When you come to Essex you will have the ideal opportunity to get involved in
sport, whether it's something completely new to you or something you are already
accomplished at.
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Sports at Essex
Studying at the University of Essex opens up lots of opportunities for
taking part in sport – whether it’s joining a team to play your favourite
sport or trying something completely new.
Sports Centre
The Sports Centre and its surrounding playing fields are located across 40
rolling acres of Wivenhoe Park, Colchester Campus. It offers extensive indoor
and outdoor sports facilities – including a brand new £1.4 million
state-of-the-art gym (which opened in July 2010) with state-of-the-art fitness
technology in light, spacious air-conditioned comfort, fitness studios.
Outdoor sport
There’s a large sports hall, squash courts, tennis courts, a climbing wall,
and the full range of outdoor all weather courts and pitches – for cricket,
football, hockey and rugby - a frisbee golf course, artificial cricket wicket
and nets, floodlit grass training area, floodlit synthetic turf pitch and
jogging and orienteering routes around the campus. Our water sports clubs have a
clubhouse at nearby town Brightlingsea and the sub-aqua and swimming clubs use
the swimming pool at Colchester Leisure World.
Southend sport
At the Southend Campus, seven miles of glorious coastline offer a wealth of
water sports options from sailing to kite-surfing, and the Southend Marine
Activities Centre allows those on a budget to try their hand at a variety of
water sports.
The Sports Centre
Students' Union and societies
London 2012 Olympics