Sport England runs five national sports centres across England.

For more details on each one, click on the link below

EIS Sheffield

Lilleshall National Sport Centre

Plas y Brenin National Mountain Centre

Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre

Holme Pierrepont National Water Sports Centre

EIS Sheffield:

www.eis-sheffield.co.uk

The English Institute of Sport - Sheffield (EISS) opened in December 2003 and is Sport England Lottery funded and managed by Sheffield International Venues Ltd. EISS is one of the country's most impressive indoor sports venues and is committed to the development of UK sport at all levels EISS welcomes both the local sporting community and the country's elite athletes to benefit from it's high quality facilities.

The state-of-the-art sports development centre offers a range of highly equipped sports performance areas including:

• Boxing
• Judo
• Badminton
• Netball
• Basketball
• Volleyball
• Handball
• Athletics including a six-lane 200m indoor tracks and indoor throws area.

EISS also offers an exclusive health & fitness membership and is an inspiring setting for conferences and seminars. The venue has hosted a number of major sporting events including the AAA Championships, World Volleyball Championships, English Table Tennis Championships, Netball European Championship, Channel 4 The Games and ITV Fit Club!




Lilleshall National Sports Centre.

www.lilleshallnsc.co.uk  

Originally built in 1831 as the hunting lodge and family retreat of the Duke of Sutherland, Lilleshall Hall is now better known as Lilleshall National Sports Centre. Lilleshall is a flagship residential training centre and an award winning National Centre for excellence for many of the UK’s top sportsmen and women. The Centre caters for an extensive range of sports at all levels and is also the base for numerous sporting organisations, including British Gymnastics, The Football Association, and the Grand National Archery Society. Lilleshall’s facilities today include:

• Two gymnastic training halls
• Two multi-purpose sports halls.
• A floodlit Astroturf pitch.
• 9 grass pitches (35 acres).
• Specialist cricket and archery sportshall.
• Five squash courts (two glass backed).
• Six lane flat green bowls lawn.
• Accommodation & Conference Facilities
• Restaurant & Bars

Accommodation is plentiful with 187 beds in a mix of single, twin and en-suite bedrooms.  Other facilities include a 180 seat lecture theatre as well as 14 seminar/meeting rooms, including the newly created Duke of Sutherland Conference Suite, which provides an ideal setting for corporate events and conferences within Lilleshall Hall.




Plas y Brenin National Mountain Centre

www.pyb.co.uk

Nestled deep in the heart of Snowdonia, Plas y Brenin runs a year round programme of mountain sports courses including rock climbing, mountaineering, scrambling, hillwalking, orienteering, mountain biking, sking, kayaking, canoeing and sea kayaking.  Residential courses typically extend from two days to nine days and there is also a large day visitor programme of activities taking place all year.

Aside from a wide variety of recreational opportunities, Plas y Brenin offers the large majority of the UK's outdoor coaching and instructor qualifications from basic courses qualifying teachers or enthusiasts to act as voluntary leaders right up to assessment courses for climbers, mountaineers orienteers, and canoeists operating at the highest level.

The Centre has a close relationship with the British Canoe Union, Mountain Leader Training organisations, British Mountaineering Council, British Orienteering and Snow sport bodies. With a keen eye on introducing young people and beginners to outdoor sports, Plas y Brenin also plays a significant role in promoting safe practice, teaching others how to enjoy the mountains, crags, rivers and coastal waters of the UK in safety and how to ensure the safety of those they are with.  The expertise based at Plas y Brenin is used by statutory bodies for advice and information in developing policy and safety practice.

Plas y Brenin is an excellent and regular venue for conferences and seminars with an outdoor adventure sport theme.  Lecture facilities are supported by two indoor climbing walls, a canoe rolling pool and excellent natural outdoor amenities.

Plas y Brenin, The National Mountain Centre has been managed successfully on behalf of Sport England by The Mountain Training Trust (MTT) for over eleven years. MTT is a charitable trust that was set up by Climbing and Mountaineering's foremost governing bodies with one simple remit - to provide the highest quality mountain sports training at the most affordable price.




Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre

www.leisureconnection.co.uk/centre/3/77/bisham_abbey.html

Email: bisham.abbey@leisureconnection.co.uk

If buildings could speak, Bisham Abbey would have a fascinating story to tell. The 800 year old Abbey was once a home for the English nobility and aristocracy and is now one of the UK's National Sports Centres. Bisham Abbey provides training grounds and centres of excellence not only for the country's leading sportsmen and women but also the local community.

Mentioned in the Doomsday Book, Bisham Abbey played host to Henry VIII and the exiled Elizabeth I who governed for a while from the suite now known as the Elizabethan Room.

These days, it is the prestigious training venue for over 20 different sports and organisations including the English Institute of Sport, England Hockey, WIN Tennis Academy and the England Football and Rugby Associations.

Whatever your sport, Bisham can play a part in ensuring you reach your full potential.

Whatever your event, Bisham can provide flexible meeting spaces.

Whatever your celebration, Bisham can host your party inside or out.

Holme Pierrepont National Water Sports Centre

http://www.leisureconnection.co.uk/centre/3/78/holme_pierrepont.html

Email: hppsales@leisureconnection.co.uk

The National Water Sports Centre is located in 270 acres of Country Park, just 5 minutes outside Nottingham City Centre, we can combine the most exciting and unique activities with the best possible facilities at the highest level of service.

The National Water Sports Centre is the perfect environment to carry out a wide range of events, such as corporate events, Conferences, endless water sports and any event can be tailor made to suit. In addition to accommodating the public and local community the Centre actively supports elite British athletes in their build up to National and International events such as the Olympics. On site facilities include; 2000m Regatta lake, 700m Slalom Course, 270 acre country park, Full Conference facilities, White Water Rafting, Canoeing, Kayaking.

For more information and to book your activities please visit www.nationalwatersportsevents.co.uk