Shooting games hire Southampton
Southampton gets the shooting range regularly. A school reward day in the city in July 2026 had the laser tag arena up with the crossbow challenge, the assault course, the football speed cage and the interactive play system, and a March booking ran the arena alongside the bungee run, pole joust, magic mirror and the Chaos reaction game. The run in from Havant is about 22 miles up the M27, so Southampton jobs sit comfortably alongside our other SO-postcode work.
Choosing between the shooting games for a Southampton event comes down to numbers and space. The laser quest arena is the ten-player centrepiece: it inflates on site and fills either a sports hall of 35ft by 35ft or a 40ft by 40ft patch of grass with 25ft of clearance, and our operator runs every game and changeover. The laser clays range is the outdoor alternative - five shooters at a time over a 30m by 10m run, with a digital scoreboard doing the scoring and no mains power needed, which helps on the Common and park sites where sockets are scarce.
Archery is the taught option, with RPII-examined instructors briefing stance and draw before anyone shoots; it wants a 40ft by 60ft area with clear ground behind the targets. The crossbow challenge is the fete-style stall that takes four players at once and slots into a tighter layout, and the Laser Shot booth is the indoor or marquee pick for corporate days and exhibitions where a projected shooting gallery queues nicely.
Everything is our own kit from the Havant workshop, and the staff who run the games are our own first-aid trained, enhanced-DBS registered crew. The £10 million public liability certificate and the per-item risk assessments go out with the quote, which covers the council, school and university paperwork Southampton bookings tend to need.
The shooting games rarely travel alone. The July reward day ran them with the assault course, and for evening dos the photo booths pick up where the arena shuts down. Everything else we carry into the city is listed on the Southampton event hire page.
Send the date, the venue and the rough numbers, and we'll put a Southampton package together that fits the space - the arena and the clays range both need measuring before we commit, and we'd rather check that at quote stage than on the day.
Why book Monster Event Hire?
- Established 2002 - run by Joanne and David Morris from Havant.
- £10 million Public Liability Insurance - certificate available on request, with additional licensed-premises cover.
- Every inflatable PIPA-tagged and inspected annually - PIPA is the only inspection scheme recognised by the HSE.
- In-house PIPA-certified inflatable inspector and RPII inspector - the safety knowledge is in the business, not borrowed once a year.
- Every member of staff is enhanced-DBS registered, and staff are RPII operator/supervisor trained and first-aid trained.
- BS EN 14960:2019 is the standard we work to for inflatable play equipment.
- Anemometer wind-safety protocol issued with every inflatable hire - documented procedure with a 24mph cutoff.
- Electrical equipment is annually PAT-tested by certified testers where applicable.
- Our equipment is our own - no sub-hiring or agency middlemen.
- Trusted by councils, charities, government research agencies and corporates, with named multi-year repeat clients.
Need an insurance certificate, risk assessment or method statement? They're available on request - just ask when you book.
Shooting games hire in Southampton - common questions
Which shooting game fits a Southampton school field?
The laser tag arena and the laser clays range are the two that held the field at a Southampton school reward day in July 2026. The arena wants a 40ft by 40ft patch with 25ft of height clearance outdoors, and the clays range runs 30m by 10m without needing a power socket, so both suit school grounds. Send us the site measurements and we will confirm the fit before the date is held.
Can the laser tag arena go indoors at a Southampton venue?
Yes, and it works well in sports halls. Indoors it needs about 35ft by 35ft with 8ft of headroom, and it inflates in sections so it gets through standard hall doors. Tell us the hall at enquiry stage and we will check the dimensions before quoting.
How many of the shooting games can run at once?
The laser clays take five shooters at a time, the laser quest arena takes ten players per game, archery runs four on the line with two targets and more with four, and the crossbow challenge takes four at the stall. A mix of two or three usually keeps a queue moving at a Southampton fun day, and the operator rotates the groups so nobody waits long.
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