Apps Court Football Camp Pavillion

A new facility is proposed for Apps Court Football Camp. Here is an image of what the pavillion could look like. The facilities inside would be flexible to adapt to the different demands from both the Football and Camping sides of the camp.

Any modern development needs to be respectful of its context, both in aesthetic terms but also in its use of energy. The pavillion is proposed to be a highly sustainable building, with carefully designed roof enabling the addition of photovoltaic cells. This will provide more electricity than the building uses, meaning it can feed into the the national grid rather than adding extra burden to it.

Let us know about your experience of football pavillions in the area? What is the general standard and how could they be improved? You can let us know what your experience is here.

A Perfect Combination?

 Football pitches and camping facilities may not seem like an obvious combination, however their is an argument that they do in fact perfectly suit one another. In fact the combination provides far better options that the development of two seperate sites.

Firstly, Camping and Football require similar facilities, such as hot showers, changings rooms and a social area. On top of this the two activities have their close seasons at opposite ends of the year. This means that rarely will both activities require full use of the facilities.

Secondly, it provides options which seperate facilities could not. For example, a football club may require pitches and accomodation when on a playing tour. Or camping groups may wish to run football tournaments.

Finally, both activities would be well suited to the area, with a shortage of pitches and close proximity to tourist attractions, the camp could provide solutions to mulitple problems.

Artists Impression of Apps Court Football Camp

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Your Football Experiences in Surrey

We want to know more about local people’s experiences of playing football in Surrey.

Do you have trouble booking football pitches in Elmbridge or nearby?

What sort of changing rooms do you expect when playing football in Surrey?

Does your local club have to meet key standards to join their local football league?

What are the best and worst changing rooms or football pitches you’ve used locally?

How much does your football team pay for their pitches and do you ever struggle to collect enough subs?

What is most important to you and your team when visiting away pitches?

Would you rate secure storage and hot showers over a flat pitch that’s out of the wind?

Maybe you don’t play football but watch your friends or children play. How important to spectators is a bit of shelter and somewhere to get a hot drink?

The more feedback we can get from local football teams, parents and spectators, the better we can make our new facilities.

Why Football and Camping?

The idea is that both activities will use the same basic facilities like showers and changing rooms. In winter, the site will be busy with football teams ranging from mini-soccer for under 10s to junior and senior teams. Outside of the football season, the pitches will be left to recover, while tourists can stay and enjoy riverside walks, local attractions like Hampton Court Palace and on site activities like archery and quad biking.

Apps Court has been used for by local football teams in the past, as well as for caravan rallies by the Caravan Club. The idea is to reinstate and expand these facilities.


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