NEW FIRST-CLASS SPORTS FACILITY IN HARPENDEN IS ONE STEP CLOSER

Harpenden Town Council, Harpenden Town FC and Harpenden Colts FC have for some time had a joint ambition to deliver an exciting new Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) in the Town. This ambition is one step closer as planning permission has been granted and significant external funding now confirmed.

The AGP will be situated on the site of the current Harpenden Town FC grass pitch and will provide an outstanding new facility for the community. It is hoped that the new pitch will directly create opportunities for greater participation in sport in the Town, supporting the partnership’s ambition to promote physical activities to a wider age group. A key focus for the Town Council being opportunities for young people and, more specifically, girls in sport.

As well as providing an additional, and much improved facility for Harpenden Town FC and Harpenden Colts, the AGP will become a recreational space available to local schools, clubs and other groups as a focal point for the community, benefiting all. The expectation is that the area will not just be a football pitch, rather an area desirable for all leisure activities from youth group recreation to a multi-sport space.

The facility will cost in the region of £1.2m with the majority of that being secured through external grants. Work is expected to start on the facility in the Spring with the opening hoped to be in Autumn 2023.

We update our website and post on social media regularly, so please follow us for further information and to see the progress on this exciting project. www.harpenden.gov.uk