Pay As You Go
University of Nottingham Sport offer sport, health and fitness opportunities to suit every lifestyle. Whether it's flexibility or great value you are looking for, we have an option for you. Our Pay as You Go offer allows you to use facilities at David Ross Sports Village, Jubilee Sports Centre and Sutton Bonington Sports Centre.
When can I use the facilities?
Student, members of staff, alumni or associates who are affiliated to the University of Nottingham can Pay As You Go all year-round.
Members of the public can Pay As You Go during non-term time, with the exception of the climbing wall and 3G pitches which can be booked all year-round.
Non-term time dates:
- Saturday 18 December 2021 - Sunday 9 January 2022
- Saturday 9 April 2022 - Sunday 1 May 2022
- Saturday 18 June 2022 - Sunday 18 September 2022
How can I book?
You can book by calling us on 0115 74 87000, visiting our receptions or online.
When you have registered for Pay As You Go (PAYG), you can use the sport and fitness facilities at David Ross Sports Village, Jubilee Sports Centre and Sutton Bonington.
Payment will be required at the time of booking. Should you need to cancel or rearrange a booking please contact our reception team either in person or over the phone to ensure payment is transferred to the new booking. Please note, credit notes and refunds cannot be processed online at this time.
Please note, for indoor and outdoor court and artificial pitch bookings, following the lifting of restrictions from Monday 19 July, all forms of activity will be able to take place without set restrictions. We advise all customers to refer to the relevant National Governing Bodies guidance where relevant, which will be updated for Step 4.
Pay As You Go Pricing
Students, Staff, Alumni & Associates (Term time)
2020/21 term times:
- Monday 20 September 2021 - Friday 17 December 2021
- Monday 10 January 2022 - Friday 8 April 2022
- Monday 2 May 2022 - Friday 17 June 2022
* In order to book online, you will need to first activate a Pay As You Go account online here (UoN staff and students) online here (UoN alumni and associates) or online here (members of the public).
**Please note, the 3G pitch at the David Ross Sports Village and Jubilee Sports Centre is a full-size pitch offering one 11v11 football pitch which can be split into three 7v7s football pitches. The 3G pitch at Sutton Bonington Sports Centre offers one 7v7 football pitch which can be split into two 5v5 football pitches. A minimum of a 2 hour booking on the 3G pitch is required for official fixtures.
Term time booking price cap
Please note, customers are required to follow current government guidelines at all times as well as guidelines from the relevant National Governing Body of Sport for your activity.
To ensure your get the best value for your booking the following maximum fees will apply for PAYG activities:
For example, a customer (PAYG or UoN sport members) who brings 3 customers (PAYG or UoN sport members) will pay no more than £13 for their badminton court.
Badminton, table-tennis, squash, racketball and snooker (2 people cap).
For these activities no booking will cost more than £13 off-peak / £15 peak.
Half-court Basketball (6 people cap).
For these activities no booking will cost more than £39 off-peak / £45 peak)
Full-court Basketball, Volleyball, Futsal, Netball (10 people cap)
For these activities no booking will cost more than £65 off-peak / £75 peak
Student, Staff, Alumni & Associate (Non-term time)
2020/21 non-term time dates:
- Saturday 18 December 2021 - Sunday 9 January 2022
- Saturday 9 April 2022 - Sunday 1 May 2022
- Saturday 18 June 2022 - Sunday 18 September 2022
* In order to book online, you will need to first activate a Pay As You Go account online here (UoN staff and students) online here (UoN alumni and associates) or online here (members of the public).
**Please note, the 3G pitch at the David Ross Sports Village and Jubilee Sports Centre is a full-size pitch offering one 11v11 football pitch which can be split into three 7v7s football pitches. The 3G pitch at Sutton Bonington Sports Centre offers one 7v7 football pitch which can be split into two 5v5 football pitches. A minimum of a 2 hour booking on the 3G pitch is required for official fixtures.
Non-term time booking price cap
Please note, customers are required to follow current government guidelines at all times as well as guidelines from the relevant National Governing Body of sport for your activity.
To ensure your get the best value for your booking the following maximum fees will apply for PAYG activities:
For example, a member who brings 3 PAYG members will pay no more than £13 for their badminton court.
Badminton, table-tennis, squash, racketball and snooker (2 people cap).
For these activities no booking will cost more than £13 off-peak.
Half-court Basketball (6 people cap).
For these activities no booking will cost more than £39 off-peak.
Full-court Basketball, Volleyball, Futsal, Netball (10 people cap)
For these activities no booking will cost more than £65 off-peak.
Public/Community (non-student/staff/alumni)
Non-term time dates:
- Saturday 18 December 2021 - Sunday 9 January 2022
- Saturday 9 April 2022 - Sunday 1 May 2022
- Saturday 18 June 2022 - Sunday 18 September 2022
Public/Community (i.e non-student/staff/alumni) are able to access our sports facilities on a pay-as-you-go basis outside of term time. Term and vacation dates can be viewed here. Please note, the climbing wall at David Ross Sports Village, all 3G and Sand Dressed Artificial Pitches as well as all activities at Sutton Bonington Sports Centre are available all year round.
* In order to book online, you will need to first activate a Pay As You Go account online here (UoN staff and students) online here (UoN alumni and associates) or online here (members of the public).
**Please note, the 3G pitch at the David Ross Sports Village and Jubilee Sports Centre is a full-size pitch offering one 11v11 football pitch which can be split into three 7v7s football pitches. The 3G pitch at Sutton Bonington Sports Centre offers one 7v7 football pitch which can be split into two 5v5 football pitches. A minimum of a 2 hour booking on the 3G pitches is required for official fixtures.
Booking price cap
Please note, customers are required to follow current government guidelines at all times as well as guidelines from the relevant National Governing Body of sport for your activity.
To ensure your get the best value for your booking the following maximum fees will apply for PAYG activities:
For example, a member who brings 3 PAYG members will pay no more than £13 for their badminton court.
Badminton, table-tennis, squash, racketball and snooker (2 people cap).
For these activities no booking will cost more than £13 off-peak.
Half-court Basketball (6 people cap).
For these activities no booking will cost more than £39 off-peak.
Full-court Basketball, Volleyball, Futsal, Netball (10 people cap)
For these activities no booking will cost more than £65 off-peak.
Kids go free! (Non-term time)
If you are a UoN sport and fitness member or affiliated to the University (student, staff, alumni and associate) you can bring your children for free during non-term time - up to 3 children per member.
Please note, this does not apply to Public PAYG.
- Saturday 18 December 2021 - Sunday 9 January 2022
- Saturday 9 April 2022 - Sunday 1 May 2022
- Saturday 18 June 2022 - Sunday 18 September 2022
Footwear guidance
All visitors must adhere to the footwear guidance provided for each facility.
- For indoor facilities: please wear clean shoes with non-marking soles. No outdoor footwear is permitted within the swimming pool changing rooms or poolside.
- For 3G pitches: please wear clean moulded or studded boots. Blades, metal studded boots and spikes are not permitted. The wearing of flat soled or dimpled shoes is strongly discouraged for both individual safety and injury prevention and to protect the pitch playing surface.
- For the sand-dressed and waterbased artificial pitches: please wear clean flat soled shoes only (i.e. astroturf trainers). Blades, metal studded boots and spikes, or moulded boots are not permitted.
Thank your considering in helping us maintian our facilites to a very high standard.