Some of our services are closed or have different hours over the Christmas and New Year period.

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Council-managed halls, sportsgrounds and sports facilities can be booked for sporting events, school activities or private functions.

You can explore all our sportsgrounds and sports facilities on our Book a space page.

Many of our venues are used by sporting clubs on a seasonal or regular basis on weekends and weeknights and by schools on weekdays, so availability for these venues may be limited.

Book a sporting hall

We have 4 sporting halls or pavilions available for casual hire.

All other sporting halls and pavilions are available for bookings from schools or sports clubs only. 

Visit our Hire a sportsground or sports facility page for information on how to make a school or club booking. 

VenueFacilitiesCapacityAvailability

Frog Hollow Reserve Hall

Fordham Avenue, Camberwell

Casual function room

Kitchen with sink, fridge, stove-top and oven

Tables and chairs

Heating and cooling

Car parking

Toilet (disabled)

Maximum capacity of 50 peopleWeekday evenings and limited weekends

Dorothy Laver Reserve East (Saxby Road) pavilion

Francis Crescent or Saxby Road, Glen Iris

Small informal function room

Kitchen with sink, fridge, stove-top and oven

Tables and chairs

Toilets

Heating and cooling

Car parking

Maximum capacity of 50 peopleDaytime, evenings and limited weekends

Deepdene Park - Horrie Watson Hall (lower)

118 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn North

Function room

Kitchen with sink, fridge, stove-top and oven

Tables and chairs

Toilets

Heating and cooling

Limited car parking

Maximum capacity of 50 peopleDaytime, evenings and weekends

Deepdene Park - Horrie Watson pavilion (upper)

118 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn North

Function room

Kitchen (sink and microwave only)

Toilets

Tables and chairs

Heating and cooling

Limited car parking

Maximum capacity of 50 peopleDaytime, evenings and
weekends

Book sportsgrounds and sports facilities

This table lists sportsgrounds and facilities available for casual hire. 

Visit our Hire a sportsground or sports facility page for information on how to make a school or club booking. 

Please note: sportsground lighting only operates on weeknights when clubs with a regular booking are using the grounds.

VenueSporting facilitiesTenant clubsPerimeter

Anderson Park:

Anderson Park Lower

Anderson Park Upper

7 Anderson Street, East Hawthorn

2 ovals

AFL

Cricket - synthetic pitch (lower) and synthetic pitch (upper)

Public toilets

Abbotsford Anglers Cricket Club

Ashburton United Junior Football Club

Auburn South Auskick

Camberwell Magpies Junior Cricket Club

Scotch College

 

Ashburton Park

High Street, Ashburton

1 oval

Cricket - turf pitch

Soccer

Public toilets

Sportsground lighting

Ashburton Willows Cricket Club

Ashburton United Soccer Club

428 m

Balwyn Park 

Balwyn Park north oval

Balwyn Park south oval

4 Cherry Road, Balwyn

2 ovals

AFL

Cricket - turf pitch (north) and synthetic pitch (south)

Sportsground lighting (north)

Balwyn Auskick 

Balwyn Cricket Club

Balwyn Football Club

Balwyn Greythorn Junior Football Club

Boroondara Cricket Club 

Canterbury Junior Football Club

Kew Junior Cricket Club 

Balwyn Saints Cricket Club

385 m (Balwyn Park North)

347 m (Balwyn Park South)

Burwood Reserve:

Burwood Reserve east oval 

Burwood Reserve west oval

282B Warrigal Road, Burwood

2 ovals

AFL

Cricket - turf pitch (east) and synthetic pitch (west)

Public toilets

Sportsground lighting

Burwood Cricket Club

Ashburton United Junior Football Club

St Mary's Salesian Amateur Football Club

366 m (east)

355 m (west)

Camberwell Sportsground

420 Camberwell Road, Camberwell

1 oval

AFL

Cricket - turf pitch

Public toilets

Sportsground lighting

Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club

Camberwell Sharks Junior Football Club

Old Scotch Football Club

410 m

Canterbury Sportsground

25 Croydon Road, Surrey Hills

1 oval

AFL

Cricket - turf pitch

Sportsground lighting

Canterbury Cricket Club

Canterbury Football Club

Chatham Auskick

392 m

Cooper Reserve

282A Warrigal Road, Burwood

1 oval

AFL

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Public toilets

Burwood Uniting Canterbury Cricket Club 

Burwood District Cricket Club

Canterbury Cricket Club

Trinity Willison Cricket Club

418 m

Deepdene Park

118-126 Whitehorse Road, Deepdene

1 oval

Cricket - turf pitch

Soccer

Public toilets

Sportsground lighting

Boroondara Cricket Club

Camberwell Grammar School

Canterbury Cricket Club 

Deepdene Bears Cricket Club

Old Camberwell Grammarians Soccer Club

418 m

Dorothy Laver Reserve East (Saxby Park)

Francis Crescent or Saxby Road, Glen Iris

Dorothy Laver Reserve West

North oval 

South oval

22 Dunlop Street, Glen Iris

3 ovals

Cricket - 1 synthetic pitch (East)

Soccer - 2 pitches (West)

Sportsground lighting (West)

Camberwell Lacrosse Club (East)

Glen Iris Cricket Club (East)

Glen Iris Dog Training Club (East)

Alamein Football Club (West)

Ashburton United Soccer Club (West)

599 m (west)

Eric Raven Reserve

1A High Street, Glen Iris

1 oval

Cricket - turf pitch & multipurpose nets

Lacrosse

Sportsground lighting

Camberwell Lacrosse Club

Glen Iris Cricket Club

 

Fairview Park:

Fairview Park East oval

Fairview Park West oval

2 ovals

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Head of State Ultimate

Scotch College

 

Ferndale Park

100 Glen Iris Road, Glen Iris

1 oval

AFL

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Public toilet

Sportsground lighting

Ashburton United Junior Football Club 

Ashburton  Willows Cricket Club

St Mary's Salesian Amateur Football Club

375 m

Frog Hollow Reserve:

Frog Hollow Reserve North oval 

Frog Hollow Reserve South oval

25 Fordham Avenue, Camberwell

2 ovals

Soccer

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Trinity Willison Cricket Club

Riversdale Soccer Club

556 m

Glenferrie Oval

Linda Crescent, Hawthorn

1 oval

AFL

Cricket

Sportsground lighting

Hawthorn Citizens Junior Football Club453 m

Gordon Barnard Reserve East and West

230 Balwyn Road, Balwyn North

2 ovals

AFL

Cricket - synthetic pitch (east) and turf pitch (west)

Sportsground lighting

Balwyn Greythorn Junior Football Club

Boroondara Hawks Junior Football Club

Camberwell Grammar School

Old Camberwell Grammarians

Football Club

Balwyn Cricket Club

432 m (east)

469 m (west)

Greythorn Park

Frank Street, Balwyn North

1 oval

AFL

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Sportsground lighting

Canterbury Junior Football Club 

Greythorn Auskick 

Kew Rovers  Football Club 

Koonung Heights Cricket Club

Old Xaverians Football Club 

 

Hartwell Sportsground:

Hartwell Sportsground East oval

Hartwell Sportsground West oval

19A Bath Road, Glen Iris

2 ovals

Cricket - 2 synthetic pitches

Soccer

Public toilets

Sportsground lighting

Ashburton Willows Cricket Club 

Burwood Cricket Club 

Burwood District Cricket Club

Canterbury Cricket Club 

Riversdale Soccer Club

STC South Camberwell Cricket Club 

405 m (east)

355 m (west)

H. A. Smith Reserve

458 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

2 ovals

Cricket - 2 synthetic pitches

Soccer

Sportsground lighting

Boroondara Cricket Club 

Hawthorn Cricket Club

Old Scotch Soccer Club 

Scotch College 

STC South Camberwell Cricket Club 

 

Hawthorn Velodrome Patterson Reserve

153 Robinson Rd, Hawthorn

Velodrome

Hawthorn Cycling Club 

Scotch College

 

Hays Paddock: 

Hays Paddock North oval 

Hays Paddock South oval

2 ovals

Archery

Cricket - 2 synthetic pitches

Soccer

Deepdene Uniting Cricket Club 

Kew City Bowmen

Kew Junior Cricket Club 

Melbourne Deaf Cricket Club

Melbourne Deaf Football Club

Old Xaverians Soccer Club

 

Highfield Park:

Highfield Park North

Highfield Park South

840 Riversdale Road, Camberwell

2 ovals

Cricket - 2 synthetic pitches

Soccer

Sportsground lighting (North and South)

Ashburton United Soccer Club

Boroondara Cricket Club

Canterbury Cricket Club

Donvale Presbyterian Football Club

St Dominic’s Auskick

St Hilary’s Soccer Club

Riversdale Soccer Club

Wyclif Cricket Club

Laika Pet Training

 

Hislop Park:

Hislop Park oval 1 

Hislop Park oval 2 

Hislop Park oval 3

209 Balwyn Road, North Balwyn

4 ovals

Soccer

Cricket - 3 synthetic pitches

Public toilets

Boroondara Cricket Club

Canterbury Cricket Club

Camberwell Grammar School

Carringbush Soccer Club

Deepdene Uniting Cricket Club

East Kew Football Club

850 m

Howard Dawson Reserve

332 Burke Road, Glen Iris

1 oval

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Soccer

Public toilets

Sportsground lighting

Glen Iris Cricket Club

South Camberwell Cricket Club

St Kevin’s Old Boys  Soccer Club

Swinburne Soccer Club

Trinity Willison Cricket Club

378 m

Leigh Park sportsground

285 Balwyn Road, North Balwyn

1 oval

AFL

Cricket - synthetic wicket

Kew Junior Cricket Club

Koonung Heights Cricket Club

South Yarra Football Netball Club

St Stephens Greythorn Cricket Club

Trinity Willison Cricket Club

380 m

Lewin Reserve

20–28 Sinclair Avenue, Hawthorn

1 oval

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Rugby

Glen Iris Cricket Club

Monash University  Rugby Club

St Kevin's College

370 m

Lynden Park:

Lynden Park east oval 

Lynden Park west oval

210 Highfield Road, Camberwell

2 ovals

AFL

Cricket - 3 synthetic pitches

Sportsground lighting

Burwood Uniting Canterbury Cricket Club

Camberwell Magpies Junior Cricket Club

Camberwell Sharks Junior Football Club

Hartwell Auskick

Old Scotch Football Club

 

Macleay Park: 
Macleay Park D.S. Bull Oval 

Macleay Park oval 2 

Macleay Park oval 3 

Macleay Park oval 5 

101 Belmore Road, Balwyn North

3 ovals

AFL

Cricket - turf pitch

Soccer

Netball - 8 synpave courts

Public toilets

Sportsground lighting

Boroondara Cricket Club

Boroondara Eagles Football Club

North Balwyn Cricket Club

Boroondara Netball Association

442 m (No.1 - D. S. Bull Oval)

377 m (No.2 Oval)

435 m (No.3 Oval)

340 m (No.4 - Netball)

335 m (No.5 Oval)

Markham Reserve

80 Victory Boulevard, Ashburton

1 oval

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Soccer

Sportsground lighting

Ashburton United Soccer Club 

Ashburton Young Cricketers Cricket Club

Trinity Willison Cricket Club 

 

Myrtle Park East and West

101-151 Belmore Road, Balwyn North

2 ovals

Baseball

Cricket - turf pitch (west) and synthetic wicket (east)

Sportsground lighting (East)

Melbourne Baseball Club 

North Balwyn Baseball Club

Balwyn Saints Cricket Club

 

Nettleton Park

37 Gardiner Parade, Glen Iris

1 oval

AFL

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Rugby

Ashburton Junior Football Club Auskick

Deaf Football Victoria 

Monash University Rugby Club 

STC South Camberwell Cricket Club 

St Kevin’s College

402 m

Rathmines Reserve

95 Rathmines Road, Hawthorn East

1 oval

AFL

Cricket - turf pitch

Sportsground lighting

Hawthorn Amateur Football Club

Hawthorn Citizens Junior Football Club

Hawthorn Cricket Club

398 m

Reservoir Reserve

Grange Road, Kew

1 oval

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Kew Junior Cricket Club370 m
Shenley Ground Reserve   

St James Park

3 Burwood Road, Hawthorn

1 oval

AFL

Cricket - turf pitch

Sportsground lighting

Kew Junior Football Club

Hawthorn Amateur Football Club

Hawthorn Cricket Club

Hawthorn Citizens Junior Football Club

Scotch College

Swinburne University Amateur Football Club

 
Sir William Angliss Reserve   

Stradbroke Park north oval

115 Harp Road, Kew East

Stradbroke Park south oval

1369 Burke Road, Kew East

2 oval

AFL

Grass athletics track

Soccer

Cricket - synthetic pitch (north) and turf pitch (south)

Public toilets

Sportsground lighting

Boroondara Eagles Football Club

Carringbush Soccer Club

Deepdene Bears Cricket Club

Kew Little Athletics Centre

Kew Rovers Auskick

Kew Rovers Football Club

Old Xaverians Football Club

400 m (north)
405 m (south)

Victoria Park:

Victoria Park North oval 

Victoria Park South oval

490 High Street, Kew

2 ovals

AFL

Cricket - 2 turf pitches

Sportsground lighting

Kew Cricket Club

Kew Amateur Football Club

Kew Junior Football Club

Kew Auskick

Vic Cric

413 m (north)
353 m (south)

Victoria Road Reserve

15 Victoria Road, Hawthorn

1 oval

AFL

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Public toilets

Sportsground lighting

Boroondara Cricket Club

Hawthorn Amateur Football Club

Hawthorn Citizens Football Club

353 m

Warner Reserve

7 Samarinda Avenue, Ashburton

1 oval

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Soccer

Sportsground lighting

Ashburton United Soccer Club

Burwood District Cricket Club

Camberwell Magpies Junior Cricket Club

Glen Iris Cricket Club

Head of State Ultimate

430 m

Watson Park

58 Munro Street, Ashburton

1 oval

Cricket - turf pitch

Soccer

Sportsground lighting

Ashburton United Soccer Club

Ashburton United Junior Football Club Auskick

Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club

375 m

Willison Park

10 Culliton Avenue

1 oval

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Trinity Willison Cricket Club388 m

Willsmere Reserve

27 Willow Grove, Kew East

2 ovals

Cricket - synthetic pitch

Soccer

Sportsground lighting

East Kew Football Club

Kew Cricket Club

Kew Junior Cricket Club

Old Xaverians Soccer Club

 

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