Although technically a town, Yateley has the general appearance of a large village. Fortunately, it enjoys the advantages that both descriptions would suggest when it comes to opportunities for sport and recreation. Its excellent sports facilities include Frogmore Leisure Centre on Potley Hill Road. There are also the facilities open to the public at the Yateley School complex on School Lane, including fitness gym, and the unique Curves facility on Reading Road, dedicated to women.

Over at the Town Council complex on Yateley Green there are 2 all-weather tennis courts with flood-lighting with, next door, the bowling green.

This being Hampshire, you would expect cricket to figure highly on the local scene, which it does - not least in the name of Cricket Hill, part of Yateley Common Country Park. The game itself is played at Yateley Cricket Club's ground in Sean Devereux Park on Chandlers Lane (as well as Yateley Green). Competition from other local teams is fierce and Eversley Cricket Club attracts much local support.

Sharing the Yateley Cricket Club's clubhouse in Sean Devereux Park is the very active hockey club. Also in the vicinity of Sean Devereux Park is the Blackwater Valley Golf Club, a 9-hole 2,245 yard par 34 course which was awarded the highly acclaimed "Cooper-Heyman Cup" for landscape design.

There are Football pitches at Yateley Green, Darby Green Playing Fields and Sean Devereux Park.

The Yateley Lakes, left over from quarrying, constitute one of most famous fisheries in the country with catches of carp, catfish, bream, trench and eels. The River Blackwater is also fished. Permits are obtainable from Yateley Angling Centre, tel 01252 861955.

For the younger members of the community, Yateley has three main playgrounds situated around the town that are well maintained, safe and fun for children aged below 8. They all have safety surfaces fitted and are enclosed by fences which exclude dogs.

For ramblers, there is Yateley Common Country Park, which although designated as a Country Park, is managed as a nature reserve and is recognised for its importance to nature conservation. It forms part of Hampshire's heathlands where rare reptiles and birds flourish in a unique environment. The Common has a dense network of bridleways with many smaller paths through varied landscapes.