Surrey Sports Park

Guildford, Great Britain

Site map

Site map of a sports park displayed in blue and white, with various labeled areas and amenities highlighted in red. Key locations include show courts, fan zone, main building, sports park cafe, pitch groups, medics, player physio, main stage, HQ, tournament HQs, spectator check-in, toilets, food trucks, water station, briefing room, parking, and several pitches designated as PG1, PG2, PG3, PG4. The legend on the right side identifies icons for each area and facility.

Surface

All games will be played on grass except for games played on the featured court, which is turf. This means all finals games and other selected games to be played on stream will be on turf.

Transportation

⚠️ Important: don’t forget your passport and make sure to apply for the correct visas to enter the United Kingdom should you require them

  • If arriving to the UK via the EuroTunnel (‘LeShuttle’):

    • Follow the M20 towards London, once through Maidstone take the M26 (keep left, towards A20) and continue straight on to the M25 towards Woking.

    • Take exit 10 of the M25 towards Guildford and then follow signs for Surrey Sports Park.

    If arriving to the UK via the ferry into Dover:

    • Take the A20 towards Folkestone and follow the above directions.

    If you are arriving by car from a different direction, please do get in touch and we will be happy to help: worlds2024@britishroundnet.com

  • All trains from Europe arrive into London St Pancras.

    From here, take the Victoria Line (Southbound) and get off at Oxford Circus. Then take the Bakerloo line (Southbound) to Waterloo train station. Finally, take any South Western Railway Service (towards Portsmouth Harbour) and get off at Guildford station.

    Surrey sports park is only a short walk from Guildford Station and signs will guide the way.

    London Underground services accept contactless card. If you do not have a contactless bank card, you can purchase a ticket at the station.

    Buy your South Western Railway Tickets in advance (here) and make sure to check the train timetables in advance before you start your journey (the last direct train to Guildford from Waterloo on a weekday leaves at 18:30).

  • From Heathrow

    • Player should take the RA2 RailAir Direct Bus from Guildford

    • These are regular affordable busses that should run regularly.

    From Gatwick

    • Players should take the regular direct train from the airport to Guildford. You can book tickets here.

    • Make sure to check the train timetables in advance before you start your journey (the last direct train to Gatwick Airport from Waterloo on a weekday leaves at 23:22)

    From Stansted

    • From Stansted arrivals, get an airport transfer train (Stansted Express) to London Liverpool Street station

    • From London Liverpool Street, take the underground Central line to Bank

    • Get off at Bank and change to the Waterloo & City line to Waterloo underground station

    • Get off at Waterloo and take the South Western Railway train from Waterloo to Guildford station

    • Walk (~30 mins) or take an Uber (<5 mins) to Surrey Sports Park (GU2 7AD)

    You can put this journey into the Transport for London journey planner to make changes or view timings. The whole journey will take a maximum of 2hrs 45mins (including time to work out the next step etc.) but should take 2hrs 30mins.

    To purchase all tickets for this journey, you can use services such as Trainline. Simply type in 'Stansted Airport' to 'Guildford'.

    From Luton

    • From Luton arrivals, walk to the Luton DART shuttle service

    • Get on the Luton DART to Luton Airport Parkway rail station

    • Get off at Luton Airport Parkway and take the train to London St. Pancras International

    • Get off there and walk to Kings Cross St. Pancras underground station

    • From there, take the underground Victoria line to Oxford Circus

    • Get off at Oxford Circus and take the Bakerloo line to Waterloo

    • Get off at Waterloo and take the South Western Railway train from Waterloo to Guildford station

    • Walk (~30 mins) or take an Uber (<5 mins) to Surrey Sports Park (GU2 7AD)

    You can put this journey into the Transport for London journey planner to make changes or view timings. Note, this is not the only transport option and may not be the cheapest. The whole journey will take a maximum of 3hrs (including time to work out the next step etc.) but should take 2hrs 30mins.

    To purchase all tickets for this journey, you can use services such as Trainline. Simply type in 'Luton Airport, by DART' to 'Guildford'.

Aerial view of multiple sports courts including tennis courts, basketball courts, and a soccer field at a sports complex surrounded by trees and parking.
Exterior view of Surrey Sports Park at the University of Surrey, showing modern building with wooden and brick facade, clear sky, and outdoor walkways.
A sports facility building with signs for University of Surrey Sports Park, situated on a grassy field with trees and a city tower in the background.
The bar area features a long counter with several beer taps and promotional signage, including logos for thebench SPORTS and offers for a sports card. There is a digital screen behind the counter displaying quiz night information, and shelves with va
Empty indoor sports gymnasium with wooden floor, blue walls, and blue bleacher seating at the far end.
Indoor swimming pool with blue lane markers and empty blue seating area, high curved ceiling with wooden and steel support beams, large windows letting in natural light.

We are excited to welcome you to Surrey Sports Park, a world leading sports facility on the outskirts of London to host the 2nd Roundnet World Championships.

Surrey Sports Park has hosted 16 Olympic and Paralympic teams for pre-London 2012 training camps including GB Basketball, Singapore, USA Triathlon and Chinese Synchronised Swimming. They were the venue for the 2013 Danone Nations Cup, 2010 IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup, Jordan Brand Classic, inaugural ParalympicsGB SportsFest, FIE Beazley Trophy and a number of other events, activities and training camps, most recently the Women’s Lacrosse World Cup in 2017 (see below). We can't wait for athletes across the world to utilize their incredibly high standard pitches, accommodation and extra facilities.

This world championships will have everything players and spectators need to enjoy the experience of the biggest roundnet tournament in history:

  • A fan zone including food vendors, exciting experiences and a global roundnet shopping mall

  • High quality, robot line marked grass pitches with field lights

  • On site country allocated athlete village accommodation (including en suite rooms)

  • High quality streaming services and infrastructure and jumbotron screens

  • Allocated pitch system, tournament HQ and daily country / observer briefings for the smoothest tournament experience ever

  • On site sports bar including athlete welcome drinks

  • On site swimming pool

  • Awesome after parties

  • Top quality, tasty catering packages for hungry athletes!

  • The Great British weather!

  • and so much more...