Football

Book a football pitch and tell us your insurance details and fixtures.

Football pitches 

You can book any of our outdoor football pitches for a season.  You can also hire goal nets and corner flags for the season. 

If you hire equipment you'll need to pay £100 deposit per pitch.

If you need changing rooms you'll need to pay £50 deposit for a key except at Netham where security open and close the facilities.

Guide to seasonal football pitch booking

Grass pitches and costs

Youll need to book to use the following pitches which are only available on a Saturday or Sunday:

  • Canford Park: three pitches
  • Eastville Park: two pitches
  • Kingshead Lane: two pitches
  • Muller Road Rec: four pitches
  • Netham Park: three pitches
  • Oldbury Court: two pitches
  • Redcatch Park: two pitches
  • Wellington Hill: one pitch (junior)
  • Dorian Road: two pitches

You can pay by direct debit in 7 monthly payments or by  full invoice in October.

View section 4 of the pdf football terms and conditions(213 KB) for details about pitches, facilities and costs.

Seasonal bookings

The bookable football season starts on the first weekend in September and finishes on the last Sunday in April.

Check football pitch availability Go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vNSNrLzK7oyMEmyEDDeUAkiFWEVtzvBzuY7DLNQ9t8c/edit (opens new window)

Seasonal pitch terms and conditions 

See pdf parks football terms and conditions(213 KB)  for terms and conditions, facilities, costs, game allowance payments and red and yellow card system. 

If you book a football pitch for a season you must have public liability insurance and let us have your fixture details.  You can tell us your insurance and fixtures as part of the pitch booking or tell us later.

You can use the seasonal sports booking form to:

    • book a football pitch for a whole season
    • tell us your insurance details
    • tell us your football fixtures, fill in the  document home fixtures table document(19 KB)  and upload it in the seasonal sports booking form.
    • update football fixtures for football in the parks only

Go to seasonal sport booking form

Casual pitch booking

There are no casual bookings available.

Indoor and all-weather football pitches

There are indoor and all weather football pitches at:

Find a local football club

Find a local senior or junior football team to join at:

Football for women and girls

Find out how you can get involved in Womens Football:

Disability football

Find out about opportunities in football for people with a disability:

Professional football

Bristol has two professional football clubs that play either in the Championship or League One:

Elsewhere on the web

Contact information

Sports lettings

Bristol City Council
PO Box 3399
Bristol, BS1 9NE

Email: sports.lettings@bristol.gov.uk

Opening Hours

Wednesday to Friday, 9am to 3pm

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