Hollywood Bowl is one of the more dependable answers to the question “what can we actually do tonight?”
There are 26 lanes including VIP lanes, plus pool tables, an amusements arcade, an American-style diner and a bar. It works equally well for an afternoon activity, a group night out or a date where neither person particularly wants to maintain eye contact for two uninterrupted hours.
Being at the Leisure Park also means it is easy to combine with the Aquadrome, a Bison ice hockey game, food or other activities nearby.
Opening times
Standard opening hours, as listed by Hollywood Bowl on 12 October 2026:
| Day | Open | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | 11am | 10pm |
| Friday | 11am | Midnight |
| Saturday | 9am | Midnight |
| Sunday | 9am | 10pm |
Hours change for bank holidays, school holidays and one-off events, so check before a late visit.
Prices and deals
Hollywood Bowl does not publish a single per-game price for Basingstoke. Lane prices vary by day and time, and the cheapest slots are on weekdays before 11am. The deals it was advertising in October 2026 were:
- Eat, drink and bowl: from £9.00 per person.
- Three games: from £11.00.
- Student deal (two games and a drink): from £12.00.
- Two games and two drinks: from £16.50, on weekdays all day and Sundays after 7pm, excluding school holidays.
Junior pricing applies to under-16s, and alcohol is served to over-18s only.
Booking
Booking online is the only way to guarantee a lane. Walk-ins are welcome when there is space, but Friday and Saturday evenings, school holidays and wet weekends fill up. Groups of 20 or more go through the events team.
Parking and getting there
Hollywood Bowl is at Basingstoke Leisure Park, Worting Road, RG22 6PG. Parking around the Leisure Park is free. The venue is on the ground floor with slopes rather than steps, and has accessible lanes, ball ramps and lightweight balls.
Is it worth going?
It is a chain bowling alley. Nobody needs us to pretend otherwise.
But it is a large, well-equipped one with free parking, long opening hours and enough other things inside to make it useful even if your bowling technique consists largely of apologising to the gutter.
For indoor entertainment in Basingstoke, it earns its place here.
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