8 of the best sporting estates for sale

The best sporting estates for sale – from a Victorian house with an all-weather tennis court in Clackmannanshire to a property in Utah with a basketball court, a squash court, a climbing wall and a games room.

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Sporting Estates for sale: East South Fork Rd, Utah, USA Summit Sotheby’s International Realty
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Houses for sale with sporting facilities: The Coachman’s House, Dollarbeg, Dollar, Clackmannanshire
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The Coachman’s House, Dollarbeg, Dollar, Clackmannanshire

Price: £2.25m+ Savills 0131-247 3738.

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Houses for sale with sporting facilities: Haughley Park, Stowmarket, Suffolk
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Haughley Park, Stowmarket, Suffolk

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A Grade I-listed Jacobean manor in 240 acres of parkland with gardens that include a croquet lawn and a tennis court. It has ornate fireplaces and a grand, carved wooden staircase. 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 5 reception rooms, study, offices, 2 kitchens, conservatory, 5-bedroom farmhouse, outbuildings.

Price: £4.25m Knight Frank 01394-334570.

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East South Fork Rd, Utah, USA Summit Sotheby’s International Realty
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East South Fork Rd, Utah, USA

A house in the Provo Canyon in Utah with a sports building that includes a basketball court, a squash court, a climbing wall and a games room. The house has floor-to-ceiling windows and open fireplaces. 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, split-level open-plan kitchen/living area, home cinema, 2-bedroom guest house, landscaped gardens, 29.6 acres.

Price: $43m Summit Sotheby’s International Realty +1 800 641 1884.

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Houses for sale with sporting facilities: Thistle Hall, Wickham Bishops, Essex
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Thistle Hall, Wickham Bishops, Essex

A contemporary property built in a Georgian style with a lake and a synthetic putting green with a bunker and tees in the landscaped gardens. It has an indoor swimming-pool complex, a kitchen with a professional-grade oven, and French doors leading onto a terrace. 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, reception hall, 4 reception rooms, annexe, outbuildings, 25.63 acres.

Price: £5.5m Strutt & Parker 01245-258201.

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Houses for sale with sporting facilities: The Old Vicarage, Bleasby, Nottinghamshire
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The Old Vicarage, Bleasby, Nottinghamshire

A restored, Grade II-listed country house set in gardens that contain an all-weather tennis court. The first-class leisure facilities include an indoor heated swimming pool covered by a lantern-glass roof, along with a gym and games area. The house has open fireplaces and an open-plan kitchen and living area. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 reception rooms, 3-bedroom coach house, stables, paddock, 5.3 acres.

Price: £2.45m Fine & Country 0115-982 2824.

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Houses for sale with sporting facilities: Lancewood, Windlesham, Surrey
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Lancewood, Windlesham, Surrey

A contemporary house set in gardens that include a heated swimming pool and professionally surfaced half-court basketball court. It has floor-to-ceiling windows and a cinema. 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, dining kitchen, reception room, 1-bedroom annexe, 3.68 acres.

Price: £7m+ Strutt & Parker 01344-921985.

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Houses for sale with sporting facilities: Galon Y Mynydd, Coed Y Bronallt, Pontarddulais, Swansea, Glamorgan
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Galon Y Mynydd, Coed Y Bronallt, Pontarddulais, Swansea, Glamorgan

A modern house overlooking the River Loughor, with an outdoor, professionally finished football pitch with full-size Fifa-approved goal posts and an indoor swimming-pool complex. The house has stone floors and a state-of-the-art kitchen. 5 bedrooms, 3 dressing rooms, 6 bathrooms, open-plan kitchen/living area, 2 reception rooms, gardens.

Price: £2.5m Country Living Group 01437-616101.

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Houses for sale with sporting facilities: Harmony House, Westham, Wedmore, Somerset
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Harmony House, Westham, Wedmore, Somerset

A detached, modern house overlooking landscaped gardens that include an enclosed football pitch and an outbuilding with a gym and a games room. The house has a glazed, 46ft open-plan dining kitchen and living area. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, open-plan dining kitchen/living area, reception room, cinema, utility, cloakroom, outbuilding with gym and first-floor games room, garage.

Price: £1.79m Knight Frank 01173-171996.

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Natasha Langan

Natasha read politics at Sussex University. She then spent a decade in social care, before completing a postgraduate course in Health Promotion at Brighton University. She went on to be a freelance health researcher and sexual health trainer for both the local council and Terrence Higgins Trust.


In 2000 Natasha began working as a freelance journalist for both the Daily Express and the Daily Mail; then as a freelance writer for MoneyWeek magazine when it was first set up, writing the property pages and the “Spending It” section. She eventually rose to become the magazine’s picture editor, although she continues to write the property pages and the occasional travel article.