Guildford Spectrum is a leisure complex in Guildford

Guildford

Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...

, Surrey

Surrey

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, England

England

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. Owned by Guildford Borough Council, it was opened on 28 February 1993 at a cost of £28 million. It is the home of ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team the Guildford Flames

Guildford Flames

The Guildford Flames are an ice hockey team based in Guildford, Surrey and their home ice is the Guildford Spectrum.Founded in October 1992, the team played for many years in the British National League...

, and other sports clubs. In addition to its large indoor sports arena it has an Olympic size ice rink, four swimming pools, a tenpin bowling centre, squash courts and football/athletics stadium.

The stadium adjoining the complex is home to Guildford City F.C.

Guildford City F.C.

Guildford City Football Club is a football club based in Guildford, Surrey, England. The club was originally established in 1921, folded in 1974 and were reformed in 1996...

 who play in the Combined Counties Football League

Combined Counties Football League

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. The stadium has 135 seats under cover as well as having a standing capacity of around one thousand.

In 2011 operation of the Spectrum was outsourced to Freedom Leisure

Freedom Leisure

Freedom Leisure is the largest provider of community leisure in Sussex.Freedom Leisure is a not for profit organisation with a strong company ethos on providing value for money. The company does this by reinvesting surpluses back into the centres to ensure this happens...

 as part of a ten year deal with Guildford Borough Council.

Overview

• 32-lane tenpin bowling centre
• Olympic ice rink with a capacity of over 2000.
• Four swimming pools including a leisure pool and 3 board diving pool
• An outdoor athletics track seating four hundred spectators
• Energy Level Gym & Spa
• Squash
  Squash (sport)
  Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
  
   courts
• 3 Multi-purpose sports halls
• American pool tables
• A variety of restaurants including Costa and Wimpy
• A children's play area called Specky's Pirate Ship

Swimming

There are four pools in the facility:

• Teaching pool
• 8 lane 25m Competition pool with spectator seating. Used for lane swimming sessions, public sessions and private swimming galas.
• Diving pool with 1 & 3m springboards and 5m platform
• Free-form beach-style Leisure Pool with depths ranging from zero (beach entrance/exit) to 1.5 metres. This pool includes 4 slides: Flume, Tyre ride, Aqua Whizz, The Surf and 2 small slides for younger children. The pool has various bubble beds, water sprays and a wave machine.

Bowling

• 32 fully automated, tenpin bowling lanes.
• Optional use of bumpers.
• Accurate digital scoring system.
• Free shoe hire.
• Bowling leagues also play here in off peak times.

Ice Rink

• Olympic sized Ice Rink with spectator seating for over 2000 people.
• Skate and Helmet Hire
• Various skate sessions to suit all ages and abilities.
• Group and Private Skating lessons available.
• Expansive Sound and Lighting equipment accommodates ice discos and theatrical productions.
• Home of the Guildford Flames
  Guildford Flames
  The Guildford Flames are an ice hockey team based in Guildford, Surrey and their home ice is the Guildford Spectrum.Founded in October 1992, the team played for many years in the British National League...
  
  ice hockey team.
• Has overlooking Corprate Hospitality facilities

Sports Arenas

• 1600m2 Sports Arena
• The arena is used mostly for sporting activities and can accommodate 10 badminton courts, two 5-a-side football pitches, two indoor tennis courts, two basketball courts and two volleyball courts as well as trampolining
• Spectrum arena can also be transformed into an entertainment venue with seating for 1500
• Has overlooking Corprate Hospitality facilities
• Action Suite is a multi-purpose hall which accommodates a large range of aerobic and exercise classes.

Athletics Stadium

• 400m all-weather floodlit athletics track with 8 lanes
• 1000 spectator seating
• Central grass pitch for field events
• 2 long jump pits
• Pole vault, High jump, Discus and Hammer equipment

External links

• Freedom Leisure]
• Guildford Spectrum official website
• Guildford City FC official website
• Guildford International VC official website