Bowmanville Community Complex
Formerly South Bowmanville Recreation Centre
The wait is nearly over for Clarington's biggest-ever destination for sport and community life to open its doors, marking the first new recreation facility in nearly 20 years. Officially named the Bowmanville Community Complex (formerly the South Bowmanville Recreation Centre), here you'll feel Clarington's unstoppable team spirit come alive as neighbours compete, connect and cheer each other on.
At more than 172,000 square feet once complete, it is expected to welcome more than 675,000 visits each year, making it one of the busiest and most active community spaces in Clarington.
You're invited! Be among the first to experience it at the upcoming Open House, featuring family-friendly activities, giveaways and more!
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Saturday, October 3, 2026
š 1 to 5 p.m.
š Bowmanville Community Complex at 1 West Side Drive (enter from Green Road)
Fun fact! The dome is so big that Claringtonās largest recreation facility today, the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex, could fit inside it ā with roughly 20,000 square feet to spare.
Did you know? A landmark feature of the new facility is its multi-sport dome, which will offer more than 100,000 square feet of indoor turf for year-round play. About four times larger than the former Bowmanville Indoor Soccer Centre, the dome is built for everything from soccer, lacrosse, football, rugby, softball, baseball, cricket, and ultimate frisbee to dryland training and other activities, including a three lane, 370 metre indoor walking track.
It's almost game time!
New programs coming to Bowmanville Community Complex this fall. Thanks to community feedback, weāve lined up new programming residents asked for, like sports leagues, evening and weekend kidsā activities, walking programs on the indoor track, and more. Be first to experience this modern multiāsport destination!
Community sports organizations, including local leagues and sport groups, will manage their own registration timelines.
In the news š°
- September 2025: South Bowmanville Rec Centre receives $10M grant ā Claringtonās largest community project yet
- May 2025: Itās game on as Clarington celebrates the groundbreaking of the South Bowmanville Recreation Centre
- September 2024: Clarington unveils new designs for South Bowmanville Recreation Centre, approves indoor pool
Watch as crews inflate the dome! š„
Bookings and rentals
Book rental space at Bowmanville Community Complex.
Opening fall 2026!
- FIFA-sized multi-sport dome with a three-lane indoor walking track
- Two FIBA-sized fully accessible basketball courts, versatile for sports like pickleball, tennis and volleyball ā plus, perimeter bench seating for spectators and athletes
- Outdoor refrigerated skating trail, designed for year-round use to host community events like public markets
- Multi-purpose rooms for fitness and recreation, versatile for programs like yoga, strength training, kidsā classes, and more
- A calming quiet room offering space for sensory breaks, prayer, meditation, stretching, quiet reflection, and more
- Open concept change area with benches and lockers, featuring private stalls for individual use and accessibility needs
- Standard washroom facilities like in other Clarington recreation centres, including accessible, gender-specific, and universal
- Expanded parking and landscaping ā plus, a new intersection and road
Opening 2027: Aquatics Centre and more!
- Outdoor splash pad and playground
- Aquatics Centre with a 25-metre main pool, a warm water pool, and large viewing areas, designed for lane and public swimming, swimming lessons, and aquafit classes
- More multi-purpose rooms for fitness and recreation, including space near the pool to accommodate aquatic leadership programming, sessional aquatic staff training, and other activities
- Variety of change areas like in other Clarington recreation centres, including accessible, gender-specific, and universal change rooms that feature private changing and washroom stalls
- Lifeguard and staff spaces, large on-deck storage and staff change facilities
Get ready for a future filled with fun, fitness, and hometown pride!
First imagined many years ago, weāre proud to be making this facility a reality to meet the needs of our growing community.
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Questions? Weād love to hear from you
Our team values the feedback of our community. If youāve got any questions, feel free to reach out atĀ newreccentre@clarington.net.Ā
This project was made possible in part through a $10 million investmentĀ from the Province of Ontarioās Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund (CSRIF).
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