ALLOTMENT GARDENING
There are sites at Borovere, Whitedown, Spitalfields and Wooteys
owned and managed by Alton Town Council; for plot availability contact
01420 83986.
Alton Sports Centre is a multi functional sports centre in Alton
that offers a fun and varied programme of activities. Its facilities
include kinetika Gym, 2 Fitness Studios, Six lane 25m Training Pool,
Learner Pool, Diving Pool, Health Suite, Sunbed, 6-court Main Hall,
Indoor Climbing Wall, Adventure Zone- Kids adventure soft play area,
Crèche, Cafe, Floodlit Artificial Turf Pitch and Four Squash
Courts. Over 420,000 people use the centre annually covering a wide
variety of ages and catering for every interest and ability. A number
of junior courses and drop in sessions are run each term which include
basketball, mini-tennis, Swimming Academy lessons and trampolining.
Plus a variety of activities including crash swimming courses and
jazz dance are run during the holidays.
The centre is a focal point for sport and leisure in Alton and the
surrounding area. Telephone 01420 540040 or visit www.altonsportscentre.co.uk
for more information.
BOWLING There is an
excellent six rink green in the Public Gardens and another at Coors
Brewery’s Sports Ground in Anstey Road.
CRICKET Alton Cricket
Club play at Jubilee Playing Fields and other clubs also play at
Jubilee and Anstey Park. There are numerous clubs in the adjoining
villages.
DANCING The Assembly
Rooms is the venue for regular dances of the Old Tyme, Modern Sequence
Dancing Club, folk, line and square dancing.
ENTERTAINMENT The
Palace Cinema in Normandy Street is used for the showing of films
and for bingo. Details from 01420 82303.
Many events are held in the Assembly Rooms, including dances, exhibitions,
an Arts Festival and concerts. The Alton Operatic and Dramatic Society
produce a musical or operetta during March; drama productions are
also produced occasionally - all at the Assembly Rooms. Telephone
01420 82203. Holybourne Theatre also stages productions at certain
times of the year and is popular for its Christmas pantomime. Alton
is conveniently close to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre at Guildford,
the Phoenix Theatre at Bordon and the Haymarket and Anvil Theatres
at Basingstoke. Alton Rugby Club, Alton Bowling Club, the Royal
British Legion and the Energique Fitness Club have club houses with
licensed bars and organise many entertainments.
FOOTBALL Coors Alton
Town Football Club play at Coors Sports Ground in Anstey Road and
various youth football clubs play in Anstey Park and Jubilee Playing
Fields.
GLIDING Lasham Airfield,
which is about 3.1/2 miles from Alton, is the largest gliding centre
in the United Kingdom and is administered by the Lasham Gliding
Society. Gliding is available all year round with week-end and five
day courses provided from February to November.
GOLF The Alton Golf
Club has a sporting 9-hole course loftily sited near Anstey Wood
on the main road northwards to Odiham. It is situated in picturesque
country and welcomes visitors to the district. Tel: 01420 82942.
Worldham Park is a public golf course that welcomes visitors both
to the course and the driving range. Its aim has always been to
provide golf for everybody at an affordable price and to as high
a standard as possible and now has a Clubhouse with full catering
facilities and changing rooms. It is an 18 hole parkland course
with ponds and mature trees  making
it a very attractive setting on the B3004 about a mile from the
town centre. For further information please ring the professional’s
shop on 01420 543151.
HOCKEY The town boasts
a very active Hockey Club.
NETBALL Netball is
played at Anstey Park where the tennis courts have a dual use. Floodlighting
has been provided to enable the courts to be used for netball.
RUGBY Alton has a
thriving Rugby Club which incorporates mini rugby for boys from
6-16 years. They have their own Clubhouse in Anstey Park.
SQUASH Squash is played
at the Alton Sports Centre.
SWIMMING There is
an open-air swimming pool at the Alton House Hotel and indoor pools
at the Alton Sports Centre, together with a water shoot.
Energique Health and Fitness Club in Anstey Park also has a small
indoor pool.
TENNIS There are public
tennis courts at Anstey Park and the Alton Sports Centre. Others
are at the Alton House Hotel. The Dome at Kingsley also caters for
both tennis learners and players. Tel: 01420 489492. Alton Tennis
Club is situated at the rear of the Alton Sports Centre and has
2 hard courts. They enter teams in the Aldershot & District
& East Hants League. Club Sessions: Sunday morning (Summer)
Afternoon (Winter) Wednesday afternoons all year. Tuesday &
Thursday evenings (Summer). Junior Coaching Saturday mornings. Contact:
01420 82289
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