Tag:leisure=pitch

Description
v · d · e leisure = pitch

An area designed for practising a particular sport, normally designated with appropriate markings.
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Group: Leisure
Used on these elements

Useful combination
`sport=` `surface=` `lit=*`
Status: de facto

Tools for this tag
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Wikidata
Q2310214

The tag leisure=pitch is used to map a pitch: an area designed for practising a particular sport, normally designated with appropriate markings. Examples include tennis courts, basketball courts, ball parks, and riding arenas.

Pitches may be contained within a larger landuse=recreation_ground, leisure=park, leisure=sports_centre, leisure=horse_riding or specific sports field (see the discussion/talk page for discussion on how to tag a larger sports field). A facility with seating for large numbers of spectators should be tagged with leisure=stadium retaining leisure=pitch for the playing surface itself. A golf course should be tagged as leisure=golf_course rather than as a pitch.

How to map

If there is some physical outline of the pitch or painted line markings, draw an area around it and add leisure=pitch and proper sport=* tag.
If a pitch has no clear landcover outline, draw a node in its middle, then add leisure=pitch and the proper sport=* tag.
If a pitch is not in use anymore, its state can be described with the Lifecycle prefix, e.g. disused:leisure=pitch if it is currently not ready to be used, but could be reinstated easily; or abandoned:leisure=pitch when it cannot be used without extensive repairs, etc.

Tags to use in combination

sport=*
surface=*
lit=yes

Examples

Multi-sport pitch

(pitch made for 2 or more disciplines)

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=soccer;basketball

Use of semi-colon value separator to list multiple values - preferable if a single pitch is setup for some specific sports

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=multi

Note that this kind of tagging is not distinguishing for example sport=soccer + sport=basketball vs sport=bmx + sport=skateboard

Soccer pitch

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=soccer
+ surface=artificial_turf
+ lit=yes

Tennis court

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=tennis
+ surface=clay

Basketball court

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=basketball
+ surface=artificial_turf

Single basketball hoop with pitch:

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=basketball
+ surface=sand

Single basketball hoop without pitch:

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=basketball

Skatepark

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=skateboard
+ surface=concrete

Riding arena

(here outdoor dressage arena)

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=equestrian
+ surface=sand

Indoor tennis court

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=tennis
+ building=*

Table tennis table

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=table_tennis

Large chess board

 leisure=pitch
+ sport=chess

Pitches by layout

The following diagrams can help you identify the sport=* based on aerial imagery. Standard dimensions are shown in some diagrams, but a pitch does not need to be regulation to be tagged with sport=*.

Similar tags

leisure=sports_centre - A sports centre is a distinct facility where sports take place within an enclosed area.
leisure=stadium
leisure=horse_riding - Equestrian facility covering a larger area, which may include riding arenas (as pitches) as well as riding halls.
leisure=table_tennis_table
leisure=golf_course

Possible tagging mistakes

leisure=court

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

leisure=recreation_ground ‒ Use landuse=recreation_ground instead, unless this is a sport pitch to tag with leisure=pitch + sport=*.