Suffolk Volleyball - Indoor Venues

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1	Area	Venue	Last audited	Space	Posts & nets	Court markings	Floor	Roof	Ref stand	Notes

2	Bury St Edmunds	Abbeygate	2023		Not good				No
3	Bury St Edmunds	Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre	2025	5 badminton courts	Two pairs socketed posts. Either one match court plus a small training court or nets down length of hall spanning all five badminton courts	One competition court only	Solid	Good	No	Managed by Abbeycroft, 5 badminton court setup hasn't been used since around 2015.
4	Bury St Edmunds	Culford School	2025	Two six-a-side courts - six badminton courts?	1 pair of posts and 1 net which is in poor order	Two competition courts		Good
5	Bury St Edmunds	King Edward		Dome, 3 or 4 badminton courts	WARNING: Free-standing posts not suitable for adult volleyball				No
6	Bury St Edmunds	Skyliner	2024	4 badminton courts	1 pair of posts	One competition court only				Managed by Abbeycroft
7	Bury St Edmunds	South Lee	2024	large enough for 2 competition courts, but cricket nets would be problematic on one side	1 set of posts and net	One competition court only	solid	ok for competition court - cricket nets would impede fitting second court here	no	fairly expensive, requires full hall hire
8	Bury St Edmunds	St Benedict's		Not big	Net attached to walls somehow?				No
9	Claydon	Claydon High School	2023	4 badminton courts	Wall slider system	4 badminton courts		Low?	No
10	Debenham		2005?	4 badminton courts?	1 pair of posts	One competition court only			No
11	Eye	Hartismere School		3 badminton courts						See premisis management and lettings policy at https://www.hartismere.com/Information/School-Policies
12	Felixstowe	Felixstowe School	2025		1 pair of posts	Assume one competition court only	Possibly similar to St Alban's?	Good height but a few things mounted up high where balls could be lost	Assume not	Image	Operations Manager: Shane Hurren - shurren@fxs.org.uk / 07817637317	Lettings-Policy-March-2025-2026.pdf
13	Great Cornard		2013							https://gcsportscentre.co.uk/ - Andrew last visited the adjoinging school in 2013 - they were considering applying for funding to improve equipment but decided to focus on other things instead.
14	Hadleigh	Hadleigh High School	2022	4 badminton courts, 1/4 curtain	WARNING: Posts not anchored so unsuitable for adult / secondary volleyball. 1 pair of roll-on posts, only support the net at men's height	4 badminton courts	Solid/quite slippery		No	Book via Abbeycroft website
15	Haverhill	Castle Manor	2023	3 badminton courts	2 pairs of posts			Low	No	Can only use two badminton courts for small sided volleyball
16	Haverhill	Samuel Ward - gym	2014	?	Wall slider system?			Low	No	Sports barn also has slider system but floor is like an outdoor hard tennis court
17	Haverhill	Haverhill Leisure Centre	2014		None				No
18	Holbrook	Holbrook Academy	2022	4 badminton courts	1 pair socketed for competition court. Also two pairs free-standing that school uses across badminton courts.	One competition court				Managed by Abbeycroft. Currently available for [regular] clubs only
19	Ipswich	Adastral Park		3 badminton courts, low roof	1 pair of posts	One competition court only	Solid	Low?		Check with Mary Russell
20	Ipswich	Chantry Academy
21	Ipswich	Copleston High	2019	4 badminton courts	WARNING: Posts not anchored so unsuitable for adult volleyball. Free-standing posts with heavy weights	Badminton lines only	Solid	Good	No	Ipswich Basketball book out most of the community time and would not allow floor sockets to be installed
22	Ipswich	Gainsborough Sports Centre		4 badminton courts	None	None
23	Ipswich	Inspire Suffolk (Lindbergh Road)		6 badminton courts	None?
24	Ipswich	Ipswich Academy (formerly Holywells High School)
25	Ipswich	Ipswich School (Ivry Street)	2022	4 badminton courts	One pair of posts, net can be set at men/women/junior heights via pins	One competition court only	Solid
26	Ipswich	Ipswich School (Rushmere Sports Centre)	2018/19		None		Solid
27	Ipswich	Kesgrave High School - Gym	2023	3 badminton courts, smaller than standard size	Wall slider system plus one pair of Universal club model posts, but floor sockets in wrong place! The unused grey posts in sports hall may be a better fit.		Sprung	Low		Slider: https://www.harrodsport.com/wall-mounted-volleyball-posts/p-vol-075
28	Ipswich	Kesgrave High School - Sports Hall	2023	4 badminton courts, good space between	Wall slider system plus one pair of grey posts, similar to those at Suffolk New College but floor sockets have been covered over when floor re-coated. Hard to get net higher than women's height with slider system		Solid	Good		Slider: https://www.harrodsport.com/wall-mounted-volleyball-posts/p-vol-075
29	Ipswich	Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre		4 badminton courts?	Claims to be perfect for volleyball		Sprung?	Good
30	Ipswich	Northgate Sports Centre	2021	4 badminton courts	2 pairs of posts owned by IVC	1 competition OR 2 training OR 4 badminton	Solid	Good	2
31	Ipswich	St Alban's High School	2021	4 badminton courts	3 pairs of posts	1 competition OR 2 training OR 4 badminton	Solid	Good	1
32	Ipswich	St Joseph's College			Must have - competed in School Games in 2017?
33	Ipswich	Stoke High School (formerly Maidenhall Sports Centre)		4 badminton court with dividing curtain	One set of posts since Ipswich VC moved out?	Not sure; were court markings re-done when transitioned from Ipswich BC to Stoke High?	Solid	Good		Check with Vicky Oliver
34	Ipswich	Suffolk New College	2021	4 badminton courts, 3 curtains	Wall slider system plus one pair of posts; net doesn't quite reach men's competition height	One competition court OR 2 training OR 1-4 badminton	Sprung	Good	No	Can book single badminton upwards
35	Ipswich	Suffolk One		6 badminton courts with dividing curtain	One pair of reasonable posts for competition court	One competition court plus badminton lines	Sprung?	Good
36	Ipswich	Whitton Sports Centre	2018	4 badminton courts	None, no sockets	Badminton only
37	Framlingham	Thomas Mills High School	2013	4 badminton courts	2 pairs of posts			Good		Part of SVA's 2013 development project, similar setup to that initially provided at St Alban's.
38	Leiston	Leiston Leisure Centre		4 badminton courts				OK		There has been some volleyball activity here in the past. 2023: Latest status unknown. Now run by https://www.placesleisure.org/centres/leiston-leisure-centre/centre-activities/more/
39	Lowestoft	East Point Academy		4 badminton courts		1 competition OR 4 badminton		Low		Booking and photo
40	Mildenhall	Dome								Used by Newmarket VC whilst Newmarket LC out of action
41	Mildenhall	Hub / Leisure Centre	2025	4 badminton courts	None, but Mildenhall College Academy are trying to get something
42	Newmarket	Newmarket Leisure Centre	2023	4 badminton courts	1 pair of posts	One competition court only	Solid	Good	1
43	Stowmarket	Finborough School	2021	4 badminton courts	Wall slider system. Might have posts for 6v6 too.	4 badminton courts		Good
44	Stowmarket	Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre		4 badminton courts					No
45	Stowmarket	Stowupland Sports Centre		3 badminton courts	1 pair of posts			OK	1
46	Stradbroke	Stradbroke High School		3 badminton courts						Built in 1980, perhaps similar to Stowupland
47	Sudbury	Ormiston Sudbury Academy		4 badminton courts	2025: Cairo from Bobcats is pretty sure they have some but booking link doesn't encourage volleyball					https://bookings.edu-lettings.org/sudbury/edu-ormiston-sudbury-academy
48	Thurston									Check with Nathan Derbyshire
49	Woodbridge	Farlingaye		4 badminton courts	Wall slider system
50	Woodbridge	Woodbridge School	SVA Never used / visited. Alex Porter might have.
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