Outdoor sporting amenities

The City of London has access to over 100 rectangular sports fields that accommodate a range of field sports, including soccer and football. This supply is comprised of both City-owned fields as well as permitted fields at Fanshawe College and the University of Western Ontario. The City’s rectangular sports field supply is classified into four sizes – micro, mini, mid, and full size and either neighbourhood or premier fields. Premier fields are either irrigated, artificial turf or have lights.

Below is a listing of the sports fields currently available.

• Belmont, 741 Lenore Street, 741 Lenore Street
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Cantebury, 99 Prince of Wales Gate
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Carling, 675 Grosvenor Street
  • 3 mini soccer fields
•  Chesham Heights, 328 Castlegrove Boulevard
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Cheswick, 88 Lacey Crescent
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Citywide, 1510 Commissioners Road East
  • 2 artificial turf full size soccer fields and football fields with lights
• Cresthaven, 104 Parks Edge Crescent
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Earl Nichols, 799 Homeview Road
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Ed Blake, 449 Barker Street
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Fanshawe College, 1001 Fanshawe College Boulevard
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Gainsborough Meadows, 102 Brandy Lane Road
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Grandview, 385 Grand View Avenue
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Greenway Park, 50 Greenside Avenue
  • 2 full size soccer fields
  • 3 mini soccer fields
• Hastings, 1428 Hastings Drive
  • 4 micro soccer fields
• Hazelden, 430 Hyde Park Road
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Heritage, 150 Bexhill Drive
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Jaycee, 1830 Aldersbrook Road
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Jesse Davidson, 731 Viscount Road
  • 1 full size soccer field with minis across
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Jorgenson, 1308 Normal Avenue
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Kensal, 150 Chelsea Avenue
  • 3 mini soccer fields
• Lambeth Centennial, 7112 Beattie Street
  • 1 full size soccer field with lights
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Lambeth Optimist, 4200 Campbell Street North
  • 2 mini soccer fields
• Meadowgate Park, 3155 Meadowgate Boulevard
  • 2 full size soccer fields
• Mitches, 640 Upper Queen Street
  • 1 mid size soccer field
• Murray, 75 Cliftonvale Avenue
  • 2 mini soccer fields
• Naiomi Almeida, 828 Deveron Crescent
  • 1 mini soccer field
• North London Athletic Fields, 1225 Adelaide Street North
  • 3 full size soccer fields with lights
  • 2 full size soccer fields with minis across
  • 2 mid size soccer fields
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Nor'West Optimist, 48 Hawthorne Road
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Oak Park, 1207 Royal York Road
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Paul Haggis, 2875 Bateman Trail
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Plane Tree, 214 Plane Tree Drive
  • 3 mini soccer fields
• Ralph Hamlyn, 83 Dennis Avenue
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Reservoir, 869 Commissioners Road West
  • 2 mini soccer fields
• Riverbend, 1585 Riverbend Road
  • 2 full size soccer fields
• Settlement Trail, 3470 Settlement Trail 
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Southwest Optimist Park, 682 Southdale Road West
  • 1 full size soccer field with minis across
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Springbank Flats, 67 Springbank Drive
  • 1 full size soccer field
• Stephens Farm, 887 South Wenige Drive
  • 1 mini soccer fields
• Stoneybrook, 815 Windermere Road
  • 1 full size soccer field with lights
• St. Julien, 15 Tommy Hunter Way
  • 2 full size soccer fields with minis across
  • 1 mini soccer field
• St. Lawrence, 5 St. Lawrence Boulevard
  • 1 mini soccer field
• St. Stephen's, 1030 Mitchell Street
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Talbot, 3470 Settlement Trail
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Ted Early, 1375 Clarke Road
  • 1 full size soccer field with lights
  • 2 full size soccer fields
• University Heights, 290 Trott Drive
  • 2 micro soccer fields
• Virginia, 225 Chambers Avenue
  • 2 mini soccer fields
• West Lions, 20 Granville Street
  • 1 full size soccer field with lights
• Westminister Optimist, 650 Osgood Drive
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Westmount Lions, 784 Viscount Road
  • 1 full size soccer field
• White Oaks Park, 1119 Jalna Boulevard
  • 2 full size soccer fields
  • 2 mini size soccer fields
• Whisperwood, 211 Whisperwood Avenue
  • 1 mini soccer field
• Windermere, 745 Windermere Road
  • 3 full size soccer fields with lights

The City of London currently permits over 65 baseball diamonds. London’s baseball diamonds come in a range of sizes with adjustable baselines to suit the needs of the group using it. The City’s baseball diamonds are classified as either neighbourhood or premier diamonds. Premier diamonds are either irrigated, clay infield or have lights.

Below is a listing of the diamonds that are currently available.

The City of London has cricket pitches at North London Athletic Fields, Northridge Fields, and Silverwoods Park. Northridge Fields is the largest of the three pitches and includes a scoreboard.  All three pitches include a concrete base with artificial turf over top. This surface is great for hard ball or soft ball cricket. 

The City of London has 14 beach volleyball courts at the North London Athletic Field complex. All 14 courts are available for rentals. Rental of the court includes the net, while lines and ball are the responsibility of the renter. 

In the interest of maintaining high quality playing fields and in an effort to prevent injury, the City of London will enforce the following guideline and procedures when soccer fields and baseball diamonds become saturated.

Guideline

The City of London recognizes the preservation and maintenance of its sports fields to the highest industry standards benefits user groups and preserves important City assets. In order to preserve these fields and to promote their use, the City is committed to protecting the fields against non-permitted or unauthorized use. The City will not allow play on fields or diamonds when there is visual ponding of water on the surface of the field/diamond and the field is saturated.

*The definition of a saturated field is one where the soil cannot absorb any additional moisture and water runs off the surface or pools on the field. The easiest method to determine if a field is saturated is to walk on the playing surface. If the water is pushed around the foot then the field is saturated.

Procedures

The Supervisor of Allocations and Sport Services will ensure that all soccer and baseball groups receive the Wet Field Guideline. In the event of a potential closure the Supervisor of Allocations and Sport Services will:

1. Contact the Manager of Parks Designate immediately when conditions warrant the closing of sports fields/diamonds due to excessive rainfall.
2. Once a field or diamond has been deemed unplayable, the Manager of Parks Designate will contact the permit section of the Recreation Department who will inform the Permit holder by e-mail.

If the closure happens prior to 3:00 p.m.

The Recreation Department will contact the permit holders to advise them of the closure. After 3:00 p.m. the User groups are asked to follow the Wet Field Guideline

If a user group arrives at a field/diamond where there is evidence of surface water or the field/diamond is saturated as per the above definition, the user group will be asked not to play on the field/diamond by League Administrators, Game Officials and/or City staff.

In situations where City staff and/or Officials are not present, the League will ensure the Wet Field Policy is adhered to.

Several factors should be considered, including the safety of the participants, the possibility of liability through accident or injury, and the unnecessary expense of field/diamond repairs and maintenance.

If a group ignores the “UNPLAYABLE” conditions, the following consequences may occur:

i) The permit holder will be required to pay for all damages to the field/diamond arising from abuse to the facility where the permitted group is proven responsible.

ii) The permit holder will be held liable and responsible for accidents or injuries incurred because of unsafe conditions.

iii) The permit holder will have their permit suspended or revoked for any future use of a field/diamond controlled by the City of London.

Once the City of London has closed a field or diamond we will remove that booking from your seasonal contract and place a credit on the user group’s account.

If the permit holders have not utilized a field/diamond due to unplayable conditions, they must call Facility Booking by noon the following day. Where the game was scheduled for the weekend, the Permit holder must notify Facility Booking staff by noon the following Monday.