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There are a wide range of sporting
facilities, clubs and societies in the town, comprehensive details
can be found on the website  www.bishopsstortfordtc.gov.uk.
Bishop’s Stortford Cricket Club
(located in Cricketfield Lane) was founded in June 1825, its first
match played was against Royston.
Hockerill Cricket Club
is located in Beldams Lane where the local Running Club is also
based. Close by is the new premises of
Bishop’s Stortford Bowls Club which relocated
there in 2008 from its former premises in Hockerill Street. The
town’s other Bowls Club is the Havers
Bowls Club situated on the corner of Havers Lane
and South Street.
Bishop’s Stortford Football
Club, “The Blues” founded in 1873, has
had its share of successes over the years and was the first Club
to win both the FA Amateur Cup and the FA Trophy. In recent years
the Club, who play in the Blue Square South Division, moved to a
purpose-built stadium in Woodside Park where Tottenham Hotspur were
the first visitors.
Rugby is played at Silver Leys on the Hadham Road, a ground originally
given to the town by  Sir
Walter Gilbey. In addition to the
Bishop’s Stortford Rugby Club Silver Leys
is home to the Squash Club and the
Swifts Football Club.
There are a number of Golf Clubs locally including the
Bishop’s Stortford Golf Club founded in 1910,
located in Dunmow Road close to Junction 8 of the M11.
Swimmers are catered for at the Grange
Paddocks Swimming Pool which also has a hi-tech
gym. Next to the Swimming pool are a number of soccer pitches which
are very well used by local amateur football teams.
Keen tennis players may become members of the Bishop’s
Stortford Lawn Tennis Club in Cricketfield Lane
or could use the three hard courts in the Castle Gardens. Nearby
is the Town’s Paddling Pool which is a big hit with children
in the summer months. There is also a fenced Childrens’ Play
area which contains some excellent play equipment.
Close by is the Adventure Playground
where the Skate Board is located in the same area
where visiting fairs and the Annual Town Carnival and Funday take
place.
Indoor Sports and
recreation such as badminton are played at the Bishop’s Stortford
Sports Hall which is situated in the grounds of the Bishop’s
Stortford High School in London Road. There are also excellent new
sports facilities at St Mary’s Catholic School and the Birchwood
 High
School which hosts the Bishop’s Stortford Community Football
Club.
There are numerous Arts Organisations and Societies in the town
and these are also listed on the Town Council website www.bishopsstortfordtc.gov.uk
where contact details can be found.
Bishop’s Stortford is proud to boast of its amateur dramatic
and operatic societies which regularly produce shows of the highest
standards staged at the Rhodes Arts Complex in South Road. The Rhodes
Arts Complex has a varied programme of professional events to cater
for all tastes see www.rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk.
Recent sell-outs include Pam Ayres, Stones in his Pockets (direct
from the West End) and They Will Rock You-Queen Concert.
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