Things to do in Eastleigh

16 activities, venues and outings in Eastleigh, from theatres and live music to parks and tours.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Bishopstoke Players
If your visit coincides with the staging of a performance by the talented Bishopstoke Players and you book early enough, you are in for a treat.
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Hiltingbury Lakes
About 17 acres of water, woodland and wildlife. Here you can enjoy walking, fishing or just watching the wildlife.
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Itchen Valley Country Park
Woodlands and meadows with a play trail, a café and a Go Ape assault course.
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Itchen Way
Ramblers can use to reach other locations along the valley of the river Itchen including Allbrook (home of Mary Beale, the artist, during the late 1660s) Brambridge (home of Maria Fitzherbert in the mid 1700s), Shawford, St Cross & Winchester.
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Lakeside Country Park
An area of land left behind by the gravel extraction for the M27 Motorway. The three large holes are now flooded and provide a very pleasant green belt between Southampton and Eastleigh. Fishing, walking and birdwatching are all possible at the site, and there is a miniature railway that runs March-September.
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Marwell Activity Centre
Marwell Resort
A range of fun guided woodland activities: an aerial obstacle course with tight-ropes and a zip-wire; archery; clay-pigeon shooting; quad biking. All sessions last 90 min with qualified instructors, and all are for adults and children aged 8 and over, unless otherwise stated. You can also purchase day passes for fishing on the resort's lake.
9:30AM–5:30PMAerial adventure £25, archery £18, shooting £48 (people aged 16+ only); quad biking £27 (children aged 8-15); fishing £15 per day
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Places Leisure
formerly Fleming Park
Leisure centre with indoor pools, a gym, tennis and squash courts and a large park. The park contains a large playground and a paddling pool (open May-September). The Pavilion on the Park on the corner of Kingfisher Rd is a community venue with halls, suites and the Blackbird Café.
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Ten Acres
Silverlake Stadium
(capacity 5200, half seated) is a mile south of town centre, use Southampton Airport Parkway railway station.
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The Hub
Sports and recreation facility with large green area. The River Itchen runs alongside it.
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Hollywood Bowl Eastleigh
formerly AMF Bowling
A 20-lane bowling alley and arcade.
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Leigh Road Park
Park with bandstand, war memorial and children's playground.
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Partyman World of Play
formerly Gambado's
Large indoor soft play area for children.
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Stoke Park Wood
Woodland with a car park. Great for walking and cycling.
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The Pavilion on the Park
Community venue with halls, suites and the Blackbird Café.
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The Point
Arts centre
A variety of stage and film productions throughout the year.
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Vue Cinemas
9-screen cinema.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Eastleigh (CC BY-SA 4.0).