Lacey Green & Loosley Row Padel & Tennis

Lacey Green & Loosley Row Padel & Tennis is a friendly grass-roots community club tucked into the Chiltern Hills at Slad Lane, Lacey Green, Princes Risborough HP27 0PW. The club recently added a single floodlit padel court alongside its three refreshed tennis courts.

Membership is open to all standards and the on-site car park sits directly off Slad Lane. As a registered LTA venue under ClubSpark, the club is run by a volunteer committee with a full-time coach on site. Padel sits at the heart of the club’s growth plan, with new programmes such as padel-and-pilates rolling out alongside established tennis sessions.

The courts

The single padel court is brand new, built as part of recent ground works that also converted the tennis courts to artificial clay. It is a standard outdoor 20m x 10m panoramic court with full glass back walls, mesh side panels and LED floodlights for evening play.

The court surface is artificial turf with sand infill, the dominant choice for outdoor padel across the UK. It copes well with British rain and gives a consistent, slightly slower bounce that suits social doubles. Floodlights extend playing time through the autumn and winter months, and the rural Chiltern setting means very little ambient light spill once dusk falls.

Players should bring layers in colder months. The court is fully exposed on the Slad Lane site with hedgerow rather than hard windbreaks on the boundary.

Booking and access

The padel court is bookable through Playtomic, the club’s chosen platform for padel-specific bookings. Live court availability, peak and off-peak rates, and any open-match slots show at the booking step once you select a date and time. Tennis bookings continue to run through the club’s ClubSpark page.

Non-members are welcome to book the padel court on a pay-and-play basis, with members receiving discounted rates. The court is typically available from 08:00 to 22:00 daily, in line with the wider club’s opening hours posted on Google.

For questions about access, casual play sessions or visiting groups, the simplest route is the club mobile on 07754 016067 or the ClubSpark website contact form.

Padel programme and social

Padel coaching is led by Dan Smith, the club’s full-time head coach and LTA Coach of the Year for both 2025 and 2021. Sessions on the new padel court include a weekly social padel hour on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 13:00, a beginner-friendly format that gets newcomers swinging without commitment.

Junior padel, adult improvers and a planned padel-and-pilates crossover sit alongside the existing tennis programme. The tennis offering covers cardio tennis, walking tennis, beginner courses, junior coaching from age three upwards and holiday camps.

The club’s social calendar is a real strength. Gin and fizz nights in April, a summer barbecue in July, the Christmas dinner night and overseas tennis trips give members reasons to stick around beyond court time.

New members are paired with existing players at open mornings. That makes Lacey Green an easy entry point for anyone moving into the Princes Risborough, High Wycombe or Aylesbury catchment. The mix of padel newcomers and lifelong tennis players keeps the social padel hour particularly welcoming for absolute beginners.

Best for

This padel club is a strong fit for Chilterns residents who want to learn padel in a low-pressure, community setting rather than a high-volume city venue. Beginners benefit from a coach who has won national recognition twice in five years.

Families get one of the most affordable membership structures in Buckinghamshire, with junior primary from £25 per year, adult from £135 per year and family from £240 per year. Casual social players get a guaranteed Wednesday padel slot to walk into.

Visitors and second-home owners in the Princes Risborough area can pay-and-play through Playtomic without joining the club. Walkers finishing a circuit of the Chilterns Ridgeway can drop in for an hour of padel before heading home, which is a rare combination for a village venue at this price point.

Lacey Green & Loosley Row Padel & Tennis is one of the venues on our padel clubs in Buckinghamshire page, where you can compare courts, prices and how to book.

Padel coaching at Lacey Green & Loosley Row is delivered by full-time head coach Dan Smith, twice named LTA Coach of the Year (2025 and 2021). The programme runs on the club's new outdoor padel court and is open to members and non-members, with members receiving discounted rates.

Group formats include a weekly social padel hour on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 13:00 and a planned padel-and-pilates crossover for cross-training fans. Junior players benefit from coaching pathways that start at age three on the tennis side and now feed onto the padel court, while adult improvers can mix padel into the club's existing cardio tennis and walking tennis sessions. Private padel lessons and pair lessons can be arranged directly with Dan.

For coaching enquiries, the most reliable route is the ClubSpark contact form on the club website or a direct message via the club mobile on 07754 016067.