Sports Facilities
All of the sports groups listed below are tenants of the Parish Council. They pay a yearly rent to the Parish which is a nominal amount so that the clubs are not overburdened financially. All the clubs have to maintain their own facilities, however, the Parish Council does occasionally assist with unexpected issues such as tree work. A representative from each club attends the bi-monthly Environment Committee to give a regular report.
Pewsey Vale Rugby Football Club
Pewsey Vale Youth Football Club
Angela Yeates Memorial Ground
The Angela Yeates Memorial Ground is owned by the Parish Council after being purchased in 2001. This investment was made to not only protect the land from future development but also to ensure that the land would be used as a sporting asset for the community. The ground was named after the previous landowner’s wife.
Pewsey Vale Rugby Football Club were the first, and currently remains, the sole tenant of the ground. In the first two years, after the purchase, the rugby club set out the rugby and training pitches. Mains electricity was laid on, two changing rooms and WC facilities installed and a 50 space car park built. Further improvements have seen the installation of floodlights through a grant from the RFU and a S.106 developer contribution from Bloor Homes.
Since 2015 the Rugby Club have funded the build of a brand new clubhouse, through grants, rugby club fund-raising events, the Buy-a-Brick scheme, donations from individuals of money, time and skills.
This building has given this part of the village a lovely, permanent meeting and entertaining space which is available to all the community.
Pewsey Vale Rugby Football Club can be contacted through their website if you want information about playing or booking the clubhouse.
Hospital Playing Pitches – Wilcot Road
The playing fields sited opposite the Angela Yeates Memorial Ground have been used for recreation (previously under the ownership of Pewsey Hospital) for many years. Since 1997, Pewsey Vale Youth Football Club have leased the grounds from the Parish Council. In 2012, the land ownership was transferred from Wiltshire Council to the Parish Council under the Community Assets Transfer scheme to be retained for community use.
Pewsey Vale Youth Football Club offers quality football coaching to boys and girls from the age of 5 up to 18 years. There are over 140 player members with the teams playing in the North Wilts Youth Football League. They can be contacted through their website.
The Parish Council has assisted the club by facilitating the funding of a new pavilion and storage unit through S.106 developer contributions.