Splash Park
The splash park is a free outside play facility with traditional all year round play equipment and water features, the latter being open between 10am and 4pm daily in the summer. It is situated on the promenade by the Pebbles cafe.
Picnics and Barbecues
Voted one of the top picnic areas, there are picnic benches at various locations within the grass areas behind the promenade and four BBQ stands with integral hot bin and picnic bench nearby: donated by Gosport Rotary Club, these enable visitors to safely enjoy their BBQ without damaging the grass. Three are on the field behind GAFIRS and a fourth beyond the Splash Park.
Crazy Golf
Solent Adventure Golf Ltd have a crazy gold course at the centre of the Bay, north of the Pebble Beach car park.
Tennis
The tennis courts are operated by Solent Adventure Golf Limited and can be used by obtaining a ticket from the Crazy Golf office. Tennis equipment is available for hire from the golf reception. Access to the courts can be available 24/7. They are open weekends and school holidays from April to September usually from 10:30am until 5:30pm. For more info call 07973 309770.
Petanque
There are two petanque play areas in front of the Pebble Beach Cafe constructed in 2009 as part to commemorate Gosport’s link to its twin town of Royan, France. These are free to use and are maintained by the Friends of Stokes Bay.
Golden Mile and Gym Equipment
The start of the Golden Mile along the promenade is just past the GAFIRS slipway and the end is just before the promenade ends at No.2 Battery. There are individual items of gym equipment to compliment the Golden Mile that runs along the Promenade.
Kite Flying
The field to the west of the GAFIRS HQ is popular with kite flyers who follow the rules: “No person shall on the seashore fly any kite, set up kitesurfing equipment, practice kitesurfing or drive any vehicle powered by a kite in such a manner as to cause danger, nuisance or annoyance to any other person on the seashore.”
Drones
If flying a drone, remember that the user is legally responsible for the safe conduct of each flight and failure to follow the rules can lead to criminal prosecution. Amongst the rules for flying drones are to make sure you can see your drone at all times, don’t fly higher than 400 feet and don’t not fly your drone in a way that could endanger people or property. It is illegal to fly a drone over a congested area and drones fitted with cameras must not be flown within 50m of people, vehicles, buildings or structures, over congested areas or large gatherings such as concerts and sports events.
Golf Club
The Gosport and Stokes Bay Golf Club is a 9-hole links course with 18 tees situated at the Gilkicker end of the Bay with the greens either side of Gilkicker Lake. The clubhouse is in Fort Road. The course, which offers panoramic views of the Solent, was on this course that the term “bogey” originated.
Beach Fishing
A variety of fish are frequently caught along the beach. Gosport & Districy Angling Club has a club house and boat yard at the Gilkicker end of the Bay.