Brighton Sports and Outdoor Activities - World Guide to Brighton

Brighton Sports and Outdoor Activities

The city of Brighton has excellent sports facilities, including a wide range of popular Brighton spectator sports, such as Brighton football, with the Brighton and Hove Albion football club, Brighton rugby and Brighton cricket. There are also good sports facilities in Brighton for participants, and these include Brighton golf courses, Brighton tennis courts, Brighton badminton courts, Brighton swimming pools, Brighton fitness centres and Brighton gymnasiums. The local Brighton newspapers provide a useful sports section which regularly lists daily and weekly local Brighton sports events, which are held in and around Brighton’s city centre.

Being next to the sea, on the south coast of England, Brighton is also a popular location for watersports, including sailing, wind surfing, surfing, waterskiing and swimming.

Brighton Sports: Brighton Football – Brighton and Hove, England
Football is one of the most popular spectator sports in the Brighton and Hove area and Brighton’s main football team are the Brighton and Hove Albion football club. Playing regular matches at the Withdean Sports Complex and Fitness Centre in Brighton’s Tongdean Lane, plans are well underway for a new stadium in Brighton.

Brighton Sports: Brighton Rugby – Brighton and Hove, England
Rugby has a large following in the Brighton and Hove area and the New Brighton Rugby Union Club is based in


. The Bath Rugby club compete in top-class Premiership and European Cup rugby and have won many major games. Founded in 1865, the Bath Rugby Club share many of its star rugby players with international sides, and four of the Bath Rugby Club were actually members of the England world cup winning team. The Bath Rugby Club play regular rugby matches at the Recreational Grounds, which are located in the heart of Bath, close to Bath's Pulteney Bridge.


Brighton Sports: Tenpin Bowling – Brighton and Hove, England
Brighton has excellent tenpin bowling facilities at the Bowlplex at Brighton Marina. Open daily, Brighton’s Bowlplex is home to almost 30 bowling alleys, state-of-the-art video games, a bar and a café area.

Brighton Sports: Brighton Golf Courses – Brighton and Hove, Englan
Brighton has a number of golf courses in and around the Brighton and Hove area and this is a particularly relaxing sport, with Brighton’s golf courses often having exceptional views of Brighton. The three main golf courses in Brighton and Hove are:

• Brighton and Hove Golf Club - Devil's Dyke Road, Hove, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 8YJ, England
  Tel: +44 (0)1273 556482
• Hollingbury Park Golf Course - Ditchling Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 7HS, England
  Tel: +44 (0)1273 500086
• Windmill Mini-Golf Course - 8 Marine Drive, Rottingdean, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 7HQ, England
  Tel: +44 (0)1273 309532

Brighton Sports: Brighton Fitness Centres and Brighton Gyms – Brighton and Hove, England
There are numerous well-equipped fitness and sports centres in the Brighton and Hove area, with excellent state-of-the-art fitness and weight training equipment, aerobic courses, personal trainers, saunas, solariums, steam rooms, hydrotherapy and massage. Most gyms and sports centres in Brighton are open daily, from early in the morning until late at night.

• King Alfred Leisure and Sports Centre - Kingsway, Hove, Brighton, East Sussex, BN3 2WW, England
  Tel: +44 (0)1273 290290
• Withdean Sports Complex and Fitness Centre - Tongdean Lane, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 5JD, England
  Tel: +44 (0)1273 542100
  
• Energy Store and Fitness - 10 Gloucester Place, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4AA, England
  Tel: +44 (0)1273 605495

Brighton Sports: Brighton Swimming Pools – Brighton and Hove, England
Apart from the sea, the Brighton and Hove area has several popular swimming pools. The main swimming pool in Brighton is the Prince Regent Swimming Complex at Church Street in the North Laine area of Brighton.