision ....................................... 28 - 30 Chapter 7 – Current Sport and Leisure Provision Page 2 of 31 Active Communities Malvern Hills District: A Vision for the Future LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Sports halls within Malvern Hills district ..................................................................... 4 Table 2. Sports halls within 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary ............................... 5 - 6 Table 3. Swimming pools within Malvern Hills district.............................................................. 6 Table 4. Swimming pools within 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary ....................... 7 - 8 Table 5. STPs within Malvern Hills district ................................................................................. 8 Table 6. STPs within 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary................................................ 9 Table 7. Table 7: Athletics tracks within 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary .............. 10 Table 8 Health and fitness facilities within Malvern Hills district .......................................... 10 Table 9. Health and fitness facilities within 2 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary ......... 11 Table 10. Indoor bowls facilities within Malvern Hills district ................................................... 13 Table 11. Indoor bowls facilities within 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary ................. 13 Table 12. Outdoor bowls facilities within Malvern Hills district ................................................ 13 Table 13. Outdoor bowls facilities within 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary .............. 14 Table 14. Indoor tennis facilities within Malvern Hills district .................................................. 15 Table 15. Indoor tennis facilities within 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary ................. 15 Table 16. Outdoor tennis facilities within Malvern Hills district ............................................... 16 Table 17. Outdoor tennis facilities within 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary .............. 16 Table 18. Squash facilities within Malvern Hills district ............................................................ 18 Table 19. Squash facilities within 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary ........................... 18 Table 20. Grass playing pitches within Malvern Hills district .................................................... 21 Table 21. Golf facilities within Malvern Hills district ................................................................. 26 Table 22. Golf facilities with 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundaries ......................... 26 - 27 Table 23. Village Halls and Community Centres within Malvern Hills district .......................... 27 Table 24. Educational facilities with sport and leisure provision within Malvern Hills district ........................................................................................................................ 27 Table 25. Educational facilities with sport and leisure provision within 5 miles of district Boundary .................................................................................................................... 29 Chapter 7 – Current Sport and Leisure Provision Page 3 of 31 Active Communities Malvern Hills District: A Vision for the Future 7. CURRENT SPORT AND LEISURE PROVISION 7.1 Introduction This section will summarise and build on previous work undertaken on behalf of the council, revisiting previous audits of existing sport and leisure provision and assessing local need based on available evidence. The South Worcestershire Joint Core Strategy Sports Facilities Framework for Malvern Hills, Wychavon and Worcester City (2010), Herefordshire and Worcestershire Sports Facilities Framework Report (2010) and the Malvern Hills Playing Pitch Strategy (2010) are the most recent strategic documents addressing need in the district. A high level audit of existing provision and assessment of need based on the findings of the above mentioned strategic documents. This section will summarise the key findings of this section. 7.2 Sports Halls The district has 8 sports halls (4 badminton court size or larger) within its boundaries, as summarised in table 1 below. Table 1: Sports halls within Malvern Hills district No of Built / Site (Ward Location) Badminton Access Management refurbished Court Brendon School (Longdon) 1995 4 Sports club / community In house 1 association Hanley Castle High School 2002 4 Sports club / community In house 2 (Upton and Hanley) association Malvern College Sports 2009 8 Sports club / community In house 3 Complex (Priory) association MSJ Sports and Fitness 2008 6 Sports club / community In house 4 Centre (Pickersleigh) association Sport Dyson Perrins (Dyson 1975 / 2007 4 Sports club / community WLCA - Trust 5 Perrins) association 6 Sport Martley (Martley) 2000 / 2006 4 Pay and Play WLCA - Trust Tenbury High School 2005 4 Pay and Play In house 7 (Tenbury) The Chase School (Chase) 1980 / 2010 4 Sports club / community In house 8 association There are also a number of sports halls that are within relatively easy reach of the district’s boundaries, and may be accessed by residents from within Malvern Hills district. All of those facilities within 5 miles of the district border are list in table 2. Chapter 7 – Current Sport and Leisure Provision Page 4 of 31 Active Communities Malvern Hills District: A Vision for the Future Table 2: Sports halls within 5 miles of Malvern Hills district boundary No of Built / Site (Ward/LA Location) Badminton Access Management refurbished Courts University of Worcester Sports 1 2000 6 Pay and play In house Centre (St Clement / Worcester) St Johns Sports Centre (Bedwardine 2 2008 4 Pay and play Local authority / Worcester) Sports club / Royal Grammar School (Arboretum 3 1980 6 community In house / Worcester) association Sports club / Royal Grammar School (Arboretum 4 1970 4 community In house / Worcester) association Perdiswell Golf and Leisure Centre 5 1982 8 Pay and play Commercial (Claines / Worcester) Sports club / Bishop Perowne C of E High School 6 1990 4 community In house (St Stephen / Worcester) association Tudor Grange Academy (St Stephen 7 2005 4 Pay and play In house / Worcester) Sports club / Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic 8 1998 4 community In house College (Battenhall / Worcester) association Sports club / The Kings Schools (Cathedral / 9 ? 4 community In house Worcester) association Pershore High School (Pershore / 10 1960 / 1999 4 Pay and play In house Wychavon) Droitwich Spa High School 11 1975 / 2004 4 Pay and Play Trust (Droitwich West / Wychavon) Droitwich Spa Leisure Centre 12 1985 / 2005 4 Pay and Play Trust (Droitwich West / Wychavon) Stourport Sports Centre (Areley 13 1974 / 2012 6 Pay and Play Commercial Kings Ward / Wyre Forest) Sports club / Hartpury College (Hartpury / Forest 14 2005 4 community In house of Dean) association Forest Leisure Newent (Newent 15 1980 / 2009 4 Pay and Play Local Authority Central / Forest of Dean) Tewkesbury Sports Centre 16 (Tewkesbury Newtown / 1969 4 Pay and Play In house Tewkesbury) Teme Cleobury (Cleobury Mortimer 17