The Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre is a large-capacity indoor and outdoor sports and events venue in Truro, offering outstanding facilities for conferences, exhibitions, sporting events, trade shows and community activities. Set within the beautiful grounds of Truro School, the centre enjoys panoramic views over the city of Truro and the surrounding countryside.
Indoor Sports & Event Facilities
Large Sports Hall
The indoor sports hall is available to hire for large-scale events, with a capacity of just over 1,000 people, making it an ideal venue for:
The hall is a proven events space and currently hosts major events such as the Chamber of Commerce Business Fair and Truro Comic Con.
The sports hall can also be configured for a wide range of indoor sports, making it ideal for sports clubs, tournaments and sporting events including:
Fitness Suite & Indoor Sports Facilities
Inside the centre, users have access to a fully equipped fitness suite, offering a comprehensive range of strength, cardio and functional training equipment, including state-of-the-art Life Fitness machines.
Additional indoor facilities include:
Indoor Swimming Pool
Located in a separate building, the heated indoor swimming pool is a 25-metre, four-lane pool, maintained at 28°C. The pool includes:
As a valued community swimming facility in Truro, the pool is regularly used by Truro Swimming Club, surf lifesaving clubs and freediving groups.
Outdoor Sports Facilities
The Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre offers extensive outdoor sports pitch hire, including:
Astro Turf Pitch
The fully floodlit Astro Turf pitch is ideal for hockey and football, fully secure and supplied with hockey and football goals (football goals are not full size). The pitch has been hired by local clubs and teams and has hosted county and South West hockey competitions, and is the home of Truro Hockey Club.
Tennis & Cricket Facilities
All outdoor pitches are available for tournaments, training sessions, competitions, one-off events or regular club use.
Recommended Uses
Accessibility & Transport
I wish to say a massive thank you for the help and support we were given. Everyone looked after us splendidly and without a doubt a good time was had by all. The facilities were excellent and the evening a great success, please take a deal of the credit for that outcome.
Thank you so much for your hospitality in providing such excellent facilities for the AOTOS Access Day. We were very happy with the arrangements. The caretakers and catering staff were so approachable and willing to help.
I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you. Everything went smoothly and we were very appreciative of you accommodating some of the last minute requests. You were on hand for the entire evening and many people commented on how wonderful the setting and food was.
CCC were delighted with the SBA Sport’s Centre for its Business Fair 2018 and received really positive feedback from attendees. Truro School’s team were very efficient and the space was transformed into a professional business fair.