Tag:leisure=sports_centre
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A sports centre is a distinct facility where sports take place within an enclosed area. ![]() |
Rendering in OSM Carto ![]() |
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Group: leisure |
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Useful combination |
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Status: de facto |
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A sports centre is a distinct facility where sports take place within an enclosed area. It can be a building (indoor sports centre), just outside (outdoor sports centre) or contain indoor and outdoor sports features mixed together.
Facilities within a sports centre may include swimming pools
, spa, solarium, sauna
and/or steam room, sports hall
, squash courts, fitness suite
, aerobics studios, outdoor grass and/or artificial pitches
for football (soccer), hockey etc and also any associated cafeteria, bars and other facilities.
Note, a single leisure=pitch
is not usually a sports centre, leisure=sports_centre
is for significant facilities. For example single soccer pitch in a park is not a sports centre.
How to map
Place a node in the centre of the facility with the tag, or draw an area
along the perimeter of the grounds, and place the tag
leisure=sports_centre
on it.
Specific sports may have a sport=*
tag associated the sports centre itself, and you may decide to list multiple sports with a ';' (Semi-colon value separator) however...
It is better to use more specific tags on separate elements within a sports centre area. For example leisure=pitch
es or building contained within the sports centre. Use building=*
for any buildings which are included within the centre. These can be given different sport and leisure tags. Note that you should not place the leisure=sports_centre
on inner elements. Use this tag once on the outer area of the sports centre (One feature, one OSM element).
Spelling: Use "centre" (British English), not "center" (American English).
Tags used in combination
sport=*
operator=*
- person or company running the facilityaddr:*=*
- the address of the facilityopening_hours=*
- when to enter the facility- Contact information:
phone=*
,fax=*
,website=*
andemail=*
fee=*
wheelchair=*
Alternatives for sports halls
leisure=sports_hall
a sports hall or gymnasium: a large room for indoor sports, in particular when the facility has no "centre" character.
A sports centre might contain one or more sports halls.
Examples
General


Description | Tags |
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Sports centre |
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Indoor
Contains only indoor sports features. If a building does not include all the features that belong to the sports centre (because there are also outdoor features belonging to it) do better not tag it with leisure=sports_centre
but instead either map the area of the whole sports centre or place a node at its estimated centre and tag these with leisure=sports_centre
.
Description | Tags | Example |
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Indoor sports centre | ||
Indoor swimming facility | ![]() | |
Indoor tennis centre | ||
Climbing centre |
Outdoor
Contains only outdoor sports features
It's appropriate to use the tag sport=*
also on fields (leisure=pitch
) and pools (leisure=swimming_pool
).
Description | Tags |
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Soccer centre | |
Outdoor tennis centre | |
Racecourse (horse racing) |
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Swimming pool facility |
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An outdoor riding arena should be tagged with
leisure=pitch
+ sport=equestrian
(example)
Services tags
Optional
key | values | description |
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rental
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shoes | rents shoes appropriate for the sport |
rental
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clothes | rents clothes appropriate for the sport |
rental
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racket | rents rackets appropriate for the sport |
clothes
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sports
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sells clothes appropriate for the sport |
clothes
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swimwear
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sells swimwear |
Multiple values are allowed, divided by semicolon.
See also shop=rental
Similar tags
landuse=recreation_ground
- For land used for sportsleisure=stadium
- Venue for large sporting events and perhaps also performing arts events. This can usually house many spectators / supporters in tiered seating.leisure=pitch
- An area designed for playing a particular sport, normally designated with appropriate markingsleisure=sports_hall
- a sports hall or Gymnasium: a large room for indoor sports.amenity=community_centre
- Used a mixture of activities and events, may include some sportslanduse=winter_sports
- For land used for winter sportsamenity=dojo
- A formal training place for any of the Japanese do arts.leisure=fitness_centre
- One of the main proposed ways to tag gyms/fitness centres, discussed at Gym_/_Fitness_centre. Is more specific than usingleisure=sports_centre
.leisure=trampoline_park
- A leisure facility consisting of many interlinked trampolines.leisure=bowling_alley
- A facility that is equipped to play the game of bowling.leisure=horse_riding
- A facility where people practise horse riding, usually in their spare time, e.g. a riding centre. (For a single riding arena use leisure=pitch + sport=equestrian.)
Similar tags to a swimming pool facility:
leisure=water_park
: an amusement park featuring water play areas such as recreational pools, water slides or lazy rivers; not used for swimming as a sportamenity=public_bath
: a facility where you can go and take a bath, e.g. an onsen, a hot spring, a hammam or a thermal bath