Identification

Title
Artificial Grass Pitches Wales
Abstract

Artificial Grass Pitches (AGPs) are a synthetic alternative to grass, providing an all-weather surface for pitch sports, in particular, hockey, rugby and football. AGPs are also known as 2G pitches, 3G pitches, Artificial Turf Pitches (ATPs) or Synthetic Turf Pitches (STPs). 

2G pitches are synthetic surfaces filled or dressed with sand and the grass pile element is usually short (typically between 12mm – 25mm).  They are predominantly used for Hockey and recreational Football. 

3G pitches are made with synthetic turf and rubber infill and are normally long pile (typically between 55mm – 65mm).  Sports like Football, Rugby Union, Rugby League play on these type of surfaces and for Rugby Union and Rugby League, they are usually installed with a shock pad.  Technologies beyond 3G, such as 4G and 5G, are being tested but have not yet been recognised by sports governing bodies. 

These data provide information about all known indoor and outdoor artificial grass sport pitches in Wales. It includes the location, size and surface-type of the pitches.  The dataset has been drawn from a 2021 facility audit commissioned by Sport Wales and has been shared with local authorities for validation, prior to publication.

The dataset is not definitive and is under constant review.  Owners and managers of artificial grass pitches are encouraged to inform us if any information about their facilities is inaccurate or has changed, and/or if their facility is not present in the dataset.

Please contact us if you have any queries about this dataset or if you want to report any inaccuracies or updates

Licence
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Publication date
Type
Spatial data
Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Geography & Technology

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:27700
Extension x0
184846.984375
Extension x1
352832.71875
Extension y0
167841.1875
Extension y1
393484.75

Features

Contact

Email
data@gov.wales
Organisation
Sport Wales
Department
Geography & Technology

References

Link online
/layers/geonode:sw_agp
Metadata page
/layers/geonode:sw_agp/metadata_detail

GeoJSON
Artificial Grass Pitches Wales.json
Excel
Artificial Grass Pitches Wales.excel
CSV
Artificial Grass Pitches Wales.csv
GML 3.1.1
Artificial Grass Pitches Wales.gml
GML 2.0
Artificial Grass Pitches Wales.gml
DXF
Artificial Grass Pitches Wales.dxf
OGC Geopackage
Artificial Grass Pitches Wales.gpkg
Zipped Shapefile
Artificial Grass Pitches Wales.zip

OWS endpoints

WMS
WFS