Facilities

We have two leisure centres on campus, the Woodcock Sports Centre and the Gem Sports Centre, which offer:

• Brand new fitness suite with a variety of cardiovascular and fixed resistance equipment
• 25m Swimming pool
• Indoor climbing wall
• Fully equipped gym with 65 fitness stations
• Large fittness room for aerobics, martial arts etc.
• Two large sports halls for a variety of sports including badminton, netball, volleyball, basketball etc.
• Squash courts
• Yoga room
• Activities room (including table tennis)
• All weather floodlit pitch

Women-only sessions are available in the fitness suite and the swimming pool.

Off campus facilities are also extensive.

Cybex Fitness Suite (Gym)

The gym is equipped with a full range of cardiovascular, fixed resistance and plate-loaded equipment (65 stations in total). In 2008 we opened a new Fitness Suite with a variety of cardiovascular and fixed resistance equipment.

Fitness appraisals, personal fitness programmes and personal training are available from our team of qualified gym staff. Membership of the Gym for Aston students is around £3 per week – excellent value.

We also offer women-only sessions at the gym.

Fittness classes

There is a full and growing programme of instructed classes including various aerobics classes, yoga, yogalates, circuit training and swimming.

Outdoor sports - off Campus Sports Facilities

Six miles north of campus is our 46 acre Aston University Recreation Centre, where you'll find a range of football, rugby, hockey and cricket pitches, four squash courts and a large pavilion with changing rooms, as well as bars and catering facilities. There is also a new full size floodlit synthetic pitch, further enhancing our facilities for hockey and other team sports. A minibus service operates to and from campus on competition and training days (Wednesday afternoons).