Durham University’s Maiden Castle sports facilities
Lottery funding for new sports pitch. Durham University has successfully bid for £500,000 of National Lottery funding to install a new artificial grass pitch. The grant has been awarded from Sport England's new Improvement Fund. Together with the existing facilities at the University's Maiden Castle site on the edge of Durham City, the new rubber crumb-based pitch will enable it to offer additional playing hours. Dr Peter Warburton OBE, Dean of Experience Durham, said: "Durham University is absolutely delighted to have received funding from Sport England to install a new artificial pitch in order to further develop rugby, football and lacrosse. "The University is well known for its work with community partners and this additional development will allow us to do considerably more both internally and externally to develop these high profile sports across both the men's and women's games." Durham is the premier sporting university in the North of England and is currently ranked second in the British University and College Sport (BUCS) championships. The new funding is just the latest in a significant tally of investment in sport at the University.
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