Northumbria Sport is primarily based out of Sport Central, a £30 million state of the art sports facility, that offers students, staff and the general public access to facilities and services that are of the highest quality.
Click on the links below to find out more about the facilities we offer or to book on to group exercise classes or hire individual facilities, such as basketball courts.
General Opening Hours
Sport Central:
Weekdays & Weekends: 07:00 - 22:00
Coach Lane Sports Grounds
Weekdays: 08:00 - 22:00
Weekends: 08:00 - 17:00
Bank Holiday and institutional closures
For the 2025/26 Academic year, Sport Central and Coach Lane Sports Ground will be closed on the following days.
- Thursday 25 December (Christmas Day)
- Friday 26 December (Boxing Day)
- Thursday 1 January 2026 (New Year's Day)
- Friday 2 January 2026
- Friday 3 April (Good Friday)
- Monday 6 April 2026 (Easter Monday)
- Monday 4 May 2026 (May Bank Holiday)
- Monday 25 May 2026 (May Bank Holiday)
- Monday 31 August (August Bank Holiday)
Christmas Opening Hours
| Sport Central | Coach Lane Sports Ground | |
| Monday 22 December 2025 | 07:00 - 22:00 | CLOSED |
| Tuesday 23 December 2025 | 07:00 - 22:00 | CLOSED |
| Wednesday 24 December 2025 | 07:00 - 17:00 | CLOSED |
| Thursday 25 December 2025 | CLOSED |
CLOSED |
| Friday 26 December 2025 | CLOSED | CLOSED |
| Saturday 27 December 2025 | 09:30 - 16:30 | CLOSED |
| Sunday 28 December 2025 | 09:30 - 16:30 | CLOSED |
| Monday 29 December 2025 | 09:30 - 16:30 | CLOSED |
| Tuesday 30 December 2021 | 09:30 - 16:30 | CLOSED |
| Wednesday 31 December 2025 | 09:30 - 16:30 | CLOSED |
| Thursday 1 January 2026 | CLOSED | CLOSED |
| Friday 2 January 2026 | CLOSED | CLOSED |
| Saturday 3 January 2026 | 07:00 - 22:00 | 08:00 - 17:00 |
| Sunday 4 January 2026 | 07:00 - 22:00 | 08:00 - 17:00 |
| Monday 5 January | 07:00 - 22:00 | 07:00 - 22:00 |
Book a Tour
To book a tour, please telephone Sport Central Reception on 0191 227 4700 or email northumbriasport@northumbria.ac.uk. Or view our Virtual Tour
AccessAble
Northumbria University has worked with AccessAble to make it easier to get around. AccessAble visited in-person to the Campus to create a Detailed Access Guide. Click the here to read the AccessAble Guide.
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