Sport and recreation

Plymouth is a sporting city and has produced sporting greats such as Olympic silver medallist swimmer and TV presenter Sharron Davies and Britain’s first million pound footballer Trevor Francis.

Our professional sports teams Plymouth Argyle, Plymouth Albion, and the Plymouth Raiders basketball team, all compete in either the premier or second tier level of their sport nationally and attract large enthusiastic crowds to their home games.

Plymouth also has many excellent voluntary clubs; several of these regularly develop competitors of national and international standard. Plymouth is a sporting hotbed.

We aim to build on this success through:

Managing facilities

• All Weather Pitches
• Brickfields Recreation Ground
• Manadon Football Centre
• Support for the Mayflower Leisure Centre
• Support for Plymouth Pavilions
• Sports Pitches
• Swimming Pools

Developing sport and active participation

• Sports Development Unit
• Partnerships

Providing strategic advice and guidance

• Development of new facilities in the city