Finsbury Park Tennis Courts Location: Finsbury Park (southern end of the park), Seven Sisters Road, London N4 2DE 6 hard tennis courts, recently repainted. Public transport: Manor House tube station (Piccadilly Line), Finsbury Park tube & train station (Piccadilly Line, Victoria Line, trains, Overground) Tennis coaches available (LTA Level 3 coaches Gergo Pinter and Kevin […]
Barn Elms Sports Centre Tennis Courts Location: Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes, Wandsworth, London SW13 9SA Nearest stations: Putney Bridge tube station (District Line, Wimbledon branch) – 30 minutes walk along the River Thames. Putney train station is roughly the same distance. Barnes Bridge train station is a 20 minute walk. 9 hard tennis courts6 outdoor […]
North West London has an abundance of public tennis courts, well connected to public transport links. Here’s a selection of the best: Parliament Hill Fields Tennis Courts Location: Parliament Hill Fields, Highgate Road, London NW5 1QR Nearest Public Transport: Gospel Oak Overground Station, Kentish Town Tube Station (Northern Line), Bus routes 214, 88. 10 hard […]
As well as being a personal trainer in London, I’m crazy about tennis. Here are some great tennis courts in East London which I recommend you check out: West Ham Park Tennis Courts Location: West Ham Park, Upton Lane, London E7 9PU. 12 hard courts, one of East London’s biggest public courts, run by the […]
A couple of weeks ago I played tennis as a guest at David Lloyd Chigwell and played some of my best tennis ever. No wind or sun to interfere with your game, no squirrels rushing across the court, no dogs barking or kids screaming, no stray balls flying across from the next court. Playing at […]
I love playing tennis in London, there are so many outdoor public tennis courts and private tennis clubs to choose from. However, indoor tennis courts in London are relatively rare, and in particularly high demand in the winter for obvious reasons. One of these rare locations is Redbridge Sports Centre. There are 8 indoor tennis […]
As a personal trainer in London for over a decade, I train clients in their own homes, in gyms in their apartment blocks, in their gardens, in the parks (in Boroughs which don’t prosecute personal trainers for training their clients in the park), and on public tennis courts. You can get a great workout on […]
There are more top quality tennis courts in London than ever before, thanks to funding from the LTA, Sport England, and London Borough Councils. In addition, there are some great organisations who run public tennis courts – such as AllStarTennis , Will to Win, and Lifetime Tennis – the last two provide tennis coaching and tournaments […]
London has some great parks to work out in, and Wandsworth is no exception. Here are 5 of the best parks in Wandsworth for sports and fitness: Tooting Common This is Wandsworth’s biggest open space. There’s an athletics track at Tooting Bec with 8 lanes, fully floodlit after dark. It’s used by Herne Hill Harriers […]