New Peffermill Stadium

Sporting facilities at the University of Edinburgh are run by the Centre for Sport and Exercise, not by EUSU, though EUSU clubs are of course their primary users. Other users come from a variety of sectors, including the university community, corporate organisations, schools and local clubs. The University's main indoor facility is located at Pleasance. It includes a large sports hall, four glass-backed squash courts, two hard-backed squash courts, two weight training gyms, a free weights room, a circuit training gym, a combat salle, a rifle range, an archery range, a boxing gym, three multipurpose rooms, and a fitness assessment and sports injuries clinic (FASIC). The University's 25-metre swimming pool is located at St Leonard's Land, 250 metres from the Pleasance. The pool is also used for research, lifeguard training and water sports such as water polo, canoeing and triathlon. The University's outdoor centre is the Firbush Point Centre on Loch Tay in Perthshire. It offers courses throughout the year in sailing, hillwalking and mountaineering, windsurfing, canoeing and first aid. The University has playing fields at Peffermill, around 4 km from the city centre and covering 27 acres (110,000 m2). Peffermill's facilities include three changing pavilions, two floodlit synthetic pitches as well as grass football, rugby, lacrosse, shinty and cricket pitches. It also hosts the national Hockey Academy after a £3.5m refurbishment. Peffermill has hosted events including a Hockey World Cup tournament, the Millennium Youth Games, the British University Games, the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup and the 2010 World Universities' Hockey Championships. The Laurie Liddell Clubhouse has hosted meetings, seminars and courses in medicine, sport and business. New facilities planned or under construction include a new archery range, an expansion of the Pleasance Sports Centre and a 3G Astroturf pitch at Peffermill.