Information about KGV Recreation Centre

15 Cumberland St
2000, Sydney
+61292659868

Opening hours

  • sunday: 10h-16h
  • monday: 6h-21h
  • tuesday: 6h-21h
  • wednesday: 6h-21h
  • thursday: 6h-21h
  • friday: 6h-21h
  • saturday: 10h-16h
Located in the heart of The Rocks, the King George V (KGV) Recreation Centre provides high quality sports and fitness facilities and a range of community services to city residents, workers, students and visitors. From our multipurpose indoor and outdoor courts to our spacious gym and popular exercise classes, the KGV Recreation Centre really is a one-stop-shop for all of your training needs. The gym hours are different to the Recreation centre hours. The gym is currently open 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday.

Our comment from FitFit Australia about KGV Recreation Centre:

Welcome to the KGV Recreation Centre, a vibrant sports hub located in Sydney, Australia, offering fantastic facilities for basketball, soccer, volleyball, and more. The centre is known for its friendly staff and welcoming atmosphere, making it an ideal spot for both casual players and competitive athletes.

Highlights:

  • Great basketball courts that are well-maintained and popular among locals.
  • Offers a variety of sports including futsal, volleyball, and indoor soccer.
  • Affordable prices and a range of facilities including a gym, showers, and lockers.
  • Exciting atmosphere for sports competitions and casual games.
  • Conveniently located near public transport and dining options.

Areas for Improvement:

  • Some users reported issues with the booking system, suggesting it can be chaotic at times.
  • Concerns were raised about cleanliness in men's change rooms.
  • Management is working on maintaining facilities effectively, as some aspects, like the outdoor scoreboard and roof repairs, require attention.

Overall, KGV Recreation Centre is a great place to enjoy sports and connect with others. Despite some minor concerns, the positive remarks about the staff and overall experience make it a must-visit for sports enthusiasts in Sydney.

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KGV Recreation Centre: Opinions

4.3/5 (156 Opinions)
Jodie Summers 10 months ago

Fantastic experience: Street Soccer, friendly staff, popular

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Jodie Thank you for your feedback. KGV Team

Tom Boc 10 months ago

Negative experience: This place is corrupt and crooked. The administration is re-selling and prebooking time slots with paid football apps not allowing regular folks to book the court to play. They don't lend you the balls to play and they stop your time minutes before the end. There is a blond woman in admin who is extremely rude.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Tom KGV has bookings terms and conditions in place for all hirers and monitors bookings regularly. We encourage the use of own equipment, however we supply free equipment to all hirers across all casual play and court bookings. KGV Team

Peter Nguyen 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Great basketball court

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Peter Thank you for your feedback. KGV Team

Sunil Tikaram 1 year ago

Positive experience: We do work organised futsal on Wednesday lunchtime. They do need to fix up the outside scoreboard and conduct maintenance properly.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Sunil Thank you for your feedback. We are in the process of purchasing a new scoreboard to replace the broken one. It’ll be delivered and installed in the upcoming weeks. KGV Team

camz bonagua 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Really nice basketball court. Newly painted. Can book for a basketball session, has a gym as well and soccer too.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Camz Thank you for your feedback. KGV Team

Blade Alberts 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Very cool

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Blade Thanks for your feedback. KGV Team

alexander dean 1 year ago

Negative experience: Great facilities, 5 stars for this. The one star goes to the receptionists who are rude or better to say they just working only for to get their salary who actually the taxpayers pay them. Very bad customer service. If you are going to ask politely a bit more questions about the facilities or something else, you are going to receive a sarcastic answer.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Alexander We are sorry to hear that you had a bad experience at KGV, our staff are normally very friendly and helpful. If you wish to discuss your concerns further, please feel free to contact the Centre Manager KGV who will be happy to assist you. KGV Team

Jack Chivers 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great sports centre located in the rocks. Very accessible and very friendly staff that made the entire time enjoyable. Will certainly be coming back!

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Jack Thank you for your feedback. KGV Team

Charles Honorio 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Its a really nice place to play Basketball, Volleyball, Pickelball and many others

Trent Shepherd 2 years ago

Positive experience: Overall, I'm pretty happy. However, I don't think the men's change rooms are cleaned on a regular or acceptable level. I can come in and see rubbish that was there on my previous days or previous week's visit. It's pretty shoddy.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Trent Thank you for your feedback. We had some issues with our cleaning contractor previously but now the problems have been rectified. We look forward to your next visit to our Centre. KGV Team

S scott 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best indoor basketball courts in the city. Great full Court pickup games on Friday evenings. Be sure to book online by Weds night for that. Front desk staff are super friendly and helpful. If you're new to Sydney and want to connect with ball players, make KGV you're first stop.

pukar kuikel 2 years ago

Positive experience: Good place for sports and fitness with lots of facilities at affordable prices. I wish they had a weather proof pitch for the soccer as well.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Pukar Thank you for your feedback. KGV Team

やぎゆうすけ(yusuke) 2 years ago

Positive experience: Good quality

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Yusuke Thank you for your feedback. KGV Team

Glen Hatton 2 years ago

Negative experience: Booking system is terrible, it's a free for all which is not great

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Glen We're sorry that you had a bad experience with our booking system. We allocate a set amount of spots for casual hire, once this gets filled the session is closed, this way we can control the number of attendees per session. If you need support regarding our booking system, please ring (02) 9265 9868 and our staff will be happy to help. KGV team

天道酬勤 2 years ago

Negative experience: I made an appointment with my family to play, but other people forcibly occupied the whole court, and the remaining half of the court was also preempted by others.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Dear KGV User We are sorry that your experience at KGV was not pleasant. Our casual basketball is open for everyone that books online and it can get busy at times with a high number of bookings however, you should have been able to use the court to play with your family. If this occurs again, please talk to our staff and they will be happy to help you. KGV Team

Jewel 2 years ago

Positive experience:

Alejandro Raffaele 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great spot! One of the cheapest places and best maintained fútbol pitch in Sydney. We love coming here to play our weekly games. Showers and toilets facilities are great and they even have lockers.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Alejandro Thank you for your feedback. KGV Team

Ryder Thomas 3 years ago

Positive experience: I came to the facility to play some basketball. I met up with my freind we walked in and we were greeted by the infamous Dun Don. 6'2 Big and a monster in the post. We hopped on the court and i gave him a smooth pass right under the rim, he caught it and then there was a sudden bang, The backboard shattered and the rim hit the floor. Dun Don had bricked an open layup. He then rudely clutched his face in despair as if he hadnt done anything wrong. He looked up and down and asked for forgiveness. We said "get out of here" and with a solemn stride he headed for the doors, Before leaving Dun Don opened his mouth and said with an angelic voice he muttered " ill leave you boys to it" These words have been marked on walls all around the country for respects of Dun Don, Sadly Dun Don has never been seen again. Update: Dun Don has fled the country to Argentina in hopes to pursue basketball glory.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Freddy, KGV had no incident of broken basketball backboards, can you please be more specific with the dates and times or you can contact the KGV team direct to discuss this further on (02) 9244 3600. KGV Team

Gurpreet Singh 3 years ago

Positive experience: Nice centre . Gym and sports activities. Good for kids. Gym timings are different than basketball court

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Gurpreet Thank you for your feedback. KGV team

Albert Wang 3 years ago

Positive experience: Venue is nice. Unfortunately the referee they have for the volleyball comp doesn't really know the rules. I wouldn't complain about it since it's a social competition but the rules they don't enforce are the rules around the net which are generally there for the safety of the players. Please stand next to the net and call centre line faults and net violations, you can really save people from breaking some ankles and twisting knees. I really don't care if the in / out calls aren't completely accurate, at least my ankles won't be destroyed.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Albert Thank you for taking the time to provide us with feedback. As competitions rapidly resume, we are onboarding and training new referees. Your detailed description of events will certainly help us with this process. Safety is our first and foremost priority, and we encourage you to share your feedback with our friendly team as part of continuous improvement. We are pleased that you enjoyed using our facilities and look forward to seeing you again. KGV Team

Tim Breckell 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Full gym setup, bright and so welcoming. Very we priced, great value for so much. A true city/Rocks gem. Great team and trainers. Highly recommend.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Tim Thank you for your feedback. KGV team

Scarlett Zou 3 years ago

Positive experience: Great court but limited parking on street

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Scarlett Thanks for your feedback, unfortunately we only have metered street parking around KGV. KGV team

Matt 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good pitch and location.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Matt Thank you for your feedback. KGV team

camilo pohl 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good facilities

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Camilo Thank you for your feedback. KGV team

Isaac Herbert 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great spot near observatory hill and the rocks for indoor sports! Great ammenities also!

Doug Turnbull 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent location for an indoors sporting event. Plenty of meter parking in the area. A short walk to the railway station. Local access to food and drinks.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Doug Thank you for your review. KGV team

Zabdiel Jaramillo 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love to train there on the basketball courts

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Zabdiel Thank you for your review, we hope that you keep enjoying our basketball facilities. KGV Team

Lachlan Harmer 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I was told I needed a permit to take photos there. I mean like seriously what year are we in?? I didn't walk in with a whole crew shooting for SLAM magazine. Sometimes they let you take photos though. The courts are great and the competition that shows up can be impressive.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Lachlan Thank you for your feedback. We’re pleased to hear that you enjoy the courts and competitions at KGV. Apologies for any confusion about the type of photos you were taking while at our venue. Yes, photography permits are required for commercial use photography at KGV. Artist consent is also required for commercial photography that includes the murals and our KGV team can assist with obtaining this. We welcome players and spectators to take photos of their activities at KGV for personal use. We recommend you seek consent from the people you are taking photos of before taking them. We hope to see you back soon KGV

Anan Lee 3 years ago

Negative experience: the management have to take seriously to repair the roof as when it is raining the water will be leak into the court. As today we book on 2:45pm - 5:15pm that time we was playing halfway and called to leave the court as they are going to closed the basketball court because of water leaking. if they are not going to do any repair on the roof how should people play while raining and called to leave halfway while playing everytime?This was totally unacceptable,if this problem was always there. Please do something to prevent water leaking while raining. Kinda bad experience,because we barely make our time out to play here and this kinda issue happened to us. Is not about refund money or reschedule other time free,we need to work as well and hardly arranged a time to play here and kinda stupid things happened. Seriously……

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Anan Thank you for your feedback. The City of Sydney is currently working to resolve this issue. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you and your group. Kind regards KGV team

Jack Davidson 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to kick a ball with mates. Extremely good value and the shaded area is perfect for those hot days!

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Thank you for your feedback Jack.

Ernesto Foodie 3 years ago

Positive experience: Great atmosphere, participating in their sport's competitions is quite exciting.

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Thank you for your feedback Ernesto.

J W 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for basketball! Staff are always friendly and helpful

Ashmeet Josan 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to play Futsal, Basketball or Volleyball with some of your friends

Alejandro Javier Schwoykoski 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for social football. Cheap as well

Adrian Chew 4 years ago

Negative experience: Faulty lights makes the place not attractive but staff are friendly and helpful. Management need to brush up on fixing the lights

Rocelle Tulloch 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Staff are always friendly and helpful with activities

Van Le 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fun

Titouan Castagnet 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Super ! il existe même des casiers avec codes, les gens sont très sympathiques, très bonne ambiance

KGV Recreation Centre
KGV Recreation Centre

Hi Titouan Thank you for your feedback. KGV Team

Trevor Cushen 5 years ago

Positive experience: Get new footballs!!!!

N D 5 years ago

Negative experience: It's an amazing location but really need some TLC, roof leaks alot when it rains and the b-ball court floors have alot of dead sports

Dan Hartcher 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice field

Sam M 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities

Nirosh Nathan 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great sports culture

Joi DC 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: This is a great place for sports, whether it's one of their many weekday lunchtime or evening competitions, or just mucking about with friends. The courts look great, there's plenty of seating area, an electronic scoreboard too. We play futsal here, the balls KGV provide look a little worse for wear but no complaints really.

Damian 5 years ago

Negative experience: Basketball decent hoops. Worse floors I've played on. Gets cleaned once a month. Refs are below average

Anoop George 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Awesome place to workout. Great after school care.

Sleiman Majdoub 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for sports

Stephen xie 5 years ago

Positive experience: good

Peter Wilson 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great basketball courts in the city

Alex V 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice place, very close to a few Sydney iconic locations. It has that unique character. You better walk there as parking would be hard to find. Two Basketball courts, and one outdoor mini football (soccer) field.

Nicole 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great Wednesday evening art class for adults. 6-9pm.

Cool guy 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Awsome experiance.... People are very friendly.... N would like to come every week!!

Izaz Haque 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great venue and well maintained

Ben Drury 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Doesn't have a huge range of shops, but the parking is easy and it is convenient for lunch and supermarket shopping

Abhijit Hore 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Night outdoor Futsal matches on a 3G pitch next to the Harbour Bridge is awesome.

Reuben Hernandez 6 years ago

Positive experience: Just clear up t's and c's for futsal, and encourage refs to let game flow and everyone will benefit. Nice venue.

Knight Online 6 years ago

Positive experience: Except the car park is the issue as rangers are hunting so hard around there.

Will Lee 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great venue just below the harbour Bridge

Des Dejrangsi 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic sport facilities with friendly staff and participants, so cool

Sam Azar 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: it's a fun place where young and old get together to play soccer basketball weight lifting martial arts and arts painters painting all amenities clean secure staff are great bunch of people very helpful

Chye Hew 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great friendly staff. Only qualm is sitting the day its hard to see the court lines on the street side due to the amount of light coming through.

David Duval 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Played Volleyball. Excellent Venue. No far from Wynyard Station and Circular Quay. In Rocks Area.

Diane Habal 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice center, free bball sessions on friday evenings

Amanda Wong 6 years ago

Negative experience: Basketball competition quality is below par. Stay away! The referees do not concentrate on the games and would rather speak to their friends on the bench as they casually stroll up and down the court. Rather unqualified referees and scorers overall in relation to calls, rulings, professionalism, and knowledge of rules. Management is also to blame as they would not take responsibility of any incidents that have occurred that have a negative impact on the staff/stadium. They are very biased and protect their own regardless of their staffs actions. Fees are high, but roof is continously leaking during any signs of rain. Hence causing games to be cancelled or postponed. We once played a game with three staff members at three different locations of the court guarding a puddle. If the play was anywhere near the puddle/staff member, the game would be stopped and inbounded from the sideline. Rather pathetic as it has been like this for at least 4 years. Word of warning. Go elsewhere!

Dolores Madero 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful indoor soccer courts!

Divine Samson 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great covered sports venue!

Jeremy Green 6 years ago

Positive experience: Owner may occasionally verbally abuse you and one of the referees loves a good power trip but otherwise great futsal competition as well as excellent location and facilities.

Richter Mooseburger 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always good to find some pick up basketball.

killian 129 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: I loved the place !!!

Joyce Lee 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities, the place is always kept clean.

Ouddy 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice place for sport and gym. Anyone can join basketball there. Clean.

Paulo Virina 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: I really like how you can play with players who are experienced and at your level. The players are friendly and even took a few photos of our group! I was able to teach my friends the basics and fundamentals of the game. I was also able to do drills with them. Staff are friendly and tell you what time it closes. I really want to come back because of the competition and because I really want to improve my game!❤

ANDERSSON HERNANDEZ 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice

Charles Bardforth 6 years ago

Negative experience: Play in a few competitions here during work ours. Watched a Bball grand final. A but disappointing. The staff scoring were not watching the game and missed a number of points and the score board wasn't working. It's a GF. Not good as a spectator

Gary Pepper 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym, staff and sports facilities

William Trattler 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Super fun place to play basketball in Sydney. $5 per person for open court. However - call ahead - as the courts are sometimes occupied for other sports or matches

D john 7 years ago

Positive experience: A bit of long walk to get to from the wynyard station.

asha kawale 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Perfect place for basketball...

Henryk Tomiak 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Thanks they have Newv4r anchored the police z x 7you you

Ali S 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Looks ugly from the outside but the venue is great. Clean change rooms and good facilities. Friendly staff

John Yeung 7 years ago

Positive experience: There is mural in the big ball ground from the Harbour Bridge, which is spectacular.

Douglas Noble 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Play football here, and the staff are great

Christina Hilton 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: I started joining them in Kgv futsal competition few months ago and each time I am in loved to play it more and more! The one of referees call DANIELE always professional ,friendly and he makes exercise good judgment !! Actually another ref are so so, if you have DANIELE on your game you are lucky will love to play more !!

Jett Carey 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Pretty sick joint

Kim 7 years ago

Positive experience: Good venue for basketball but it could do with some A/C during game time. Can get very stuffy in summer.

Alan Chen 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great location, friendly staff and awesome atmosphere, enjoying an indoor soccer/basketball game in the venue.

TONEY teddy fernandez 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great location, well maintained.

raveena thapa 7 years ago

Positive experience: First day lot of pressure

Charles Williams 7 years ago

Positive experience: No air con and air flow not great. But other than that it has decent facilities

Fidel Fernando 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great courts! Always clean and well maintained. Shower facilities are top notch!

Tony Tuhoro 777 7 years ago

Positive experience: Excellent for my training

David Heck 7 years ago

Positive experience: The lunch time leaguea are nice locker rooms a little small

Hana Mara 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: I do a class here on Saturday mornings with Hoops Never Sleep. The court is always in excellent condition even at the end of the week. The floor is never too slippery and there is just enough light but the sun never comes in. It does get hot in summer so be prepared to sweat. The facilities also include change rooms (which are always clean) with toilets and free showers. They have a cold water tap on the court and I've heard their gym is also very good quality. The playground looks great for children of all ages and has plenty of shade also. Staff are super friendly also. One of the best sport courts in the city and 5m walk from wynyard. Highly recommended

Aaron Howell 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great facilities

Charbel Antouny 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and a brand new outdoor futsal court!

Chatham Leonhardt 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Big area, i came here for the dodgeball game. I had a blast

Peter Dawson 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great space for dodgeball

Peter Morris 7 years ago

Positive experience: New outdoor football pitch is a big improvement

Surya Swaroop Pampana 7 years ago

Positive experience: Liked the amenities but the court is not ready till you go and announce your arrival.

Anthony Moore 7 years ago

Positive experience: The refs have gotten better, it's now actually fun to play here and I don't feel so dirty actually paying for it

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