Work begins on the new £3.8m home for Clydebank Rugby Club

Work on a new £3.8 million community sports facility for Clydebank officially got under way last week. 

The Clydebank Community Sports Hub (CCSH) is being built on the site of old playing fields at Dean Street in Whitecrook where Clydebank Rugby Club have been playing their games since 1969. The development will result in a world-class sporting facility for rugby, Gaelic football and a range of other sports and activities.


The existing sports facilities are being replaced/refurbished which will see a new full size, flood-lit, all-weather synthetic pitch and two re-developed grass pitches as well as improved indoor sports facilities, which will include a martial arts and dance studio, changing rooms and physio room.  The upgrade will also include 10 community allotments as well as community rooms.

The Rugby Club are one of the main partners in the project group which has secured funding which from the likes of the Scottish Government, West Dunbartonshire Council, sportscotland, the Gaelic Athletic Association, Cashback for Communities, Scottish Rugby, The Robertson Trust and Barr Environmental Limited /Scottish Landfill Communities Fund.

Councillor McLaren who cut the first sod said: “This is a very exciting project for Clydebank and it will make Whitecrook a real, lively hub of sporting activity.

"And as well as all the brilliant sports facilities that will be available, we were determined to ensure the wider community could make use of the CCSH too, which is why there will be community allotments and space for community groups to meet.

"I know the clubs involved are delighted at the prospect of having such a wonderful place to train and compete and I can’t wait to a see the result of this work.”

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