Bowlplex Bowling Centres

Bowlplex is situated in Basingstoke’s large, out of town leisure park alongside the ice-​rink and the swimming pool. It’s a large 30 or so lane bowling facility and incredibly popular at peak times.
The lanes are well maintained and cleaned with few service issues. There is a limited choice of balls and, at popular times it can be hard to find the balls you want.
Ramps are provided for junior bowlers and there’s the option of having gutter bumpers up for individual bowlers as required. These come on automatically.
The bowling system is computerised and there are limited graphics. I find it disappointing that multiple strikes don’t set off a big noise or TV display as with some lanes!
Shoes are in OK condition although they’re not great.
There’s a gaming zone (fruit machines, video games, pool and air hockey), café and bar facility too.
The drinks at the bar are reasonably priced and the food is actually pretty good value with snacks and more substantial meals available (all bar-​type food).
There’s a small dancefloor for weekend evenings and the TVs regularly show main sporting action or pop videos.
The toilets are OK but the gents tend to smell!
Worth a trip if you’re in the area!