Sport and fitness at the University of Kent | Kent Sport
Kent Sport
Sport, physical activity, and recreation at Kent
Free membership for students!
If you're a first-year student or living in Canterbury campus accommodation, you will receive a FREE Premium Plus membership with Kent Sport.
This is automatically added to your Kent One card shortly after you arrive on campus. To make use of the sport and fitness facilities on campus, make sure you create an online booking account so that you can start booking classes, recreational sports, social activities, and more.
Creating your account is easy, simply visit our online booking system and enter a few details.
The heart of activity at Kent
Kent Sport is home to the huge range of sport and fitness facilities on the Canterbury campus. Situated across the Sports Centre and The Pavilion, our range of facilities and services include:
- Our extensive gym with modern fitness equipment,
- 3 multi-use sports halls for indoor sports,
- 3 full-size, floodlit artificial pitches for outdoor sports,
- 4 acrylic indoor tennis courts within the Kent Indoor Tennis and Events Arena,
- Performance, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation clinic,
- Dedicated martial arts and boxing areas,
- And much more!
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Sports and recreation
Enjoy a range of recreational and competitive sport across campus.
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Tennis
Incredible tennis facilities and coaching service on your doorstep.
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Health and fitness
Health, fitness, and wellbeing services in our superb campus gym.
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Fitness and dance classes
A weekly timetable of popular classes from BODYPUMP to Zumba.
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Kent Sports Clinic
Extensive performance, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation services.
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ALL Active social sports
Our social sport and activity programme for students and staff.
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Sports Scholarship Scheme
Dedicated development programme for Kent students in their chosen sport.
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Opening hours
View the opening hours for the Sports Centre and The Pavilion facilities.
High-quality facilities on campus
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What's happening at Kent Sport
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Update:The below work was completed earlier than expected, so we are no longer closing the weights area at 5pm today (Thursday 18 May) 😁 Tomorrow (Thu…
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We're slightly reducing our opening hours on Monday 8 May due to the bank holiday for the coronation of King Charles III.All Kent Sport facilities wil…
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University of Kent staff recently took part in the latest Vice Chancellor's Cup game, #Goalball, a Paralympic sport designed for visually impaired ath…
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During the University's exam season, our sports halls within the Sports Centre will be closed for sport. The halls will close on Thursday 4 May and wi…
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Join us this Sunday (23 April) and experience the fantastic indoor tennis courts on campus, with a free 45-minute group coaching session with our LTA-…
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We'll be changing some of our facility opening hours this weekend due to the bank holidays, so please make sure you read the below before visiting us:…
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