Sports and Leisure
As one of the UK’s largest universities, we offer a huge range of sport and leisure activities from aerobics to skiing.
Whether you like competitive team sports or want an individual fitness programme, our qualified instructors will help you to maximise your potential and find something that you
really enjoy.
Our facilities include
- A new fitness centre in the Science Centre (North Campus) with multi-sport hall complex including a national regulation basketball court
- A fully-equipped fitness centre at the City campus with various resistance and cardiovascular machines
- Dance and fitness studios for leisure classes such as aerobics, pilates and yoga
- Links with local sports centres for other activities such as swimming and tennis
- Sports terapy unit provided by the School of Human Sciences
We also organise a wide range of outdoor pursuits — these include canoeing, climbing, riding, rowing and sailing. These activities are subsidised and provide the perfect opportunity for adrenalin junkies.
| "Whether you are an elite athlete or a complete beginner, a fitness fanatic or just health-conscious, our programmes cater for all" Ian Jennings, Sports Manager |
London Metropolitan University is the highest ranked sporting University in London and was recently voted the ‘most improved sporting higher education institution’. We compete in the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) where recent successes include men’s tennis (BUCS Championship winners 2004-2006 and European Universities Champions 2006) and women’s hockey (BUCS Championship winners 2006). Our men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s basketball and men’s hockey are all BUCS Premier teams, making London Met the only new university to have five teams in the Southern Premier.
Sports such as football, hockey, rugby and cricket take place at the Peter May Sports Ground which has 33 acres of fields, an all-weather pitch and a sports hall.
Find out more at here or tel: 020 7133 2242
