UK Padel Statistics 2026: Players, Courts, Clubs and Prices

How many people play padel in Britain?

The LTA, which governs padel in Britain, measures participation as anyone who played at least once in the year. On that basis the sport has grown roughly sixty-fold since 2019, more than doubling in 2025 alone. About two-thirds of padel players also play tennis, according to the same release, which tells you where most of the converts are coming from.

How many padel courts are there?

The LTA's published milestones show 870 courts at the end of 2024, 1,000 by July 2025, 1,553 at the end of 2025 and 1,825 by May 2026. The venue count moves less neatly (559 at the end of 2025, 551 in May 2026), which suggests clubs are adding courts faster than new clubs are opening, and that the counting of venues has been tidied up along the way.

Where the clubs are

England has 297 of the 327 clubs we have verified. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are smaller markets but growing; each nation's guide lists every club we have checked so far.

Indoor, covered or outdoor?

47% of verified courts are fully indoor and 18% sit under a canopy roof, the British compromise that keeps the rain off without the cost of a building. The remaining 35% are open to the sky. Our rain-proof padel report breaks this down by city.

How big is a padel club?

The most common size is 2 courts, and the average is 3.9. Large indoor centres with eight or more courts are still rare, but they are where same-day bookings are most likely to succeed.

Who runs British padel?

Most clubs are independent. Of the multi-site operators we have verified so far, David Lloyd Clubs leads with 32 clubs. Tennis, golf and sports clubs are the single biggest home for courts after dedicated padel clubs: dedicated padel club 195, tennis, golf or sports club 62, health club or gym 43.

Who can book, and on which app?

213 clubs (65%) are straightforward pay-and-play, and 40 are members only. More detail is in the members-only problem. Playtomic is the booking platform at 50% of clubs; see which apps UK clubs use.

What does it cost?

The median off-peak price at clubs that publish their rates is £10.50 per player for 90 minutes, rising to £14.25 at peak. The full city-by-city breakdown is in the UK padel price index.

Sources

• LTA Padel, “1,000,000 padel players in Britain”, 15 May 2026
• LTA Padel, “860,000 players: LTA unveils latest figures on growth of padel in Britain”, March 2026
• LTA Padel, “Padel’s rapid rise: Great Britain reaches 1,000 padel courts”, July 2025
• Padel Britain directory: 327 clubs verified at their own websites.

How we worked this out

Every club in these figures has been checked at its own website or booking listing: address, number of courts, whether they are indoor, covered or outdoor, who can book, and any prices the club publishes. Prices are converted to one comparable number, the cost per player for a 90-minute game with four players sharing the court, using the club's cheapest non-member rate for "off-peak" and its dearest regular rate for "peak". Member-only prices are left out of the averages.

Coverage. We have verified 327 clubs and 1,265 courts so far. The LTA counted 1,825 courts at 551 venues in May 2026, so our figures cover roughly 59% of venues and grow every time we add more. Treat shares and medians as a strong sample rather than a census until coverage is complete; the page recalculates itself on every update.

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