Marlow
Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, owned and managed by Sport England, is one of the prinicpal sports training camps in the UK. Situated in the Buckinghamshire countryside, the centre provides the facilities for over 20 sports and also provides on-site accommodation and board for athletes.
Bisham has training facilities for numerous sports including football, hockey, paralympic Five-a-side football, paralympic seven-a-side football, wheelchair tennis.
Other facilities include:
• Conference facilities and meeting rooms onsite
• Full use of onsite Gymnasium- cardio and resistance equipment
• Onsite Physio & sports injury clinic
• De-fib and first-aid trained staff onsite at all times
• Sauna
• Steam Room
• 4 x Floodlit outdoor clay tennis courts
• 4x Floodlit outdoor acrylic tennis courts
• 4x indoor tennis courts
• 2x squash courts
• 3x grass football/rugby pitches (STRI approved standard)
• World class water, based Astro-turf and training D’s
• Onsite accommodation for up to 48 team members
• Private changing room facilities and Ice baths
• Site manned 24 hours, Onsite night Security guard and CCTV
• 150 free parking spaces
• Languages spoken onsite by staff members- Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
• Arrangement of tournaments against football clubs/teams available
• Arrangement of competitive hockey matches available (and referees etc available)
• 35 mins Heathrow Airport
• Town centres with restaurant, cinema, theatre, bars (maidenhead and Wycombe) 5- 10 mins distance
• London approx 1hr distance
• Oxford approx 40 mins distance
• Windsor (Windsor Castle) 20 mins distance
• Possible use of Strength and Conditioning equipment/gym by prior approval and arrangement of English Institute of Sport (EIS)
• Acclimatization chamber
• Educational resources and courses available at nearby university/agricultural college (5 mins)
• Town Centre 5-10 mins away
• London, Oxford, Windsor in close proximity
• Have commitments with England Hockey. Happy to have international friendlies. Hosting a Danish Hockey team friendly in July with 1000 spectators expected
• Sistered with Stoke Mandeville and Lilleshall National Sports Centres
• GB rowing team and BCU use Bisham as a base and for accommodation
• Full time tennis academies in term time. International tennis teams could train in holidays
• 47 beds, 37 rooms. 3 rooms (2 twin, 1 single) are fully accessible
| Open All Year |
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| 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2012 |
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Tel: +44 01628 476911
Fax: +44 01628 472410