Ravelin Sports Centre, University of Portsmouth
An award winning venue with sustainability at the heart of its design, the Ravelin Sports Centre is one of the UK’s most innovative infrastructures, recently winning the ‘Public Sector Project: Design Stage Award’ at the 2020 BREEAM Awards and also receiving an ‘Outstanding’ rating from BREEAM UK, the world’s leading sustainability assessment for buildings.
Travel and directions
Train
The closest station is Portsmouth and Southsea. There are daily direct trains from London Waterloo and London Victoria (2 hours), and regular services from Southampton, Bournemouth, Chichester and Brighton.
You can plan your route with National Rail or Trainline.
Car
Take the M275 into Portsmouth (signed 'Portsmouth West') whether approaching from the east (A3(M)/A27) or the west (M27 Junction 12). Ignore the junctions signed to Southsea and Hilsea.
Click here to access directions to the venue via Google maps.
Parking
There is limited free parking available in the venue car park, which can be accessed by the entrance on Museum road. Spaces will be available on a first come first served basis and you will be required to show your event booking confoirmation to the parking attendant for access.
Once the car park is full, delegates will have to use either pay and display parking, or the local NCP in the city centre.
Alternatively you may be able to use the University car park, however you will need a visitor’s permit to do so; to apply for one, email [email protected].
If you have an electric car, there are a number of charging points around the city that you can use. You can find the locations for all of the points using the carwow interactive tool.
You can find out more about the Ravelin sports centre, it’s design and the range of facilities available here.
