Highfields Sports Complex

Located adjacent to our University Park campus, Highfields Sport Complex offers top sporting and conference facilities, with provision for several sports including football, rugby, hockey and beach volleyball. 

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A football fixture taking place on one of the grass pitches at Highfields Sports Complex.

Highfields Sports Complex

Our Highfields Sports Complex offers a flexible outdoor venue for several sports including football, rugby, hockey and beach volleyball. Located adjacent to Highfields, the Nottingham Hockey Centre includes a international-standard water-based hockey pitch owned by the University. 

Alongside the sporting facilities, the complex has two pavilions offering a total of 19 changing rooms as well as conference and meeting spaces.

Built in 1925, the original Highfields Pavilion is one of University of Nottingham's oldest buildings. 1925. The spacious Vaughan Parry Williams Pavilion was completed in 2010 and officially opened by England rugby legend and University of Nottingham alumnus Brian Moore. 

All areas are available for external bookings and we have a successful track record of hosting world-class events. This included the recent 2023 World Under-24 Ultimate Championships with the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF). 

Grass pitches

Our grass pitches at Highfields Sports Complex offer several options to host single or multiple fixtures in a variety of sports. 

  • 8 grass football pitches
  • 3 rugby pitches
  • 1 hybrid cricket square
  • Options for Ultimate, softball and baseball. 
  • Free on-site parking 
Nottingham Hockey Centre

The University of Nottingham works closely with Nottingham Hockey Centre, which is located next to Highfields Sports Complex to offer the below facilities.

  • 2 FIH international standard water-based hockey pitches (with video analysis and livestream towers)
  • 3 floodlit sand dressed hockey pitch
  • 1 small-sided sand dressed training pitch
  • Clubhouse with bar, catering facilities
  • 2 meeting rooms
  • 12 team changing rooms
  • Electronic scoreboards on all 5 pitches
  • Capacity for over 1,600 spectators on pitch 1
Beach Volleyball
  • 4 courts or can be configured as 1 central court for competition
  • Courts enclosed by fencing 
  • Decking area
Changing and conferencing

We have two pavilions at Highfields Sports Complex offering extensive changing space as well as spacious facilities for meetings and smaller conferences. 

Vaughan Parry Williams Pavilion

  • Large conference room
  • 2 meeting rooms
  • 6 changing rooms
  • Officials' changing rooms
  • First aid room
  • Dual-aspect balconies

Highfields Pavilion

  • Additional 13 changing rooms 
Accessibility

The University of Nottingham has worked with leading accessibility guide AccessAble who have produced comprehensive guides for our venues.

To view all the accessible features at our Vaughan Parry Williams Pavilion, please click here.

To view all the accessible features at our Highfields Pavilion, please click here.

If you have any further questions at all, please visit our FAQs page or contact Adam Lever, our Disability Sport Officer, at adam.lever@nottingham.ac.uk.

Grass pitches

Our grass pitches at Highfields Sports Complex offer several options to host single or multiple fixtures in a variety of sports. 

  • 8 grass football pitches
  • 3 rugby pitches
  • 1 hybrid cricket square
  • Options for Ultimate, softball and baseball. 
  • Free on-site parking 
Nottingham Hockey Centre

The University of Nottingham works closely with Nottingham Hockey Centre, which is located next to Highfields Sports Complex to offer the below facilities.

  • 2 FIH international standard water-based hockey pitches (with video analysis and livestream towers)
  • 3 floodlit sand dressed hockey pitch
  • 1 small-sided sand dressed training pitch
  • Clubhouse with bar, catering facilities
  • 2 meeting rooms
  • 12 team changing rooms
  • Electronic scoreboards on all 5 pitches
  • Capacity for over 1,600 spectators on pitch 1
Beach Volleyball
  • 4 courts or can be configured as 1 central court for competition
  • Courts enclosed by fencing 
  • Decking area
Changing and conferencing

We have two pavilions at Highfields Sports Complex offering extensive changing space as well as spacious facilities for meetings and smaller conferences. 

Vaughan Parry Williams Pavilion

  • Large conference room
  • 2 meeting rooms
  • 6 changing rooms
  • Officials' changing rooms
  • First aid room
  • Dual-aspect balconies

Highfields Pavilion

  • Additional 13 changing rooms 
Accessibility

The University of Nottingham has worked with leading accessibility guide AccessAble who have produced comprehensive guides for our venues.

To view all the accessible features at our Vaughan Parry Williams Pavilion, please click here.

To view all the accessible features at our Highfields Pavilion, please click here.

If you have any further questions at all, please visit our FAQs page or contact Adam Lever, our Disability Sport Officer, at adam.lever@nottingham.ac.uk.

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Highfields Sports Complex
Beeston
Nottingham
NG7 2PS

t: +44 (0)115 925 6819

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