Park Sports The Regent’s Park

I’ve been playing at Regent’s Park Tennis for a while now, and it’s easily one of the best spots in London for a game. The courts are well maintained, bookings are simple through their online system, and the setting in the middle of the park makes it feel like a little oasis in the city. Staff are friendly and helpful, and there’s a good range of coaching options too. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned player, it’s a great place to hit some balls. Highly recommended!

I called an hour before my court booking to cancel because it was raining and the ground was clearly slippery. The staff told me the courts were “playable” and unless I showed up in person and proved otherwise, they wouldn’t refund or credit me — which is really unreasonable. I’ve been given a credit when I cancelled due to 30mph gusts — however, they still emailed me back and said that was “playable”. So what exactly counts as unplayable to them? When I went to check the courts this time, there were only a couple private lessons happening, not “lots of people playing” as they claimed. The weather is out of our control — customers shouldn’t have to travel all the way just to prove it’s wet and unsafe.

Love the padel courts and coaching whenever we can book, but a recent experience with Darren, their new business support manager, has been so frustrating that we’ll rethink if we want to try and book in the future. My husband couldn’t attend a padel tournament this weekend due to food poisoning during Easter holidays, he canceled his spot and it was immediately sold to another participant. Darren keeps insisting that in order for us to get £35 back to the account my husband needs to get a sick note from GP, even though Park Sports haven’t lost anything and we’ve been good customers of theirs for almost 2 years. He couldn’t get the sick note during Easter because surgeries were closed, so now he has to go to a GP after the fact just because! And NHS isn’t busy at all, is it. Thank you Darren, we’ll be looking to play elsewhere as this is just disgrace and we can’t trust Park Sports anymore.

Played the Roland Garros Social Tournament on Sunday 29/5/22. It was tiring but great fun. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Cannot play Tennis, however it's so nice to sit and read or revise there, listening to the sound of clacking of tennis balls to and throw in the distance. This is quite relaxing and I think it may help you concentrate better.