Sports Courts, MUGAs & Outdoor Fitness

A MUGA is a Multi-Use Games Area, a fenced, hard-surfaced court line-marked for several sports at once, such as football, basketball, netball and tennis. It gives schools maximum sporting use from a single all-weather space, typically around 37m by 18.5m, designed to Sport England and SAPCA guidance.

Indicatively, a MUGA costs around 50 to 120 pounds per square metre installed, so a standard 37m by 18.5m court runs into the tens of thousands once surfacing, rebound fencing and line markings are included. Porous macadam sits at the lower end and a polymeric or 3G finish at the top. These are market ranges to confirm on a site survey, as size, surface and access all move the figure.

Porous macadam and polymeric surfaces suit most multi-sport courts, giving all-weather, fast-draining play, while 3G artificial grass is preferred for football-focused pitches. We recommend the surface based on the sports played and how heavily the court is used, since a Type 1 or 2 macadam court and a Type 3 or 4 polymeric court behave differently underfoot.

A standard MUGA is around 37m by 18.5m, though a court based on basketball or netball is about 36m by 18m and a netball court is 30.5m by 15.25m. There is no single fixed size, so we set the court out to the sports you play and the space you have, then line-mark each sport within it.

MUGA rebound fencing is commonly 3m high, with reinforced rebound qualities to the lower 1.2m so the ball stays in play and rebounds cleanly for practice. We specify the height and the gate arrangement to each sport and to the risk the boundary manages, and fit it as part of the same coordinated installation as the surfacing.

Many MUGAs within school grounds fall under permitted development and go ahead without an application, but permission is more likely where you add floodlights, where fencing exceeds 2m, or where the site is near a boundary or a sensitive setting. We assess this for your site and, where needed, prepare and submit the application.

A macadam or polymeric MUGA typically lasts 15 to 20 years or more with routine care, while a 3G surface lasts roughly 8 to 10 years of heavy use before it needs resurfacing. The sub-base outlasts the surface, so a top-course resurface renews the court for far less than a full rebuild.

Yes. We deliver the whole facility as a single coordinated installation: surfacing, line markings, rebound fencing, gates and floodlight-ready groundworks. Where floodlights are part of the brief we design the columns and lux levels to suit early evenings, winter and supervised community sessions, and confirm any planning need first.

Permanently installed outdoor fitness equipment is designed to BS EN 16630, free-access multi-sport goal units to BS EN 15312, and trim trails to BS EN 1176 with impact surfacing beneath to BS EN 1177. Each item is checked against the right standard, and we can arrange independent inspection where you want the facility signed off.

A 2G surface is a shorter, sand-dressed synthetic turf suited to hockey and multi-sport, while 3G is a longer-pile, rubber-infilled turf over a shockpad that suits football. Macadam and polymeric courts are the harder all-weather options. We match the surface to the sports played and how heavily the court is used.

Yes. We install straight sprint lanes and looped daily-mile circuits in porous, all-weather polymeric surfaces that drain fast and stay usable through the winter. A track is priced by its length and surface, typically lasts 10 to 15 years, and can be combined with an outdoor gym circuit to build fitness into the school timetable.