Latest Drone Footage - August 2025
August 2025 drone footage for the £36m transformation of Southampton's Outdoor Sports Centre
Southampton Outdoor Sports Centre
Welcome to the project page for the Southampton Outdoor Sports Centre, which is being constructed by Morgan Sindall Construction’s South team on behalf of Southampton City Council.
Follow the Southampton Outdoor Sports Centre journey…
Here you can read about the project, track its progress, sign up for updates and see its positive effect on the community.
Please note: The Outdoor Sports Centre will be managed by BH Live on behalf of Southampton City Council wef 1 September 2025. For general operational enquires please contact BH Live here.
Progress
News and updates
Outdoor Sports Centre 3G Pitch Works begin
Inclusive football opportunities grow as Outdoor Sports Centre 3G pitch works begin
Latest Drone Footage - July 2025
July 2025 drone footage for the £36m transformation of Southampton's Outdoor Sports Centre
Project Update - July 2025
The £36 million transformation of Southampton’s Outdoor Sports Centre is firmly under way signalling a major step forward for the city’s sporting future.
Project overview
Morgan Sindall Construction was appointed in 2023 to develop and deliver the ambitious improvements to Southampton’s Outdoor Sports Centre following successful approval of Levelling Up Funding and establishment of a future vision to develop key areas in both competitive sports and leisure facilities.
This key project is due to commence in Spring 2025 with an expected completion in 2026.
The Construction Zones
The construction areas have been split up into 5 key activity zones. Click the drop down button for further information on each zone.
COMMUNITY HUB
AGP FOOTBALL PITCHES
ATHLETICS CLUBHOUSE
ALPINE SNOW SPORTS CENTRE
FAMILY ZONE
The new Community Hub will provide facilities for sporting clubs and general public to use. It will include a main community hub building and covered court facilities, sitting alongside the remaining tennis and netball courts not being covered . The Community hub will include:
- Lobby, main reception, lift & stairs.
- A café, social and multi-use spaces
- Gym and Fitness suite
- Landscaped seating terraces and balcony
- Changing rooms for teams and officials
- Changing rooms and toilet facilities
- Administration offices
- Covered court facilities for tennis and netball
- Multi-purpose room suitable for meetings, group exercise and wellbeing classes
The new covered court facility will replace an existing outside court facility, to allow for year-round use for tennis and netball players. This will sit alongside 9 existing outdoor tennis courts and 7 existing netball courts.
The proposed community hub zone provides an outdoor terrace at ground level with additional tree planting, and a viewing balcony at first floor level.
The outdoor sports centre will benefit from one new 11 vs 11 and 2 new 9 vs 9 floodlit football artificial grass pitches.
This replacement of grass pitches with floodlit artificial grass pitches will combat the shortage of all-weather pitches in the city, allowing increased year-round usage. The football improvements will supply additional capacity to allow for increased use by juniors, women and girls. The football improvements will provide a legacy from the UEFA Women’s EURO’s held in July 2022.
A new athletics pavilion building will be constructed incorporating a club room, registration and scoring room, a first aid room and toilet facilities. There will be a new 240 seat grandstand with storage facilities.
These improvements will allow for Southampton Athletics Club to not only continue to attract large numbers of people of all ages to participate but also to host events and compete on a national level.
The Alpine Snow Sports Centre will benefit from a single storey ski lodge building with a reception, changing facilities, kit store and toilets. The current slopes will be resurfaced along with the addition of a new learner slope, including multiple viewing platforms for all slopes. All ski lifts will be refurbished, and new LED lighting will be installed.
The former boating lake area will be transformed into a new family zone for all ages and abilities to enjoy. Facilities of the Family Zone will be dedicated to play activities such as skate, scooter, biking, skateboard and children’s play area.
Two Junior and 5 mini-soccer grass pitches will be retained with improved surfacing and drainage.
The remaining 4 cricket pitches will benefit from upgraded wickets and improved surfacing and drainage along with new artificial wickets to both adult cricket pitches.
Alongside all of the development and improvements to the sporting facilities, the outdoor sports centre will benefit from positive environmental improvements such as solar photovoltaic panels (PV’s) located on the roof of the community hub for sustainable energy usage, green roof construction on all of the newly constructed building - improving the energy reduction of these buildings, and the vast improvements to existing grassland.
To help with on-street parking issues surrounding the sports centre, a new landscaped woodland car will be created with 275 parking spaces with disabled and electric vehicle charging provisions.
As part of the overall project, Southampton City Council will be providing investment into local highways improvements such as improved parking, cycling, pedestrian and bus routes. Further information on these works can be found on the council's website.
In order for these improvements to take place to create a better sports centre, there will be some disruption to usual activity within the venue, with some facilities being closed during construction.
Information regarding those facilities remaining open and those to which are affected by the ongoing improvement works can be located on this website under the Project Progress section. Please sign up or check back regularly for updates.
Project progress
Our aim at Morgan Sindall is to minimise disruption to all sporting facilities where possible, through-out the construction phase. The construction programme has been carefully developed to consider sporting seasons, and lessen the impact on each sporting activity.
Continue to check back for further updates or alternatively, sign up for regular news updates via the button at the top of this page.
Meet the team
The Morgan Sindall South team
The project is delivered by the Morgan Sindall South team based in Chandlers Ford, led by area director Cliff Kinch. Other current projects in the area include Southampton City Art Gallery reroof programme, Cosham Fire Station and Newlands Primary School. Past projects include St Mark’s School, Solent University Sports Centre and Springwell School.
The South office is part of the wider Morgan Sindall Construction business, which operates out of 21 regional offices.
Working in the community
Making a positive difference in the communities we work is a vital part of our responsible business plan. Our Community Investment Group supports our project teams in the delivery of local community engagement projects.
Susan Dee, is the dedicated community contact for the Outdoor Sports Centre project and will maintain communications with neighbours and the surrounding community. If you have any questions, please do get in touch with Susan via the contact form at the bottom of the page with any queries regarding the project.
As a business we are proud members of the Considerate Constructors Scheme, which has a Code of Considerate Practice designed to encourage best practice beyond statutory requirements.
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