Padel at Floodbridge Farm

Padel at Floodbridge Farm is a single-court indoor padel venue tucked into a converted barn at Floodbridge Farm, Exelby Road, Bedale DL8 2EU, in the heart of rural North Yorkshire.

The club sits just off the A1(M) corridor between Leeming Bar and Bedale market town. That gives easy access to players coming down from Northallerton, Catterick and Richmond, and northwards from Ripon, Thirsk and the wider Hambleton area. It is a working-farm conversion in the truest sense, an unused barn brought back to life as a community padel club.

The build sits within the wider trend of British farmers diversifying redundant agricultural space into sport. Padel at Floodbridge Farm was delivered by SG Padel, a UK court builder that has installed projects from Soho Farmhouse to The Padel Inn.

The venue runs day-to-day through the Playtomic booking app. With no front-of-house staff to gate-keep, this is a self-serve, app-first padel club for the Dales. The barn keeps the playing surface dry through every Yorkshire season, and the farmyard setting gives the club a distinct, low-fuss character that you do not get at a city-centre operator.

The padel courts

The venue has one indoor padel court (Playtomic lists it as “Padel 1”), classified as a double, panoramic court. The build is a premium Mejorset court with a white frame, finished with Mondo Supercourt XN turf in terracotta - the same Italian-made carpet used at top European clubs and recognisable on the Premier Padel circuit.

Being indoor, the court is shielded from Yorkshire wind and rain year-round, with overhead lighting allowing late evening sessions even in deep winter. The panoramic glass back wall - clear of corner posts behind the service boxes - gives a wider sight line for spectators and a cleaner aesthetic than older-style courts.

Booking and access

All bookings are handled through Playtomic. Open the club page on the Playtomic app or web, pick a slot, and pay in-app. Live rates appear at the booking step and typically run in 60, 90 and 120 minute blocks. Standard Playtomic cancellation policy applies - free cancellation up to 24 hours before the slot.

The club is open every day from 06:00 to 23:00, including weekends and bank holidays. Free on-site parking is available in the farmyard, and the venue lists private parking as well as disabled access among its amenities, with a changing room and WiFi inside the barn. Equipment rental is offered through Playtomic for players turning up without rackets or balls.

Programme and social

As a single-court rural venue, the day-to-day rhythm at Padel at Floodbridge Farm is built around peer-organised bookings rather than a packed event calendar. Players coordinate fixed-time weekly fourballs and casual mix-ins through Playtomic’s matchmaking and open-match features, which let strangers join half-booked slots at their level.

The venue’s location makes it a natural meeting point for the small-but-growing padel community across North Yorkshire and the Dales. The long 06:00 to 23:00 window means early-morning farmers, daytime retirees and late-finishing commuters can all find court time. Group bookings - birthdays, work socials and stag groups - are handled directly through the booking app.

Best for padel in Bedale

Padel at Floodbridge Farm suits players in the Bedale, Leeming, Catterick and Northallerton catchment who want a year-round indoor court without driving to York, Harrogate or Teesside. The single-court setup keeps it intimate and easy to book as a regular group, and the all-weather indoor build means no cancellations for rain.

It is less suited to players wanting a busy multi-court club with on-site coaching academies, daily mix-ins or a cafe-bar scene. With only one court, peak slots get tight, so book a week ahead for evenings and weekends. New players should hire equipment via the Playtomic app, as there is no staffed pro shop.

Padel at Floodbridge Farm does not currently advertise an in-house coaching programme. Players wanting lessons typically arrange a visiting coach privately and book the court at standard rates through Playtomic.