Iffley Road Sports Centre
Details of our sports and leisure facilities at Iffley Road Sports Centre
This page contains information about the facilities available within Iffley Road Sports Centre. Please use the expandable tabs below to find out more about a specific facility.
Descriptions
Oxford University Sport boasts a diverse range of state-of-the-art fitness equipment, split across several gym spaces within Iffley Road Sports Centre.
Main Gym
The Main Gym includes a wide variety of equipment to suit your workout needs from cardio and squat racks to free weights and stretching areas.
Outdoor Gym
This offers a different way to train in nice weather and is also situated next to the Sir Roger Bannister Running Track, allowing our gym users to train next to the iconic site and add variety to their training with a track use too. The Outdoor Gym contains suspended rings, pull up bars, monkey bars, a climbing rope and squat racks.
Performance Gym
This facility designed to offer strength and conditioning support to our talented athletes and teams. Equipment within the gym includes three squat racks, Olympic lifting bars and bumper plates, a large free exercise area with numerous free weights and functional equipment and conditioning equipment such as a Watt bike and a Versa climber.
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Using These Facilities
Main Gym
Access to the Main Gym is available to all Active Fitness and Active Fusion members, as well as via pay as you go, through our Active Flex card. Full details of all our memberships and prices can be found on our memberships page.
Outdoor Gym
Access to the Outdoor Gym is available to all Active Fitness and Active Fusion members, as well as via pay as you go, through our Active Flex card. Full details of all our memberships and prices can be found on our memberships page.
Performance Gym
Access is available exclusively for our student athletes and teams that are eligible and selected for our Blues Performance Scheme. All sessions must be supervised by one of our coaches. Find out more about the scheme on our Blues Performance Scheme page.
Description
Swim for fitness or leisure in the fantastic Rosenblatt Swimming Pool at Iffley Road Sports Centre. Completed in 2003, the pool is a 25m, deck level, 8-lane facility with a moveable floor and is open 7 days a week.
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Using This Facility
The pool is a members only pool and is pay as you go swimming is not available, other than via our Active Flex card.
Memberships and Pool Access
Memberships are available to anyone over the age of 16 and further details of how you can get involved can be found on our memberships page using the button below.
Swimming Pool Timetable
Our swimming pool timetable is now availabe to view on our opening hours page. Please use the link below to see our current swimming pool timetable.
Description
The Gallie-Lewis-Dean Studio is the home of our fitness class programme and also provides another training facility for Oxford University Amateur Boxing Club, whose former coaches are honoured by the name of the facility. Completed in 2017, the studio is purpose built to provide a fitness and training facility for all abilities.
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Using This Facility
This facility is only available for the use of fitness classes or for University clubs and external parties with a specific booking, it is not available for general usage by our membership outside of classes and bookings.
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Acer Nethercott Sports Hall
The Acer Nethercott Sports Hall, named after the late Olympic gold meal winning Oxford Alumnus, was completed and opened in 2018. The hall features innovative glass floor technology with LED line markings, allowing for one sports line marking to appear indendantly of other sports. This hall currently has line markings for badminton, netball, basketball, volleyball, futsal (reduced run-off), handball (reduced run-off) and korfball.



The Main Sports Hall
The Main Sports Hall is a traditional hall with a wooden sprung floor. This hall currently has line markings for badminton, netball, basketball, volleyball and 5-a-side football but also has the option to facilitate circuit training and boxing.



Using These Facilities
These facilities are available via booking only. For more information on booking this facility please visit our casual bookings - activites and facilities page or our venue hire page.
Description
Iffley Road Sports Centre is the home of the iconic Sir Roger Bannister Running Track, site of the first sub-4 minute mile by Sir Roger Bannister himself in May, 1954. The track is now a competition standard 400m UK Athletics accredited track. Other facilities also include an infield for throws (shot, javelin, discus and hammer), a long jump / triple jump area, a high jump area, pole vault facilities and some spectator seating.
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Using These Facilities
We offer the opportunity for students, staff and the local community to utilise the facility trough our track memberships. Memberships with track access, and day passes, are available for students, staff and local community members. Find out more about accessing our track by visiting our memberships page using the button below.
Description
The cricket centre is an dedicated indoor cricket facility with two full length cricket nets. This facility is also used for shooting and fencing training for our University clubs and is available to book for external cricket clubs.
Using This Facility
This facility is available via booking only. For more information on booking this facility please visit our casual bookings - activites and facilities page or our venue hire page.
Description
The rowing gyms and tank are the land training bases of the Oxford University Boat Clubs. There are two gyms kitted out with multiple rowing ergs and weights for squad training and a rowing tank capable of seating 8 rowers at a time.
Using These Facilities
For existing members, this can be booked and paid for online using the button below, at Iffley Road Sports Centre reception or by contacting our reception team on 01865 611476. The rowing tank is available to book up to 30 days in advance but all users must have a qualified rowing coach in attendance. All prices include VAT where applicable, are subject to our booking terms and conditions and subsequent facility use is subject to our Sports Facilities: Conditions of Use.
OU Students – Booking online for the first time: On the login screen, click on “forgotten password” and enter your “@college.ox.ac.uk” email. Log-in instructions will be sent to your university email address. If you have problems logging in, please contact our reception team via enquiries@sport.ox.ac.uk or on 01865 611476.
Description
The Fletcher Field Artificial pitch is an England Hockey accredited, floodlit water-based artificial turf pitch which can also be used to play a variety of other sports including football.
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Using This Facility
This facility is available via booking only. For more information on booking this facility please visit our casual bookings - activities and facilities page or our venue hire page.

Description
Iffley Road Sports Centre has 10 outdoor tennis courts in total. The facilities include 6 grass courts (during the summer season) and 4 outdoor artificial clay courts. The artificial clay courts were installed in summer 2018 and the redevelopment has been a welcome addition to our tennis facilities.
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Using These Facilities
The grass and artificial clay courts at Iffley Road Sports Centre are available to book casually but only to members of Oxford University Lawn Tennis Club. The club do offer a casual membership, which will then allow you to book courts using our online booking system. If you are interested in booking courts at Iffley Road Sports Centre, please visit the club website using the button below to enquire about casual membership.
Description
There are three indoor squash courts at Iffley Road Sports Centre, which are overlooked by a viewing area for spectators and/or officials.
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Using These Facilities
For existing members, courts can be booked and paid for online using the button below, at Iffley Road Sports Centre reception or by contacting our reception team on 01865 611476. Courts are available to book up to 8 days in advance. All prices include VAT where applicable, are subject to our booking terms and conditions and subsequent facility use is subject to our Sports Facilties: Terms of Use.
For new members, an activated Activated 'Rackets Access Card' required to book – for further details about how to activate an access card, please visit our membership and activity passes page.
Description
The dojo is a dedicated indoor training space for martial arts, featuring a fully matted floor. This facility currently services our University martial arts clubs including Aikido, Jui Jitsu, Judo, Karate, Karate-Do-Shotokai, KO Krav, Kickboxing, Kendo, Shorinji Kempo, Sulkido and Taekwondo.
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Using This Facility
This facility is available via booking only. For more information on booking this facility please visit our casual bookings - activites and facilities page or our venue hire page.
Hiring Our Facilities
Our facilities are also available to hire depedant on availability. For further information on hiring our facilities, please visit our venue hire page.