Six artificial training pitches at BH Live Active, Pelhams in North Bournemouth have seen over £200K investment.
BH Live, in partnership with BCP council, is investing more than £200K to enhance the well-attended community facilities.
The pitches are open year-round and popular with the local community.
As well as offering an opportunity for more people to improve their fitness by staying active.
Rob Cunningham, Director of Leisure and Business Development, shared: “The football pitches at Pelhams are popular community sport facilities, used regularly by local clubs, visitors, teams, and schools.”
“By investing regularly into facilities such as these, we hope to improve the experience of players visiting the centre, encouraging more people to have fun staying active.” He added.
These improved facilities will motivate more people to have a game with friends or join a team.
The centre’s six outdoor five-a-side pitches will be resurfaced with 3G rubber crumb to replace the traditional football pitch.
Additionally, new kickboards, netting and fencing will be installed.
Work began on Monday the 23rd September and is anticipated to take up to six weeks to complete.
It will be completed in phases to minimise disruption.
As well as improvement to the pitches, a more efficient booking process is being introduced from October to make process more user-friendly.
Pay-as-you-go and block bookings can be made via the BH Live Active website or app.
The project is being led by SIS (Surfaces in Sport), who previously designed pitches for premier league matches.
For more information about BH Live Active, Pelhams, including opening times and facilities, visit org.uk/pelhams