Keeping you healthy

The London 2012 Olympics was a great reason to celebrate sport and to kickstart a healthy leftstyle. Our vision is for all students to enjoy an environment that promotes a proactive approach to sport, health and wellbeing, giving everyone the opportunity to be active, whatever your sport and at whatever level you want to participate.

Healthy lifestyles

We offer a variety of activities, including exercise classes, 'healthy halls' activities for students living in university residences, dance taster sessions, cookery courses and health checks.

Getting involved

The Sports and Activity Pass offers great value for money. It is your passport to all of the University’s sport, exercise and health activities, entitling you to use our facilities free of charge or at a discounted rate.

Sports facilities

Our excellent sports facilities cater for everyone from casual exercisers looking for fun and fitness to athletes aiming for international success, and include:

• an indoor Sports Centre with a fitness suite, exercise studios, a weights room, sports hall, indoor jogging track and Sports Medicine Clinic;
• swimming pool;
• first-class pitches for hockey, football, cricket, netball, lacrosse and rugby, and a strength and conditioning suite at the Coombe Dingle Sports Complex;
• a tennis centre with indoor and outdoor courts.

The rowing club trains at Saltford on the River Avon, while the sailing club, whose recent members have included two world champions and an Olympic gold medallist, use superb facilities at Chew Valley in Somerset.

Sports development

Sports development at the University of Bristol focuses on introducing, or reintroducing, students to sport and encouraging participation. We also focus on the transition from beginner to elite performance. Our main areas of work are participation programmes; club, coach and volunteer development; leadership and community sport development.

Sports clubs

There are over 50 sports clubs offering you a wide range of opportunities to play at a level to match your skill and level of commitment. If you’re looking to compete at the highest level, you can represent the University at the British Universities and Colleges Sport championships.

Encouraging sporting excellence

If you have a unique talent, a record of success and serious sporting aspirations, you can apply to join our High Performance Squad. You will receive professional help with fitness, nutrition, mental preparation, physiotherapy and other sports medicine support.

The University offers a number of sports scholarships to High Performance Squad members. You must apply for sports scholarships before arriving at the University.

Sports scholarships

From football to ultimate frisbee, there is a sport for everyone. I’m a member of the High Performance Squad for my achievements in kickboxing. The squad provides opportunities for funding, nutrition information and physiotherapy, and helps members to excel in their sporting fields, while achieving academic success.

Imogen Proctor, Second Year, BSD Dental Surgery