Hampshire Bowl

VENUE OVERVIEW
TRAVEL
FACILITIES
SUSTAINABILITY
CITY ACTIVITY

The Hampshire Bowl is the south coast's premier international cricket, music, and leisure destination. In January 2025, the venue announced its mission to become the world's greenest cricket stadium and has recently taken the first major step by beginning the installation of over 1,000 solar panels.

The Hampshire Bowl is one of the country's most modern and innovative sports, music and leisure destinations. Set in 150 acres of natural beauty, we respect nature and are committed to preserving the environment and making net positive contributions through our influence and actions.

Sustainable Transport

Transport contributes a significant proportion of carbon emissions at major events. As part of our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment, we actively encourage supporters to use public transport through our rail shuttle bus provision.

In 2025:

  • Over 27,000 visitors transported on our bus services

  • Almost 25,000 vehicle trips removed from local roads

Waste Reduction

  • Our concessions and suppliers use biodegradable packaging and responsibly sourced products wherever possible

  • Self-destructing cups prevent ocean plastic pollution by degrading within two years of being used

  • ORCA food waste processor digests all of our food waste into water, eliminating landfill and carbon-heavy waste disposal processes

Energy Saving

Across our site, we have installed energy-saving measures, including:

  • LED lighting

  • Smart energy monitoring systems

  • Solar-powered lighting for the Park & Walk walkway

  • Solar-powered lighting will also be used across other customer car parks on major matchdays

We continue investigating opportunities to generate green power onsite and will introduce EV charging points in our new supporter car parks.

Water Saving

  • In 2022, 50% of our golf and cricket irrigation requirements were supplied through recycled greywater

  • By 2024, we plan to supply over 20,000 cubic metres of water for this purpose

  • This will completely remove our reliance on mains water while maintaining picture-perfect outfields, fairways and greens

Tree Planting

Over the next ten years, we plan to plant over 15,000 trees across our site, providing a significant biodiversity gain and carbon capture opportunity.

Alongside this, we will continue to manage thousands of existing trees and further offset our environmental impact.