Our new pitches are now open for use!
Just two months into the new football season and we are absolutely thrilled to see the broad range of local community clubs and groups benefiting from Hough End 3G Football Turf pitches, following the completion of phase one of Hough End development project.
The site is unmatched and provides a real community hub for grassroots football and sport activities, 7-days a week all year round. The buzz and vibrancy here from leagues and clubs is exciting to see and hear a whole range of local players, all ages and abilities, using both the grass and 3G pitches.
As part of the project, continued annual improvements will be made to the grass playing fields, to enhance the capacity of the pitches for club training, junior and adult match play and recreational programmes and activities too. The pitches are now a mixture of 11 a side, junior along with cricket wicket astro.
The new fenced and floodlit 3G pitches have been installed with a nature-based solution as part of the City’s overall sustainability commitment and criteria, along with a new sustainable urban drainage system. Hough End is the first nationally funded cork infill 3G facilities and is recognised as a step change in delivering sustainable projects.
Since reopening, we are thrilled that the pitches have hosted players and teams from Didsbury High School, MMU Football, Manchester Laces, Northenden FC, Fletcher Moss Rangers, Gregorian Stockport, East Manchester Junior Football League, Manchester Youth Super League, Foxes Touch Rugby, Community Sports Vision, Chorlton High School South, Hough End Griffins, St Johns Chorlton, Youth on Solid Ground and Hough End Model Airplane Flying Club.
Booking enquiries are live on www.playfootball.net website, visit if you’re interested in playing on and experiencing the quality of our pitches and playing alongside the existing groups and teams.
The pitch improvements will help to increase participation in football and strengthen local affiliated football teams, as well as benefiting nearby schools, universities and clubs who use the facility to enjoy their sport, physical activity and to help all move more.
Phase 2 of the project, which will see the opening of the extension to Hough End Leisure Centre, is on target for completion in Spring 2024.