Sports facilities, venues, pitches and courts
Who to contact
You will need to contact Glendale Grounds Management, who manage the park venues, for all bookings and enquiries.
Availability
You are generally only able to hire these pitches during the season of the particular sport, for example:
- football: during the season season, September to May
- cricket: during the season, late April till early September
Pitches are also only available on certain days and times as some of the pitches are used for matches.
Regular club and block bookings have preference, but the pitches can be booked for private use as a group, for fun and friendly games, providing you have the correct public liability insurance which can be obtained on a one-off basis.
Prices
Pricing structures vary between sport, days of the week and time of day. It also varies depending on if you chose pitches that have changing facilities and pavilions.
How to pay
You can pay in advance by cheque or in cash at the Glendale offices.
If you're paying cash, please ensure you have the correct money as Glendale don't keep change or 'floats' in their buildings.
All payments must be complete before using the pitch and facilities.
These details are correct at the time of publication and only refer to pitch and court hire through Glendale for park settings. For information about other sports pitch hire contact the venues direct.
Athletics track and facilities
The Ladywell Arena has a 400m running track (and track and field facilities). It’s open to everyone and is used by schools, local athletic clubs, county athletic clubs and keen amateurs.
Badminton
Badminton courts are available in the following locations
Basketball
Basketball courts are available in the following locations
Bowls
All bowling greens in the borough, including the greens situated in parks, are attached to bowls clubs and are not available for walk in play. You can find bowls clubs by looking in the sports clubs directory.
Camogie
Camogie is played on Blackheath, Pitches are organised through Glendale. Find out more about hiring sports facilities and venues.
Cricket
Cricket pitches and facilities are available in the following locations
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Chinbrook Meadows Park, Grove Park (artificial wicket)
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Hilly Fields Park, Brockley (grass cricket pitch)
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Mayow Park, Sydenham (grass cricket pitch)
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St Dunstan's Enterprises, Catford (outdoor pitch and five indoor lanes)
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HAKA sports Complex (four indoor lanes and ball machine) (020 8461 9246)
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Mountsfield Park (Non-Turf pitch)
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Forster Park (Non-Turf pitch)
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Deptford Park (Non-Turf pitch)
Mayow Park and Hilly Fields (grass wickets, toilets and changing facilities) hiring costs
- Monday to Friday daytime or evenings £60
- Saturday morning £60 (Colts matches)
- Saturday afternoons £120
- Sunday mornings £60 (Colts matches)
- Sunday afternoon £120
Chinbrook Meadows (junior synthetic pitch) hire for practice or matches
- weekdays £30
- weekends £40
To use any of the surrounding areas for coaching per hour £10.
There's a 20% discount on bookings of 10 matches or more.
If there's a cancellation due to the weather, your club will need to pay 50% of hire fee. The final decision regarding the cancellation of matches will be with the head groundsman.
Football
Football pitches are available in the following locations:
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HAKA Sports Complex, Grove Park (020 8461 9246)
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Ladywell Fields
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Fordham Park, New Cross
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Warren Avenue Playing Fields (contact Glendale)
| Grade 1 (pitch, goals, nets, changing rooms and showers | |||||
| Senior pitch | Mon to Fri | Sat am | Sat pm | Sun am | Sun pm |
| Forester Memorial | £47 | £64 | £70 | £81 | £64 |
| Deptford Park | |||||
| Chinkbrook Meadows | |||||
| Warren Avenue (Sunday junior teams only) | |||||
| (Pitches, goals and nets but no showers or changing rooms) | |||||
| Blackheath | £36 | £48 | £70 | £81 | £64 |
| Grade 2 (pitchand goals only – no nets provided) | ||||
| 11 aside Senior Pitch | Mon–Fri | Sat am/pm | Sun am | Sun pm |
| Northbrook Park | £36 | £36 | £47 | £36 |
| Summerhouse Fields | £36 | £36 | £47 | £36 |
| Home Park | £36 | £36 | £47 | £36 |
| Fordham Park | £36 | £36 | £47 | £36 |
| Hillyfields | £36 | £36 | £47 | £36 |
Hockey
There are hockey pitches in Lewisham for use by Blackheath and old Elthamian's Hockey Club, there are also hockey pitches for hire by the general public at the following locations:
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College Meadow, Grove Park, pavilion, grass and astro pitch
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Rubens Street, Catford, grass pitch
Lacrosse
Lacrosse takes place at Blackheath.
Multi use games areas
Many parks in the borough have courts that have markings for lots of different sports such as badminton, football and hockey and often have basketball and netball hoops. These are often available to use without charge or prior booking, but can be booked in advance. Find out more about hiring sports facilities and venues.
Multi use games areas are available in the following locations:
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HAKA Sports Complex, Grove Park (020 8461 9246)
Netball
Most multi use games areas are marked out for netball.
Petanque
Petanque is the French game of boules, popular throughout the world. There are two gravel terrains in Ladywell Fields Park, next to the bowling green, for public use.
Play facilities
Many of our parks have playgrounds and other play facilities for children. Find out about parks and open spaces in your area.
Rugby
There are rugby pitches available to hire at St Dunstan's Enterprises.
Skate parks
Skate parks are available in the following locations:
Softball
Softball pitches can be marked out by Glendale on any open space. There's an admin fee of £162.
Sports halls
Sports halls are areas that can be hired out to groups or individuals to play a number of different sports, from 5-a-side football to cricket lanes, netball, basketball, indoor hockey and a number of other sports. Sports halls are available in the following centres:
Squash
Indoor squash courts are available at the following centre, you can also hire racquets and other equipment.
Table tennis
There are a number of free-to-use table tennis tables in the our parks - just bring along your bats and a ball and jump on. There are also indoor courts and equipment hire, available in some leisure centres.
Table tennis is available at the following locations:
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Mountsfield Park, Hither Green (to be installed)
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Leybridge Court, Lee Green
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Luxmore Gardens, New Cross
Tennis
Tennis courts are available in the following locations:
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Ladywell Fields Park (6)
Volleyball
The indoor sports hall at Forest Hill School Sports Centre
is marked for volleyball. Contact the centre direct for booking information.