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This is the Local Football Facility Plan (LFFP) for South Gloucestershire. It was prepared by Knight, Kavanagh and Page (KKP) with support from local partners, including:
Gloucestershire FA
Football Foundation
South Gloucestershire District Council
Bristol Rovers Community Foundation
The West of England Sport Trust (WESPORT)
Sport England
Every local area in the Country will have a LFFP to enable investment in football facilities to be accurately targeted.
The Football Association, the Premier League and Sport England (on behalf of Government). This partnership finances the National Football Facility Strategy (NFFS) and commissions the Football Foundation to deliver it.
The national funding partners have significantly increased investment to accelerate efforts to deliver more and better football facilities for the grassroots game. The purpose of this plan is to identify the priority projects for potential investment in South Gloucestershire.
As the nation’s most popular team sport, football has the power to contribute positively to vital social outcomes and health priorities. To maximise this power, facilities have to be welcoming environments to attract first-time users and repeat visits, whether for informal, recreational or competitive football.
Research clearly and continually demonstrates the positive impact high-quality football facilities, in the right locations, can have on participation and enjoyment. Latent demand exists, but facility quantity and quality has to ‘step up’ if football is to reach out to everyone.
£1.3billion has been spent by football and Government since 2000 to enhance existing football facilities and build new ones. However, more is needed if football and Government’s shared objectives for participation, individual well-being and community cohesion are to be achieved.
Nationally, direct investment will be increased – initially to £69 million per annum from football and Government (a 15% increase on recent years). Locally, the work has already started* - this LFFP will guide the allocation of 90% of national funds and forge stronger partnerships with local stakeholders to develop key sites. This, together with local match-funding will deliver over one billion pounds of investment into football facilities over the next 10-years.
This LFFP, with guidance from local partners, has developed a list of high level projects for potential investment. Each is aligned to the investment priorities set out in the National Football Facilities Strategy, which include:
The priority projects for potential investment identified in this plan will help develop a sustainable network of quality facilities to drive participation across all parts of the game. Central to this are five key success factors: quality, inclusivity, sustainability, engagement and usage. Each identified project takes account of these factors.
This LFFP will, in effect, be the go-to document for football facility investment in South Gloucestershire.
Whilst it identifies priority projects for potential investment, it does not guarantee the success of future funding applications. Each project must still follow an application process to show how it will deliver key participation outcomes, become a quality & sustainable facility and demonstrate suitable match-funding.
When each project is in a position to proceed, the Football Foundation will determine a suitable timeframe to submit a grant application and pre-application support will be provided by Gloucestershire FA and the Football Foundation.
A LFFP is an investment portfolio of priority projects for potential investment - it is not a detailed demand and supply analysis of all pitch provision in a local area. It cannot be used as a replacement for a Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) and it will not be accepted as an evidence base for site change of use or disposal.
A LFFP will however build on available/existing local evidence and strategic plans and may adopt relevant actions from a PPS and/or complement these with additional investment priorities.
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South Gloucestershire is located in the South West region. The current population of the Authority (ONS 2017 Mid-Year Estimate) is 279,027, which is expected to rise to 331,198 by 2039.
26.5% of the South Gloucestershire population is within NS SEC classification 6-8 (lower socio-economic groups).
South Gloucestershire’s ethnic composition is primarily classed as White (95.0%) which is much higher than the national average (85.4%).
The proportion of South Gloucestershire’s population represented by the BAME community is 5.0%. This is below the national average (14.6%).
South Gloucestershire shares its southern border with the Northern and Eastern fringes of Bristol, with much migration between the two local authorities. In practice, many residents consider parts of South Gloucestershire as an extension of Bristol when it comes to access to facilities and services. Both local authorities need to accommodate significant housing growth over the coming years (especially on the border between each) and should be considered alongside each other with regards to sports facility planning, given the way residents utilise facilities.
ONS Data and Sport England Active Lives survey 2016/17
The Council’s Corporate Strategy (2016-2020) commits it to a likely need to deliver further savings in excess of the currently assumed £34m by 2020. This already comes on the back of savings delivered over previous years amounting to £45 million. The Council identifies its vision for sport and physical activity to be to 'promote personal well-being, reduce health inequalities and deliver high quality physical and mental health and social care services which protect our most vulnerable and offer people greater choice and control within strong, self-supporting communities.'
The South Gloucestershire Council Savings Programme saw the removal of local authority maintenance budgets for formal outdoor sports pitches in March 2017. Consequently, all local authority football pitch sites were externalised to local clubs and groups, meaning the Council no longer manages or maintains any football pitch provision in the District. This has meant that maintenance and improvement of football facilities, particularly grass pitches and changing pavilions, is now heavily dependent on the volunteer resource of managing clubs/groups. However, not all organisations have access to the range of equipment to maintain facilities appropriately. There are however several Parish and Town Councils which manage or own football pitch sites, which may be able to play a greater role in leading potential proposals for development.
The local authority has a Playing Pitch Strategy in place which was adopted in September 2018. The key findings highlight a significant shortfall of full sized 3G FTPs as well as a shortfall of grass pitch capacity, particularly in the Bristol East Fringe area.
The local authority also has in place an Indoor & Built Sports Facilities Strategy (2017) which identifies that indoor football (small sided and recreational play and some affiliated team training) is a popular activity within sports halls, but does not dominate the programming. It recommends that where possible and appropriate, a proportion of indoor football is relocated outdoors to 3G FTPs, for which the PPS identifies a shortfall of full size pitches.
South Gloucestershire is covered by Gloucestershire FA which provides governance and development support to all aspects of local football including coaches, referees, volunteers, clubs and leagues; supporting football for all. The County FA has a designated facilities investment lead officer who works to ensure the right facilities are located in the right locations.
The Regional Engagement Manager and Regional Technical Project Manager at the Football Foundation work collaboratively with the County FA to provide pre-application support to priority projects for potential investment.
See Football Foundation website for more information: http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/impact/where-our-money-goes
Has a network of planning managers who have a statutory role in the planning system to protect playing fields and provide consultation responses to planning applications relating to sporting facilities . They also play a key role in strategic planning for sports facilities, providing advice and support to local authorities to assess need for facilities in their local area.
These continue to expand and enhance their range of community delivery, offering a variety of programmes and services to support local communities (sporting and non-sporting). The Bristol Rovers Community Trust runs a variety of health, education, engagement, football and sporting activities within the local area.
The Council's leisure facilities are managed by Circadian, which manages the following centres: Bradley Stoke, Downend, Kingswood, Longwell Green, Thornbury and Yate. Downend SC has a sand dressed AGP which is used for hockey and football training.
This has taken place with a broad and diverse set of community groups in South Gloucestershire. 14 individuals (representing 13 local organisations) were consulted. These include:
(See Appendix B for full list of consultees)
There are over 91,000 community football teams in England, spread over an expansive network of clubs and leagues. South Gloucestershire has a total of 792 teams, which is higher than local areas of a similar size.
The FA is investing to support clubs both on and off the pitch which includes an aim to have a qualified FA coach with every youth team by 2020/21. In addition, it will support 1,000 clubs to create full player pathways from youth to adult teams and develop 150 community football hubs with male and female pathways, disability and recreational playing opportunities.
Over the last 10-years there has been a significant national increase in the number of large multi-team football clubs. In South Gloucestershire, 26 clubs have more than 10 registered teams. The largest of these (based upon 2017-18 affiliation data) are:
*The FA Whole Game System - Season 2017/18
Nineteen Gloucestershire FA affiliated leagues operate in South Gloucestershire. They offer competitive opportunities for many different players, including women and girls, disability, youth and adults.
South Gloucestershire largest local leagues (2017-18) include:
The County FA reports that there is significant cross boundary migration in South Gloucestershire due to teams migrating inwards to the local leagues from Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset and North Somerset.
There are 9.4million people in England with a long-standing limiting disability, illness or condition which equates to 18% of the population – almost one in five. Football playing opportunities should be flexible, inclusive and accessible for everyone, whatever their level of ability. This could entail inclusion in mainstream activity or teams / sessions specifically for people with a disability.
In South Gloucestershire there are 18 football teams / sessions specifically for people with a disability. It is a priority of the County FA to sustain this provision. For talented players the FA run Regional Centres and England national squads.
The FA has big ambitions for the female game and aims to double levels of participation by 2020. To achieve this requires a combined effort across four pathways: education, recreation, competition and talent.
Education environments have a huge impact on the first experience of football for young girls. This pathway can offer many opportunities for females of all ages to develop and grow a lifelong interest in football.
FA Wildcats girls football centres provide the first step on the recreational pathway, the programme provides girls aged 5-11 with regular opportunities to play football in a fun and engaging environment. South Gloucestershire has seven FA Wildcats girls football centres and the priority is to grow and sustain this activity.
At 52, South Gloucestershire’s number of female teams is higher than local areas of a similar size. The County FA’s priority is to support existing clubs to grow and encourage more clubs to develop playing opportunities for females. The local girls league is the Bristol Girls League and matches are played on a home and away basis. The league is expected to grow its provision in future years. The local adult female league is the Gloucestershire Women’s County League and matches are played on a home and away and the league is expected to grow its provision in future years.
For talented players, the most local FA Regional Talent Club (RTC) is Bristol City Women which is located in Filton, South Gloucestershire. Higher level talent pathway opportunities are also provided regionally and nationally by the FA, culminating in the England Women’s national squads. The most local Women’s Super League team is Bristol City Women’s FC which provides player pathway opportunities for gifted and talented female players and a spectator interest for fans.
Many different types of small-sided football are played in England, from teams and leagues to recreational and informal. It is an established and important part of the modern game.
Small-sided teams & leagues are organised and competitive activities; typically with players registered to clubs and affiliated to leagues and their County FAs. Examples include Futsal and local small-sided leagues running at venues such as sports halls, 3G FTPs or small-sided 3G centres.
Key local providers include:
Futsal is an exciting, fast-paced, small sided team game that is widely played across the world. Typically it’s played on an indoor surface with hockey-sized goals and a size 4 football with reduced ball bounce. It is the FA’s aim to ensure Futsal is available across the country.
There are currently two futsal teams in South Gloucestershire that play in the BUCS Futsal League at key site locations including SGS College and UWE Centre for Sport. It is a priority for the County FA to sustain futsal provision for players .
Recreational football is played where facilities are typically booked and there might be someone to help organise. Examples include FA Just Play sessions, walking football and casual pitch hire for small-sided match play.
There are currently two FA Just Play Centres in South Gloucestershire. Walking football sessions are delivered by a range of community organisation such as Gloucestershire FA. Walking football and Just Play are areas that the County FA has prioritised for further growth and development. Other local recreational football programmes include casual bookings which are delivered by a range of organisations including The Ridings Federation.
Informal football is played in local parks and green spaces – it is free, open access and often played spontaneously (normal clothing is worn). Common examples include a kick-about at a local park or on a multi-use games area (MUGA).
Currently, informal football in South Gloucestershire is played particularly in the East and North fringes of Bristol.
The key strengths of local football in South Gloucestershire include Youth Male, Mini-Soccer and Youth Female provision and it is recommend that this is sustained and also encouraged to grow further.
It is recommended that the future football development priorities for South Gloucestershire are:
The facilities required to assist this are now set out in the Assets and Opportunities section.
Additionally, each priority project that progresses to a funding application via the Football Foundation will produce a detailed ‘site development plan’ specifying all football development activity, usage and key partner engagement.
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This section reviews existing football facility assets in South Gloucestershire. It identifies current issues and presents opportunities for improvements, including a list of priority projects for potential investment.
Local assets and opportunities have been reviewed inline with four investment priorities:
To ensure a consistent and high quality approach, each local area has been reviewed applying a standard approach, supplemented by input from consultation with local partners and stakeholder organisations.
While each investment priority is reviewed individually, it is understood that they can be inter-reliant; account is, thus, taken of these potential connections.
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3G FTPs are a high quality and indispensable part of modern football facilities; their impact cannot be underestimated. In recent years the industry has seen major innovations and improvements to artificial surfaces (and sports lighting). This has created playing surfaces that replicate a good standard natural turf pitch whilst significantly increasing levels of use (x20). All FTPs must have sports lighting to achieve this.
The high quality, consistent playing surface is the ideal environment to play the game and for young people to learn. With regular maintenance programmes, FTPs can be heavily used all year round with no decline in quality. They almost completely negate annoying fixture cancellations during winter months, helping football to be a key part of a regular physical activity habit.
High capacity levels offer a great opportunity to embrace all formats and engage all participants. A full-sized 3G caters for an average of 1,200 participants per week and is suitable for various location types. That means being fully inclusive to all sections of the community, with a particular focus on under-represented groups such as women and girls, people with a disability, BAME communities and people from lower socio-economic groups.
The way 3G FTPs are used is rapidly changing; current line-marking systems allow for match play across all formats of football (5v5, 7v7, 9v9 and 11v11). This enables significant levels of match-play to be transferred from grass to 3G.
The national ‘Mini Pitch’ programme delivers small 3G FTPs at primary school sites to provide a high quality introduction to football and get children more physically active. While mini pitches are reviewed in this section, they are not included in the demand and supply analysis for 3G FTPs.
The South Gloucestershire PPS identifies a requirement for 13 full sized 3G FTPs in total to service affiliated football team training demand. FA data states that there are currently 12 3G FTPs in South Gloucestershire, of which ten are full sized.
However, three pitches at Dings RUFC, North Bristol Rugby Club and South Gloucestershire & Stroud College Wise Campus contribute limited capacity for football given that they primarily serve rugby union activity. Discounting these from the supply and demand balance, it is considered that there in fact just seven full sized 3G FTPs broadly available for community football in South Gloucestershire.
Against the identified requirement for 13, this signifies a shortfall of six full sized pitches relative to assessed demand via the FA training model. With three presently under construction at Hillside Gardens and Patchway Community College with no funding from the Football Foundation requirement is for an additional three full sized 3G FTPs to service affiliated club training demand.
Existing 3G FTPs in South Gloucestershire include:
Additionally, there is currently one small-sided 3G FTP centre; Goals Soccer Centre (Bristol North) which has 12 small sided 3G FTPs.
A new small sided 3G FTP is being developed without Football Foundation funding at the Hallen Centre; this is a re-surface of tennis courts which are to be converted to 3G for football use. A planning application has also been submitted for the extension of the poor quality MUGA at Norman Scott Park and its conversion to 3G FTP. This is not presently supported by the Football Foundation and further understanding is required of the potential impact on surrounding playing field land.
All seven 3G FTPs pitches are available for community use, however it is reported that cost of hire is a challenge at SGS College Wise Campus. Until such time as this has been resolved, this site will be regarded as part of the local 3G FTP supply and demand and no additional pitches will be identified in lieu of this. Six are on the FA Register for 3G FTPs (meaning they are quality checked and can be used for football match play). It is strongly recommend that the Kings Oak Academy pitch is put on the register to enable more match play on 3G, and for dual registration of World Rugby specification pitches is explored to further increased opportunities for football use.
The geographical spread of existing facilities is uneven; the majority are located in the North East and West of the local area. There are provision gaps in the South, particularly the key deficiencies in the Bristol East and North Fringe areas, as although a number of new pitches have been constructed or are under development several are mainly programmed for rugby union and in practice offer less capacity for football than the quantity alone suggests.
Local consultation reveals no common issues other than the evidenced quantitative shortfall.
Five priority projects for potential investment have been identified; three new full sized 3G FTPs, one sand based to 3G conversion and one refurbishment. Undersupply was calculated using the FA 3G FTP demand and supply model. Each site was selected by local partners based on a rationale of good access, high population, geographical spread and success and quality of existing facilities.
Four priority projects are identified for new full sized 3G FTPs to service affiliated training demand:
1 - Downend School & Sports Centre - refurbished floodlit 11v11 3G FTP (sand based conversion, to be considered with King George V Playing Field and Badminton Road Playing Fields)
2 - Longwell Green Community Centre - new floodlit 11v11 3G FTP
3 - Tenniscourt Road (with Fisher Road Playing Fields) - new floodlit 11v11 3G FTP
The case for development of 3G FTP provision at Tenniscourt Road must be considered alongside usage of the pitch at neighbouring Kings Oak Academy, and also the future of the sand based artificial grass pitch at The Grange School which must be protected or mitigated if not brought back into use.
4 - Rural Area - new floodlit 11v11 3G FTP (further work required to understand the optimal location to draw from rural/wider user base)
One existing full sized 3G FTP is identified as requiring surface replacement:
23 - Yate international Academy - refurbished floodlit 11v11 3G FTP (2022 end of lifespan)
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Playing fields are one of the most important resources for sport in England. All football players should have the opportunity to play on good quality grass pitches. However, FA data shows that 63% of pitches in England are poor / low standard and 1 in 6 games are cancelled. As such, poor pitch quality is consistently cited as the number one issue for players.
The priority is, therefore, to sustainably improve grass pitch quality across all main pitch owners (local authorities, education establishments and clubs). However, the level of maintenance required to obtain good quality standards is regularly affected by restricted budgets and limited knowledge/ training. Compaction and grass coverage are two key causes of poor quality pitches. Both are commonly treated via a maintenance driven solution (and do not necessarily require costly drainage schemes).
Playing fields are also valuable resources for informal play and open-access sites are encouraged but, for many, problems such as dog fouling and vandalism mean that they need to be protected with mitigation measures such as fencing.
In many local areas the key challenge is to create a sustainable approach to provide good quality football pitches for the long-term. Many local authorities (78%) intend to increase pitch hire fees in the future. However, many players (63%) believe facilities are already expensive and some (16%) believe prices are prohibitive. A sustainable solution should, therefore, carefully balance pitch quality and affordability.
While the education sector (37%) and local authorities (32%) are still the principal asset owners of grass pitches, clubs / leagues own or maintain an increasing share (currently 25%). Assets and opportunities have been considered across each sector.
Although large (3+ pitch) strategic sites are important and make up much of the project list within the LFFPs, this does not mean that other club, league and community/voluntary sites are not important or eligible for funding. These sites are key to the Football Foundation's Grass Pitch Programme to deliver 20,000 good quality pitches.
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The South Gloucestershire PPS identifies that across all pitch formats, the majority (79%) of pitches available for community use are rated as standard quality, with 14% rated as good and 7% as poor.
Pitch finder data indicates that there are currently 35 grass pitch sites in South Gloucestershire with three or more full-size pitch equivalents containing 155 grass pitches.
Of these, 23 are considered to have good quality pitches, 114 are of standard quality and 18 poor quality. Local consultation shows no common issues.
UWE is to develop a grass football pitch at the new Hillside Gardens site without funding via the Football Foundation.
When considering investment into the improvement or creation of new grass pitches in South Gloucestershire, it is key to note that the District Council no longer manages or maintains any formal outdoor sports pitch provision. Consequently, most key sites were externalised to a combination of Parish/Town Councils or local clubs, either through leasehold or exclusive license to access public open spaces or parks. This means that there is a wide range of providers and management models and there is greater need for partners to work with these providers to develop a District wide portfolio of good quality pitch sites given the District Council no longer acts as the lead for grass pitch supply.
Twelve priority projects for potential investment have been identified. Nine sites have three or more full-size pitch equivalents of standard quality, whilst three have less but are considered to have potential due to linkages to other larger sites.
Pitch quality rating was evidenced by PPS data and qualified by local partners. Due to significant number of grass pitch sites in South Gloucestershire local partners did not select all sites and prioritised only 12, containing 54 full-size pitch equivalents. The prioritisation was informed by local partners with the rationale of selecting sites that had the most pitches and that were most well utilised.
5 - King George V Playing Field - natural grass pitch improvements
6 - Badminton Road Playing Field - natural grass pitch improvements
Both King George V Playing Field and Badminton Road Playing Field operate in duality and should be considered for improvement together, alongside cricket provision on both sites. 3G conversion of Downend School would further provide match play and training capacity to create a three site hub offer.
7 - Emersons Green - natural grass pitch improvements
8 - Pomphrey Hill Playing Fields - natural grass pitch improvements
Both Pomphrey Hill and Emersons Green operate in duality and should be considered for improvement together.
3 - Tenniscourt Road Playing Fields - natural grass pitch improvements
9 - Fisher Road Playing Fields - natural grass pitch improvements
Both Tennis Court and Fisher Road Playing Fields operate in duality and should be considered for improvement together.
10 - Lees Hill - natural grass pitch improvements
11 - Little Stoke Park - natural grass pitch improvements
12 - Patchway School & Sports Centre - natural grass pitch improvements
13 - The Ridings - natural grass pitch improvements
14 - Sunnyside Lane Playing Fields - natural grass pitch improvements
15 - Walker Playing Fields - natural grass pitch improvements
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These can provide a number of different benefits. While the primary function is normally the provision of changing rooms to accommodate match-play and training (for players and officials), there can be equal value in facilities such as community and education rooms, catering facilities and spectator toilets.
Each project will take a progressive approach to pavilions and clubhouses (beyond the provision of changing rooms) and be open to new opportunities to engage the whole community. That means, creating environments that are welcoming to players, spectators, volunteers, officials and all sections of the community.
Such assets should support other investment priorities (e.g. 3G FTPs and grass pitches) and be located at sites that will have the greatest impact on local communities. To ensure this, focus is given to sites with three or more full-size pitch equivalents. However, as pitch quality is the number one priority for players this is prioritised before investment in changing room pavilions /clubhouses.
Clearly, facilities need to be well managed and maintained to keep them in a good state of repair. Consideration will be given to reviewing the best operator solution for key sites and the installation of revenue generating features such as catering facilities and community rooms. To achieve this, business plan support will be given to each priority project as it progresses to an application to the Football Foundation.
Of the 35 key sites with three or more full-size pitch equivalents in South Gloucestershire, 31 have suitable changing room pavilions/clubhouses, two have facilities that need improvement/ replacement and one, at SBL Academy Site Two, has no facilities, however development of a clubhouse is underway. Whilst it is not a key site with three or more full-size pitch equivalents, there is an identified need for additional ancillary provision at Chantry Road Playing Fields.
Warmley Rangers Youth FC is part way through development of a new clubhouse with changing facility without funding via the Football Foundation. UWE meanwhile plans to develop a new pavilion with four changing rooms at Hillside Gardens to accompany the new 3G FTP and grass pitch provision being developed. There are also plans to extend the pavilion at Sunnyside Lane to include two additional changing rooms to a total of six. Yate Town Council is due to appoint a contractor with the works to be undertaken imminently.
Five priority projects for potential investment have therefore been identified; two of which are key three or more full-size pitch sites, whilst three have less pitches but require action. Each project was deemed to have an unsuitable pavilion requiring replacement or refurbishment:
3 - Tenniscourt Road Playing Fields - replacement/new changing pavilion
5 - King George V Playing Field (Downend) - replacement/new changing pavilion
Both King George V Playing Field and Badminton Road Playing Field operate in duality and improvement with serve football and cricket provision on both sites.
16 - Blackhorse Road Playing Fields - replacement/new changing pavilion
17 - Bromley Heath Playing Field - refurbish changing pavilion
18 - Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields - refurbish changing pavilion
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Good facilities are important to all small-sided football players, but it is important to understand the different formats of the small-sided game and the various facility types they relate to.
Research suggests that small-sided players in teams & leagues, and in recreational sessions, prefer a 3G surface type because it replicates a good standard natural turf pitch. These facilities have already been covered in the 3G FTP section of this LFFP.
Indoor environments currently accommodate 20% of football participation and are also popular with players in teams & leagues and recreational sessions . Indoor sports halls are most popular, along with some community halls and indoor 3G centres. Environments need to be engaging, have clear line-marking and the correct size goalposts.
Informal players require facilities that are open and free to access as this enables play opportunities that are often spontaneous. In these circumstances multi-use games areas (MUGAs) can be effective in areas of high urban population and limited green space. Such facilities can be modern, bright, creative and engaging. While this plan will identify suitable locations for such facilities, the design and specifics of the facility type can be agreed at a later stage with Football Foundation staff when projects are ready to progress to pre-application stage.
Parks and open green spaces are also important to informal play and require goalposts and zones that are free from litter and dog fouling.
Sport England Active Places data identifies 22 sites with sports halls of four or more badminton courts. Just one site (UWE Centre for Sport) has a double court hall (eight badminton courts) optimally sized to accommodate futsal.
Indoor 5 a side leagues run in Bradley Stoke, Kingswood, Thornbury and Yate Leisure Centres. Local consultation reveals there are no indoor facilities that require improvement to develop small-sided football.
UWE has a double sports hall to which it has added futsal markings in June 2018. There are now two futsal courts marked in the hall to assist the growth of student futsal, particularly the student social sport programme.
Three potential opportunities for MUGA’s have been identified. In each case the rationale is based on the site being in an area of high urban population , limited green space , high levels of deprivation, high levels of lower social economic groups and corresponding high local demand for informal football:
3 - Tenniscourt Road Playing Fields - refurbish MUGA
16 - Blackhorse Road Playing Fields - refurbish MUGA
19 - The Star Ground (Soundwell) - refurbish MUGA
Following local consultation, three locations have been identified to support small-sided informal football. Here, the rationale is based on highly popular local parks and open green spaces with suitable space / areas to increase informal football:
20 - Bitton Pound Ground - improved green space
21 - Coronation Park - improved green space
22 - Windsor Place - improved green space
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This list compiles all of the priority projects for potential investment. Each project has been scored against two principle factors: deliverability and outcomes (quality, inclusivity, sustainability, engagement and usage).
The list will be used flexibly; a projects ‘rating’ does not determine the exact order that it will progress to a funding application to the Football Foundation as we understand there are many factors that influence this. The process for moving a project from this list and into the ‘pre-application stage’ will be managed by the Football Foundation.
DOWNEND SPORTS CENTRE Garnett Place, Downend, Bristol, , BS16 6XA
Education
Very High (4/4)
3.6/4
94% (11.3/12)
Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
LONGWELL GREEN COMMUNITY CENTRE Shellards Road, Longwell Green, Bristol, , BS30 9DU
Other
Medium (2/4)
3.9/4
81% (9.8/12)
Adult female; Adult male; Disability; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
TENNISCOURT ROAD FISHER ROAD, BRISTOL, , BS15 4RQ
Local Authority
Medium (2/4)
3.2/4
70% (8.4/12)
Operates in tandem with Fisher Road Playing Fields
Adult female; Adult male; Disability; IMD / lower social economic groups; Mini-soccer; Small-sided informal; Small-sided recreational; Youth female; Youth male
POMPHREY HILL PLAYING FIELDS COSSHAM STREET, MANGOTSFIELD, BRISTOL, , BS16 9NF
Other
High (3/4)
2.3/4
63% (7.6/12)
Operates alongside adjacent Emersons Green
Adult female; Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
EMERSONS GREEN JOHNSON ROAD, EMERSONS GREEN, BRISTOL, , BS16 7JQ
Other
High (3/4)
2.3/4
63% (7.6/12)
Operates alongside adjacent Pomphrey Hill Playing Fields
Adult female; Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
KING GEORGE V PLAYING FIELD CLEEVE LODGE CLOSE, BRISTOL, , BS16 6AQ
Other
High (3/4)
2.2/4
62% (7.4/12)
Operates in tandem with Badminton Road Playing Fields
Adult male; Mini-soccer; Small-sided informal; Youth female; Youth male
LEES HILL LEES HILL, BRISTOL, , BS15 4TP
Football club
High (3/4)
2.2/4
62% (7.4/12)
Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
BADMINTON ROAD PLAYING FIELDS SUTHERLAND AVENUE, BRISTOL, , BS16 6QW
Other
High (3/4)
2.1/4
60% (7.1/12)
Operates in tandem with King George V Playing Field
Adult male; Mini-soccer; Small-sided informal; Youth female; Youth male
THE RIDINGS Wickwar Road, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, , BS37 6PQ
Other
Medium (2/4)
2.3/4
56% (6.7/12)
Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
BLACKHORSE ROAD PLAYING FIELDS Blackhorse Road, Mangotsfield, Bristol, , BS16 9BP
Other
Medium (2/4)
2.3/4
56% (6.7/12)
Adult male; Mini-soccer; Small-sided informal; Youth female; Youth male
PATCHWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Hempton Lane, Almondsbury, Bristol, , BS32 4AJ
Education
Medium (2/4)
2.3/4
54% (6.5/12)
Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
Location details: Rural area
Not known
Low (1/4)
2.7/4
53% (6.4/12)
Adult female; Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth male
BROMLEY HEATH PLAYING FIELD 39 WEDGEWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, , BS16 6LT
Other
Medium (2/4)
2.0/4
50% (6.0/12)
Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
YATE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY SUNDRIDGE PARK, YATE, BRISTOL, , BS37 4DX
Education
Low (1/4)
2.5/4
50% (5.9/12)
Adult female; Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
FISHER ROAD PLAYING FIELD 17A FISHER ROAD, BRISTOL, , BS15 4RQ
Football club
Medium (2/4)
2.0/4
50% (5.9/12)
Operates in tandem with Tenniscourt Road Playing Field
Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
QUEEN ELIZABETH II PLAYING FIELD Kelston Close, Yate, Bristol, , BS37 8SY
Other
Medium (2/4)
1.9/4
49% (5.9/12)
Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
WALKERS PLAYING FIELDS 1 WESTONS HILL DRIVE, EMERSONS GREEN, BRISTOL, , BS16 7DF
Other
Low (1/4)
2.4/4
49% (5.8/12)
Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
SUNNYSIDE LANE PLAYING FIELD MOORLAND ROAD, YATE, BRISTOL, , BS37 4BT
Other
Low (1/4)
2.4/4
49% (5.8/12)
Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
SOUNDWELL 23 GLADSTONE STREET, STAPLE HILL, BRISTOL, , BS16 4RF
Football club
Low (1/4)
2.0/4
42% (5.0/12)
Conversion of old tennis courts to better quality football provision
Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
CORONATION PARK 66 HEATH RISE, BRISTOL, , BS30 8DD
Local Authority
Low (1/4)
2.0/4
42% (5.0/12)
IMD / lower social economic groups; Small-sided informal
, bs30 6lq
Local Authority
Low (1/4)
2.0/4
42% (5.0/12)
Small-sided informal
, bs16 9dl
Local Authority
Low (1/4)
2.0/4
42% (5.0/12)
Small-sided informal
LITTLE STOKE PARK COMMUNITY HALL LITTLE STOKE LANE, LITTLE STOKE, BRISTOL, , BS34 6HR
Other
Low (1/4)
1.6/4
36% (4.3/12)
Adult male; Mini-soccer; Youth female; Youth male
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