South Lanarkshire Leisure- Outdoor Recreation

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Link to the Synthetic pitch block booking terms and conditions (PDF, 70KB). This form will open in a new window)

East Kilbride and Strathaven area 2010/2011

Rutherglen and Cambuslang area 2010/2011

For availability of courses in your area have a look at our Game On! booklet

Download the PDF of Outdoor Recreations 'Football party' leaflet, this document will open in a new window. Estimated download time under 1 minute (56k modem)

Link to Outdoor Recreations 'Super Soccer'.

Find out about our Leisure for all cards offering:
- 50% off our normal charges to people claiming benefits and their families, students, and school pupils over the age of 16.
- Free use of many South Lanarkshire Leisure facilities to talented sports people and people aged 60 or over, who live in South Lanarkshire.
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Outdoor Recreation

South Lanarkshire Leisure's Outdoor Recreation section is responsible for the operational management and programming of outdoor facilities South Lanarkshire wide.
As well as the hire of courts and pitches,we run water sports programmes, have municipal golf courses and provide a variety of

organised activities within our district parks including tennis, putting, bowling, fun boating activity, camping and caravanning.
Our main Outdoor Recreation facilities are highlighted below and information about our numerous outdoor pitches can be accessed using the menu on the left.

Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds

Hamilton Palace Sports Ground is the largest outdoor recreation facility complex in South Lanarkshire. The complex accommodates a wide and varied range of outdoor activities as well as our new indoor training pitch.

Go to Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds homepage

Seasonal activities

Our seasonal activities include bowling greens, tennis, putting greens, pitch and putt courses and childrens fun boats.

Download the seasonal activities PDF

Strathaven Park

Strathaven Park small Strathaven park is a traditional Edwardian Park with many fun activities on offer for all of the family.

Go to Strathaven Park homepage

James Hamilton Heritage Park

James Hamilton Heritage Park includes a 16-acre, man-made loch and water sports centre which is both RYA and BCU accredited for teaching. For more information on James Hamilton Heritage Park

Go to James Hamilton Heritage Park homepage

Outdoor Recreation News

Blue-Green Algae at the Loch

James Hamilton Heritage Park has had to close to all water sports enthusiasts yet again this year due to the return of blue-green algae growing in the pond.

Active Award

South Lanarkshire Leisure is highly commended as meeting all the right criteria, displaying a high level of commitment to improving health and wellbeing in South Lanarkshire, and, demonstrating very good practices in many areas which could be used as examples to others.

Back with a Splash

Earlier in the summer season an outbreak of blue-green algae in the loch at James Hamilton Heritage Park, and other inland water areas in Lanarkshire, caused disruption to the season's watersports programme.

Environmental and Energy Policy

South Lanarkshire Leisure is committed to ensuring that appropriate approaches to environmental management are developed.

Synthetic Block Bookings

In response to customer comments and in an effort to improve our customer service it is our intention to pilot the allocation of the synthetic pitches on an annual basis. The next block booking period will run from 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011.

Super Soccer

Come along and join the fun every Saturday morning!! Fun Football for boys and girls aged 5 to 9 years.

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