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Booking software for sports facilities and leisure centres.

Pitchs, courts, studios and halls on one calendar — with pay-and-play, deposits, recurring league bookings and on-site access control. A sports facility booking system built for community sports venues and small leisure trusts.

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A calendar for every space.

Set up multiple calendars — one for your indoor courts, one for your outdoor pitches, one for the gym. Players see what's free for the activity they want, then book the slot themselves — no email back-and-forth, no double bookings.

  • Separate calendars for indoor courts, outdoor pitches and studios — or group them however you like.
  • Block out days for maintenance, cleaning and public holidays in seconds.
  • Embed each calendar into your existing website or create a new website using our website editor.

Book. Pay. Play.

No "we'll get back to you" emails. A player picks an empty slot, pays by card on the spot, and the booking is auto-confirmed — with a one-time access code emailed to them so they can let themselves in for the slot they paid for.

  • Accept card payments — no admin involved.
  • Enforce deposits for higher-value pitches and equipment, with automated refund rules.
  • Create your own cancellation rules and have them applied automatically, from full refunds to partial refunds and no-show charges.
  • Choose which facilities can be self-booked and which require staff approval.

Leagues, clubs & season-long bookings.

A 30-week junior soccer league. A Tuesday-night squash ladder. Monday boxercise. Define each one as a recurring fixture and LemonBooking blocks the slot for the whole season and raises the invoices, so the leagues and clubs renting your space slot in without creating extra work for you. Skip public holidays and school holidays dates if required.

Members only? For a club managing its own pitches and memberships, see our sports club booking system →

Season-long patterns

Weekly, fortnightly, every Tuesday August–April, every weeknight evening — the patterns sports leagues and clubs actually use, with options to skip dates for fixture postponements or public holidays.

Customer profiles & reports

Each club, group or recurring hirer gets a dedicated profile page — sessions booked, emails, outstanding payments, contact for the captain. The whole season at a glance.

Two courts make a hall. Two pitches make a pitch.

Most sports venues have compound facilities: a sports hall that's also two badminton courts, a full pitch that splits into two 5-a-sides. LemonBooking handles the relationships automatically — book the whole space and its sub-areas block out, book one sub-area and the whole space becomes unavailable.

  • Different price for the whole hall vs a single court.
  • No double-bookings — the calendar can't show a parent slot as available while a child's in use.
  • Works for any combo: full pitch + halves, hall + courts, studio + classroom split.

One-time access codes, driven by the calendar.

When a booking is confirmed, LemonBooking generates a one-time access code and emails it to the hirer 30 minutes before play. It expires the moment their slot ends — no shared codes leaking, no staff trip to unlock the gate.

  • One-time access codes emailed to the hirer.
  • Unique code per booking — no option to "share".
  • Codes expire automatically when a booking ends.
  • Less staff time — no keys to chase, no lockouts.

Multi-rate pricing — peak, off-peak, member, junior.

Peak vs off-peak. Member vs non-member. Junior vs senior. Set the rate matrix once and the right price applies on every booking — on the public booking form and on the invoice.

  • Peak / off-peak time bands, configured per facility.
  • Member / non-member / junior / senior / club rates.
  • Customer-specific overrides for special groups.

Or a special rate for one club or school.

Whether it's a regular sports club or the local school, you can give individual customers their own agreed rates. Those prices are only visible to that customer when they're signed in.

  • Override the group rate for one named hirer.
  • Only shown to that customer when they log in.
  • Add an end date to special pricing deals.

Customer review from Trustpilot

“I have been working with CMS / booking systems / facilities management for over 20 years and LemonBooking is the best system I have come across for small / medium sized organisations. The core functionality is well thought through and the modules keep it connected with new technologies and systems to complement. Support is quick and responsive, and requests for changes are implemented promptly. The leisure centre we run is now completely managed through LemonBooking, connected with Xero and Nuki Locks.”

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Charlie (Leisure centre manager)
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Help when needed.

We'll get LemonBooking configured properly from day one, then keep things simple. No in-app chat widgets, no pressure to buy more. If you need help, drop us an email and we'll reply within one or two working days.

  • We'll get everything configured for you.
  • Help articles, YouTube videos & step-by-step guides.
  • Email support when you need it. No jargon.
  • Screensharing for Gold-plan customers.
  • No chatbots and no "unlimited" promises we can't keep.

Frequently asked questions

Anything we haven't covered, drop us a line.

Who offers booking and ticketing systems for leisure facilities?

LemonBooking is a sports facility booking system that handles bookings and ticketing in one place. Operators take court, pitch and studio bookings on the calendar, sell event tickets for galas and open days, and manage payments, deposits and access codes together — rather than stitching a booking tool and a ticketing tool into one workflow. See the ticketing module →

Can we set peak and off-peak rates across multiple courts?

Yes — this sports centre booking system holds a rate matrix per facility, so peak, off-peak, member, junior and affiliated-club prices each apply on the right slot. A sports hall that splits into courts, or a full pitch that splits into 5-a-sides, shares those rates across every sub-space and on the public booking form.

Can leagues and clubs hold the same slot all season?

Yes — set the pattern once and LemonBooking books a league or block hirer into the same slot every week, fortnight or season. Bill them on a recurring cycle — monthly is typical, or weekly, quarterly or per season — rather than one invoice for the whole run, and skip public holidays and postponements without unpicking the rest. For a club managing its own pitches, see our sports club booking system →

Can we take pay-and-play card payments on the door?

Yes. A casual player books an open slot, pays by card and is confirmed on the spot, with a one-time access code sent for that slot only. Front-desk staff can also take a card payment on a SumUp reader at reception, so a walk-in is logged against the same calendar as your online bookings.

Is there a mobile app for managing facility bookings?

There's nothing to install. LemonBooking runs in any web browser, so front-desk staff and duty managers check the diary, approve a request and take a payment from a phone or tablet at reception — and a laptop in the office. It's the same live diary on every screen, so the duty manager and the front desk are never looking at different bookings.

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