Last updated October 2026
This page gathers every price we use on Play and Sport Surfaces in one place, for schools, councils, clubs, parks, developers and homeowners across the UK. Play surfaces start from about £40 per m2, a fenced, floodlit MUGA is benchmarked at £190,000, a 3G training pitch at £515,000 to £545,000, and a set of four tennis courts at £150,000 to £200,000. Each line names its source, its date and how far to trust it.
Official figures exist only for the big builds; for play surfaces and repairs, real council quotes are the next best evidence.
Swipe the table sideways to see every column.
| Job | Unit | Price | Source (date) | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetpour, installed | per m2, about 100 m2 | £40 to £140 + VAT | Redlynch Leisure (Sept 2026) | Low |
| Wetpour | per m2 | £50 to £90 (VAT basis not stated) | Abacus (May 2025) | Low |
| Wetpour, surfacing only, excluding base works | per m2 | £29 to £39 (VAT not stated) | Soft Surfaces (May 2024) | Low |
| Wetpour patch repair | one area by swings | £120 (VAT not stated) | Wem Town Council (Feb 2025) | Medium |
| Wetpour overlay | area under a carousel | £1,700 (VAT not stated) | Wem Town Council (Feb 2025) | Medium |
| Bonded rubber mulch | per m2 | £40 to £60 average (VAT not stated) | Soft Surfaces (May 2024) | Low |
| Bonded rubber mulch (MulchBond) | per m2 | £40 to £75 | Abacus (May 2025) | Low |
| Bonded rubber mulch, real quotes | per m2, 144.4 m2 and 155.8 m2 | £60.75 (£8,772.50) and £84.39 (£13,147.50) | Wickham Market Parish Council (quotes from 2021) | Medium |
| Rubber grass mats | 102 m2 | £2,225 (about £21.81 per m2) | Wickham Market Parish Council (2022) | Medium |
| Artificial grass for play | per m2, about 100 m2, excluding ground preparation | £40 to £60 + VAT | Redlynch Leisure (May 2026) | Low |
| Artificial grass for play | per m2 | £45 to £85 | Abacus (May 2025) | Low |
| Resin bound footpath, commercial | 21 m2 | £2,002 plain; £3,237 resin bound (about £154 per m2) | Cuckfield Parish Council (May 2021) | Medium |
| SUDS-compliant bound surface | per m2 | £60 to £100 | Abacus (May 2025) | Low |
| Resin bonded, on a sound base | per m2 | £35 to £75 across three guides; one installer’s overlay figure £80 to £120 before base work | Trade2Base (Jun 2026), Best Builders (Aug 2026), squote (May 2026); Homebuilding and Renovating (Jun 2025) | Low (sources disagree) |
| Resin bound driveway, homeowner: for driveways, see our resin driveway site | per m2 | about £120; £2,800 (20 m2) to £10,000 (100 m2) | Checkatrade (2026) | Medium |
| Resin bound driveway, homeowner: for driveways, see our resin driveway site | per m2 | quoted as £40 to £70, but £6,000 to £10,000 for 100 m2 | MyBuilder (Aug 2026) | Low (figures disagree) |
| MUGA, new build, macadam, fenced, floodlit | 782 m2 | £190,000 | Sport England (Q4 2025) | High |
| MUGA, overall range | per project | £15,000 to £250,000; 4 to 12 weeks | Nova Sport (Aug 2024) | Low |
| MUGA resurfacing, 35 mm porous | 713 m2 | £24,000 to £26,400 + VAT (three quotes), about £36 per m2 | Wickham Parish Council (Feb 2025) | Medium |
| MUGA relining | per sport, or court | £600 per sport; £1,250 | Wickham Parish Council (Feb 2025) | Medium |
| Multi-use court resurface | one court | £17,000 to £20,000; £37,000 to £47,000 with cushioned overlay | Great Longstone Parish Council (Nov 2024) | Medium (estimate) |
| Tennis courts, new, macadam, fenced, floodlit | 2, 4 or 6 courts | £260,000; £460,000; £605,000 | Sport England (Q4 2025) | High |
| Tennis courts, new | set of 4 | £150,000 (porous asphalt) to £200,000 (acrylic clay) | LTA | High |
| Tennis resurfacing, average | by surface | £12,500 (artificial grass) to £17,500 (acrylic clay) | LTA | High (per court) |
| Tennis court cleaning, three courts | moss treatment; rotary deep clean | £450 + VAT; £1,950 + VAT | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council (2025) | Medium |
| 3G pitch, junior or training, fenced, floodlit | 61 x 43 m | £515,000 (40 to 50 mm) to £545,000 (60 to 65 mm) | Sport England (Q4 2025) | High |
| 3G pitch, senior, fenced, floodlit | 106 x 70 m | £1,185,000 (40 mm) to £1,245,000 (65 mm) | Sport England (Q4 2025) | High |
| Sand-filled pitch | junior or training; senior | £470,000; £1,095,000 | Sport England (Q4 2025) | High |
| Hockey pitch | 101.4 x 63 m | £945,000 (sand-filled), £1,010,000 (sand-dressed), £1,130,000 (water-based) | Sport England (Q4 2025) | High |
| Rugby 3G pitch | League; Union | £1,530,000; £1,645,000 | Sport England (Q4 2025) | High |
| Athletics track | 6 lanes; 8 lanes | £1,810,000; £1,970,000 | Sport England (Q4 2025) | High |
| Daily mile track | per 100 m | £6,000 to £12,000 | Abacus (May 2025) | Low |
| Playground marking kits, supply only | per design | £131.19 to £938.52 | StartSafety (Oct 2026) | Medium |
| Car park lining | about 37 bays | £625 to £1,270 | Wickham Parish Council (Feb 2025) | Medium |
Installed thermoplastic playground markings, cricket wickets and outdoor basketball courts have no published price we trust, so they are priced on survey. The two driveway rows are there for comparison only: for driveways, see our resin driveway site.
What does playground surfacing cost per m2?
From about £40 per m2 at the low end to around £140 for wetpour, depending on depth, colour and the base. Real parish quotes put bonded rubber mulch at £60.75 and £84.39 per m2 and rubber grass mats at about £21.81. The deeper the surface needed for your equipment’s fall height, the higher the price per m2.
Each surface page has the detail: wet pour playground surface, playground rubber mulch, artificial grass for schools and rubber playground flooring.
How much do courts and pitches cost?
Courts run to six figures and pitches to seven, on the official benchmarks. See MUGA cost, 3G pitch cost and tennis court cost for each one broken down.
How it works
- 01Send a plan and photosThe site, the surface and the date it must reopen.
- 02We check the groundLevels and where the water drains.
- 03Written quoteBuilt around your reopening date.
What do the Sport England figures include and leave out?
They include Sport England’s notional external works allowance and its 6% fees for project management, site investigation, planning and associated fees, along with the fencing and lighting named in each line. They leave out VAT, land, inflation after Q4 2025, poor ground, difficult access, long service connections, biodiversity net gain and regional cost differences. Those exclusions are where budgets tend to grow, so a survey prices them before you commit.
How far can we trust each figure?
Read the confidence column. High means an official body (Sport England or the LTA). Medium means a dated real quote in a council paper, or two sources that agree. Low means a single installer’s published range. Our written quote replaces all of them once your site has been surveyed.
Do the prices include VAT?
Mostly not, and the table says where a source does not state it. Schools, councils, clubs and companies recover VAT differently, so every quote we send shows it as a separate line.
What changes the price on every job?
The same handful of things: the area (larger areas usually cost less per m2), the depth or build-up, the condition of the ground and base, access for plant, extras such as colours, graphics, fencing and lights, and how tight the time window is. A survey turns each of those into a priced line.
What does it cost to look after a surface?
A fraction of the build, every year. Tennis court moss treatment runs about £150 a court on the LTA’s figures, a wetpour patch was £120 for one council, and one town council reserves £12,000 a year to replace its 3G carpet. See playground maintenance for every surface.
Can grants cover part of the cost?
For community projects, sometimes; for commercial ones, rarely. The PE and sport premium cannot pay for new MUGAs or tracks but can pay for repainting lines, the Movement Fund gives £300 to £15,000, and the Football Foundation lists grants up to £25,000 for 3G pitches, fencing and floodlights. Every funder, with its limits, is set out in the guide to funding sports and play surfaces.
Illustrative example
Using only the table. A school plans a 100 m daily mile track, a repaint of its MUGA lines for two sports and a wetpour patch. The track is £6,000 to £12,000, the relining £1,200 at £600 per sport, and the patch about £120, so the budget is roughly £7,300 to £13,300 excluding VAT, before survey findings.
Who prices the work
Play and Sport Surfaces is a WeDo Property Services service. Alex Winser arranges the survey and your written quote, and the surfacing teams carry out the work that quote describes.
FAQs
Are these prices your quotes?
No. They are published and real-quote figures. Your quote follows a survey.
Why are some figures years old?
They are the most recent real quotes we could find. Official figures are dated Q4 2025.
Do prices differ across the UK?
Yes. Sport England excludes regional differences, so expect some variation by area.
Can you price padel courts?
Padel is covered by our sister site; tennis courts and MUGAs are priced here.
How long is a quote valid?
Your quote states its validity date.
Sources
- Sport England, Facility Cost Guidance Q4 2025, published Feb 2026
- LTA, How much does it cost to build or renovate a tennis court, read Oct 2026
- LTA, General maintenance of courts, July 2024
- Wickham Parish Council, Recreation Committee document pack, 27 Feb 2025
- Wem Town Council, Contractor quotes (agenda item 14), Feb 2025
- Wickham Market Parish Council, Play area report, Aug 2022
- Cuckfield Parish Council, Horsefield Green footpath report, May 2021
- Great Longstone Parish Council, Proposal to resurface the tennis court, Nov 2024
- Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, Annual Review of Tennis addendum, 2025
- Woodley Town Council, 3G Pitch Management Development Plan 2024 to 2025, Apr 2024
- Redlynch Leisure, Wet pour rubber, Sept 2026
- Redlynch Leisure, Artificial grass, May 2026
- Abacus, Daily mile track costs, surfaces and installation guide, May 2025
- Soft Surfaces, Wetpour costs, May 2024
- Soft Surfaces, Rubber mulch costs, May 2024
- Nova Sport, How much does a MUGA cost, Aug 2024
- StartSafety, Playground marking kits, read Oct 2026
- Checkatrade, Resin bound driveway cost, 2026
- DfE, PE and sport premium guidance for primary schools, updated 24 Sept 2026
- Sport England, Movement Fund, read Oct 2026
- Football Foundation, Looking for funding, read Oct 2026
- MyBuilder, Resin bound driveway cost, Aug 2026