St Osmunds Community Sports Centre, Dorchester

St Osmunds Community Sports Centre is located at St Osmunds Middle School in Dorchester and runs courses and activities for all ages. The facilities on offer include a four badminton court sports hall, fitness suite, floodlit tennis courts and multi-use games area, dance studio, cricket and football pitches.

St Osmunds Community Sports Centre is located at St Osmunds Middle School in Dorchester and runs courses and activities for all ages.

Opening Times

Fitness Suite

7am-10pm Monday to Friday
9am-6pm Saturday and Sunday

Last entry 1 hour before close.

Sports Hall

Term Time

7am-8.30am and 4.45pm-10pm Monday to Friday
9am-6pm Saturday and Sunday

School Holidays

7am-10pm Monday to Friday
9am-6pm Saturday and Sunday

Facilities

The facilities on offer are:

Four court sports hall, including cricket nets
Fully-equipped fitness suite
Floodlit tennis courts
Floodlit multi-use games area
Dance studio
Outdoor cricket net
Outdoor cricket pitch
Football pitch

Tennis coaching

We offer tennis coaching for all standards through the Dorchester Tennis Academy, this is extremely popular with children of all ages and coaching is all year round.

Fitness suite

Our air conditioned fitness suite includes a full range of cardiovascular equipment, resistance equipment and free weights to help you achieve your health and fitness goals in a relaxed and friendly environment. Our fully qualified gym instructors can also offer personal training on request.

How do I become a member of the fitness suite?

Just call us or drop in to arrange an induction, where you will be shown all the necessary health and safety requirements and all the fitness suite equipment. A personal exercise programme will be drawn up for you. The instructor will also discuss membership types and costs during this time. You will then be free to use the fitness suite on your own.

Exercise referral

Under this scheme patients are referred to us through their GP or physiotherapists and are inducted and provided with an exercise programme suited to their needs and abilities. The aim of the scheme is to encourage them to enhance and sustain their quality of life. Contact reception for further details or speak to your GP.

Junior fitness session

We run a supervised session for children aged 11 to 15 years old on Thursdays and Fridays from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. These sessions require the child to have an induction (costs apply) and then pay per visit. Please call reception for more details.

Junior fitness scheme

St Osmunds runs a Junior Fitness Scheme allowing 11 to 15 year olds attend the gym with the attendance of an adult (18+) at any time. We believe in promoting a fitness routine from a young age given the benefits to health and lifestyle. Along with our Junior Fitness Sessions this scheme is very popular.

Sports hall

The hall caters for all the traditional sports such as badminton, short tennis, basketball, 5-a-side football, netball, volleyball and cricket. All bookings must be made in advance and are booked per hour.

Floodlit tennis courts

We have three courts which you are able to book in advance. Please contact reception for details.

Floodlit multi-use games area

This can be used to play football, netball, hockey and many other sports. Please book in advance.

Children's parties

We offer parties which last an hour and a half. This includes 60 minutes of a supervised activity, either inflatable assault course or a sports party, followed by 30 minutes for your party food. These parties are extremely popular and are often booked a year in advance so please call for further details.