East Glos Club

East Glos Club is a racket sports club at Old Bath Rd, Cheltenham GL53 7DF, UK, with seven floodlit padel courts alongside tennis, squash, racketball, pickleball and table tennis. The club was named LTA National Club of the Year 2026 and offers pay-and-play padel to non-members.

Padel is one part of a much larger club. East Glos Club also runs 17 all-weather floodlit tennis courts and four squash courts, so padel players share the site with a busy racket sports community and can try other sports on the same visit.

The padel courts

East Glos Club has seven padel courts in total: six doubles courts plus one singles court. A singles court is unusual at a padel venue and gives players a way to train or play one against one, and members pay less to book it than a doubles court.

The padel courts opened in 2021. They are outdoor, floodlit and all-weather, so play continues into the evening and through the winter months. There are no indoor padel courts at the club, so a warm layer is worth packing for colder evening sessions.

At the club, the bar is open all day, seven days a week, and the club cafe serves lunches and snacks every day. The East Glos pro shop covers equipment and racket stringing, which is useful when a frame needs attention before a match or a league fixture.

Booking and access

Courts at East Glos Club are booked online through ManageOurClub, the club booking system, and pay-and-play sessions are open to non-members. The non-member pay-and-play rate is from £30 per court for 60 minutes, which works out at £7.50 each when four players share the court.

Members pay much less. A member doubles court costs £4 for 60 minutes, or £1 each between four players, and a member singles court costs £2 for 60 minutes. Membership subscriptions run from £5.23 to £10.46 per week, depending on age group.

For regular players, membership quickly pays for itself against pay-and-play rates, and it also opens up the leagues, ladders and wider club programme. Club reception handles membership and coaching enquiries. For general tips on securing a slot, see our guide on how to book a padel court in the UK.

Programme and social

Coaching at East Glos Club covers group courses for beginners, improvers and advanced players, plus individual and small group coaching. The padel coaching team has four coaches, led by Level 5 Tennis Coach and Padel Instructor Simon Corbishley.

Rob Elvidge and Charlie Ferrett both hold the Level 2 LTA Padel Instructor qualification, and Joe Wiltshire holds an HPA Bronze Certificate. Between them they run the group courses, individual lessons and the weekly coach-led practice for league teams.

For newcomers, the natural first step is the beginners courses, which run as group sessions. Social padel sessions then run every day of the week except Fridays, which makes it easy to find games against players of a similar standard once the basics are in place.

League players can join the Gloucestershire league teams, which train with weekly coach-led practice. Internal ladders run for ladies doubles, men’s doubles, mixed and singles, so there is regular competitive play at every level within the club itself.

The tournament calendar includes the club championships, held across nine days in May, plus LTA and iPadel events. These give members a chance to test their game in a structured format without leaving Cheltenham.

Junior padel courses run for ages 8 to 18 and are open to non-members, and junior social play takes place on Sunday mornings. That gives young players a pathway from their first lesson to regular games with other juniors.

Best for

East Glos Club suits players who want a full club around their padel: coaching at every level, leagues, ladders, championships, a bar and a cafe. It also works well for households where people play different racket sports, since tennis, squash and padel share one site.

Visitors and casual players can still book through pay-and-play, which makes the club a good option for a one-off game in Cheltenham. Players who then want to play weekly will find the member court rates and the social sessions hard to beat.

To compare other options, browse all padel courts in Cheltenham, including The Padel Club Cheltenham, or look further across the county at The Padel Club Gloucester Quays. If you are new to the sport, read our beginner’s guide to padel in the UK before your first session.