Park tennis courts in Haringey set for renovation

Haringey Council and the LTA have today announced a partnership to invest in and refurbish public park tennis courts in the borough. In total, 5 park tennis venues will be renovated, with investment of £446,782.57 helping ensure that quality facilities are available for the local community.  

The project is part of a nationwide investment by the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation, delivered by the LTA, to refurbish public tennis courts across Great Britain, and open up the sport to many more people. This investment will benefit communities across the country by renovating courts and improving court accessibility with new gate-access technology and booking systems.

Park tennis courts are vital in providing opportunities for children and adults to get active, delivering significant physical and mental health and wellbeing benefits to participants. Accessible facilities in parks are particularly critical to opening up the sport to those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and women and girls. 

In addition to investment of £324,888.42 from the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation, £121,894.15 will also be invested by Haringey Council

Alongside the investment, Haringey Council and the coaching provider of the tennis programme across the parks, Georgians Tennis in the Parks, will also work with the LTA to deliver a range of activity across the park sites. This will include weekly organised free park tennis sessions for all ages, playing levels and experience where equipment is provided, meaning that people will not need someone to play with or their own racket. Local Tennis Leagues will also provide friendly, sociable, opportunities to get active through local competition.  

The park venues being renovated are: Chapmans Green, Chestnuts Park, Downhills Park, Priory Park and Stationers Park, which will all be available to book online including via the LTA website https://www.lta.org.uk/play/book-a-tennis-court/, making it far easier to find and book a court or activity.  

All courts and sessions at all sites will be available to book online via the LTA website Search & book a tennis court near you | LTA.

Work on sites is anticipated to start and be completed in 2023.

Cllr Emily Arkell, Cabinet Member for Culture, Communities and Leisure, said:

“We are delighted to be working together with the LTA to make this significant investment in our borough’s public tennis courts. We know how important it is for our residents to have access to high quality sports facilities right here in our borough, including in our parks and green spaces. This is another great example of how we are working together with partners to invest in our parks to ensure that they provide a wide range of recreational and sporting opportunities for all residents.”

Julie Porter, Chief Operating Officer at the LTA, said:

“We are delighted to be working with Haringey Council to improve their park tennis facilities and provide more opportunities for anyone to pick up a racket and get active. This investment is part of the UK Government and LTA’s Parks Tennis Project, and will mean that courts will be available for people to use for years to come. We will also be working closely with Haringey Council to ensure that the local community have a range of accessible opportunities to get on court, and open up our sport to many more people.”