Southgate Hockey Centre
Southgate Hockey Centre is a sports ground in Trent Park in North London, near Oakwood. The Centre is home to Southgate Hockey Club and Trent Park Running Club. Southgate Hockey Club top mens and ladies team play in the England Hockey National League and its numerous other teams cater for players from 6 to 86. The Centre hosts international tournaments during the year. The all weather pitches are hired by numerous local football clubs and teams as their winter training facility. Nordic Walking UK hold regular courses throughout the year.
It has two artificial grass pitches, and a grass area. The upper part of the building contains a bar and catering facilities, which are used for sports/social purposes, and are hired by external organisations for parties and conferences.
The land is owned by Berkeley Homes, and is currently leased to Southgate Sports and Leisure Trust. An agreement with the original land owners, Middlesex University allowed SSLT, in 1997-98, to build the pitches and clubhouse as part of a £1.4m project, partly funded by the Sports Lottery Fund..
