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Facilities

We have two Sports Centres on campus, the Doug Ellis 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
  • Fully equipped gym with 100+ pieces of equipment
  • 5 aside 3G pitches on campus
  • 8 aside 3G pitch on campus
  • Multi story Martial Arts and Dance studios
  • Two large sports halls for a variety of sports including badminton, netball, volleyball, basketball etc.
  • Squash courts
  • Full Fitness and Yoga class program
  • Table Tennis

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

Woodcock Sports Centre Sports Hall
The Doug Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre Sports Hall

On Campus Gym

The Sport Aston Gym at The Doug Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre has over 100 pieces of equipment and is always staffed by qualified members of the Sport Aston Team. There is a full range of cardiovascular, fixed resistance machines and free weights as well as a abs and stretching area.

Fitness and Yoga 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 and a large pavilion with changing rooms. There is also a 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).

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