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Edinburgh Leisure manage 31 pitch venues throughout the City on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council. We have 11-a-side, 7-a-side, football, rugby, baseball, shinty, hockey and cricket pitches available throughout the City on a mixture of artificial and grass surfaces. To make it easy for you, we have listed below the sports along with the pitches where they can be played. There's also a handy map of all our locations, just click on the image to download it as a pdf.

Football Football pitches are available for booking throughout the season (August – May), with a limited number available throughout the summer (May – July). A range of 11-a-side and 7-a-side pitches are available; please look at the table below:

11-a-side pitch venues & parks

Rugby The rugby season runs inline with the football season, and is playable at the venues listed below. 

Arboretum	Double Hedges	Inch	Union Park
Bangholm	Gyle	Jack Kane Centre	Wardie
Duddingston	Inverleith	Meggetland

Cricket We have cricket pitches available on grass and artificial surfaces. The season runs from April to August.

	Arboretum	Bangholm	Campbell Park	Double Hedges	Duddingston	Gyle
Grass	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Artificial	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

	Inverleith	Inch	Meadows	Meggetland	Roseburn
Grass	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Artificial	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes

Hockey Hockey pitches are availabke at Bangholm, Jack Kane and Meggetland.

How do I book? It’s very simple. You can contact us any of the following ways:

• Phone: 0131 669 0404 (Option 2)
• Email: sportspitch@edinburghleisure.co.uk
• Letter: Jack Kane Sports Centre, 208 Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH16 4NB.

Our friendly staff will help deal with all your enquiries. We also have a weekly pitch update phone line to let you know if pitches are playable, especially in the winter months. Call 0131 669 0404 (option 3).