Community Sports Foundation

A community hub for all of Norfolk

About The Nest

Located in Horsford near Norwich International Airport, The Nest is the Foundation’s community hub.

Our green, leafy and secure 22-acre site has a range of facilities including two floodlit 3G pitches, high-quality grass football pitches, residential bunk boxes, cafes, conference and event spaces, gym, retail and outdoor adventure playground.

It’s perfect for businesses, sports teams, school groups, private functions, children’s birthday parties and more.  We pride ourselves on excellent value and great service, and our team will be there to support your event every step of the way.

Facilities

From sports pitches to meeting rooms, gym facility to outdoor adventure playground, residential bunk boxes to retail store; explore everything The Nest has to offer now.

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Vacancies

Join the team! To see our current vacancies, please see the vacancy section of the Community Sports Foundation website.

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Safeguarding

At The Nest, the Community Sports Foundation are committed to developing an environment where everyone feels safe, valued and respected through our Canary Safe standards.

You can read our comprehensive safeguarding policies and procedures via the button below.

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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Read our EDI policy.

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Partners

See our partners – the businesses, organisations and enterprises that allow The Nest to reach thousands of people in the community every year.

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Our story

Explore the history of The Nest, from the beginning in 2017 through to the present day.

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The Nest's Directors

Discover our dedicated Directors whose experience and expertise are guiding our day-to-day operations and ongoing development.
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Build the Nest supporters

Building The Nest wouldn’t have been possible without the kindness, generosity and support of our partner organisations, funders and fundraisers.

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Our partners

Norse Norfolk Hire Everywhen MH Goals Green Farm Coffee Ovamill Avant Anglian Chemicals Breyer Foundation Ben Burgess Chaplin Farrant Orange Fox Electrical Joma Origin Amenity Solutions CiM Signs & Graphics Sharp Norwich Accountancy RUA Rhino Greenhouse Direct Jett Distribution Canham Consulting Reed Wellbeing Coder Agency NCL Contractors

Latest news

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29th September 2026

Get into Padel

Learn, improve and play Padel with confidence at The Nest. Our professional padel coaching sessions are designed for beginners, improvers and experienced players alike. Find out more.

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25th September 2026

Norwich City stars help launch padel at The Nest

The Nest – home of Norwich City Community Sports Foundation – has officially launched its brand new padel courts, marking an exciting new chapter for one of Norfolk’s leading community sport and wellbeing hubs.

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24th June 2026

New path to Challenge Woods now complete 

The Nest is proud to announce the completion of its brand-new path to Challenge Woods, an exciting development that not only enhances accessibility across the site but continues the spirit of collaboration. 

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