Chiswick Sports Ground

The Chiswick Sports Ground, CSSC’s largest national site, provides a wide range of excellent facilities, available for hire by organisers and members, for training and for matches. See the following information on this page:

• Facilities
• Changes at Chiswick from September 2009
• Resident Clubs
• Maps/Directions
• Contacts

Facilities

• Pitches available for cricket, football, netball, rugby and similar activities.
• Tennis – grass courts (among the best in the country!) and floodlit all weather courts

Changes at Chiswick from September 2009

Following a review of civil service usage of Chiswick, and the costs involved with the maintenance of the club and ground, CSSC has announced that it will be partially closing the facilities with effect from 14 September 2009.

The changes will allow the majority of usage of Chiswick by CSSC members to continue. They involve closure of the clubhouse and bowling green, and a reduction in grass tennis courts and cricket pitches. The changing rooms will remain in use, and new facilities for light snacks and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided.

For further information please contact Brian Carrick at Chiswick or John Butterfield at Chadwick Street.

• text of letter circulated by Marian Holmes, CSSC Chief Executive on 3 March 2009 [PDF] (10 KB)

Resident Clubs with websites

Tennis - see Civil Service Lawn Tennis Club	Rowing - see Barnes Bridge Ladies' Rowing Club and Cygnet Rowing Club websites
Rugby - see CSSC Barbarians Rugby Club website	Canoeing - see Civil Service Canoe Club website
Civil Service Football Club

Directions

• Downloadable map and directions [PDF] (350 KB)

The best way to get there is by train to Barnes Bridge Station (from Waterloo, Vauxhall or Clapham Junction). From the station (see map):

• Cross the footbridge alongside the railway and go down the steps at the far end;
• At the bottom of the steps turn left (not straight on along the river - if you come to the Civil Service Rowing Club boathouse, you've gone the wrong way).
• After about 100 yards, bear right, cross the road and walk along a narrow path (not the road) just before the wall of the private tennis centre - there's a CSSC sign at the beginning of the path, pointing along the path to the Civil Service Sports Ground.

If you're coming by car, Riverside Drive is a turning off the main A316 road. Coming from the A4 at Hammersmith/Chiswick, it's the second "real" traffic lights - if you get to Chiswick Bridge you've gone much too far. Coming northwards up the A316 from Richmond, turn right at the second traffic lights after you've crossed Chiswick Bridge. The Sports Ground is the last entrance on the right before you get to the Embankment.

For a map of the site via Streetmap.co.uk - click here!

Contacts

For further information, contact Brian Carrick, the Chiswick Manager.

• Address: CSSC Sports Ground, Riverside Drive, Dukes Meadow, Chiswick, London W4 2SH
• Phone/Fax 020 8994 1202
• E-mail chiswick@cssc.co.uk
• Location: South-west London, just off A316
• Public transport: Barnes Bridge Station (South West Trains from London Waterloo)

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