Padel Pass Harpenden

Padel Pass Harpenden is a pay and play padel venue with 2 floodlit outdoor courts at Leyton Rd, Harpenden AL5 2JB, bookable on Playtomic from £32 per hour. The courts sit on the Leyton Road side of Rothamsted Park, near the tennis courts and football cage.

The venue opened in 2026 and puts padel in a public park rather than behind a members’ club door. Anyone can book a court, bring three friends and play, and the programme around the courts gives newcomers plenty of ways in.

The padel courts

Padel Pass Harpenden has 2 padel courts, both outdoors and both floodlit, so games carry on after dark through the darker months. The courts are not covered, which makes this an open air venue in the full sense: you play in the park, with the weather.

Each booking suits a doubles game for four players. A covered pergola area sits beside the courts, giving players somewhere to shelter from rain or sun between games, and a spectator zone lets friends and family watch the action up close.

At the courts you will find lockers, a fully stocked vending machine, a water fountain and padel balls for sale. A play park is close by, which helps parents who want to fit in a game while the children play. The venue has disabled access.

Booking and access

Every court at Padel Pass Harpenden is booked on Playtomic, where you choose a court, a start time and a session of 60, 90 or 120 minutes. It is pay and play, so there is no membership to buy before your first game.

Off-peak, Monday to Friday 9am to 3pm: £32 for 60 minutes, £48 for 90 minutes and £64 for 120 minutes. Peak, Monday to Friday before 9am and all day Saturday and Sunday: £42 for 60 minutes, £63 for 90 minutes and £84 for 120 minutes.

Prices are per court, not per player. Shared between four players, a peak hour at £42 works out at £10.50 each, while an off-peak hour at £32 comes to £8 each. That makes a weekday daytime game the best value slot at the venue.

Racket hire is available for £3 extra, which helps if you are new to the sport and have not yet bought your own. Padel balls are on sale at the courts too, so you can turn up with very little kit and still play.

Padel programme and social

Beginners at Padel Pass Harpenden can start with a Free Intro To Padel session: a complimentary 45 minute introduction to the game, free to book on Playtomic. It is the simplest way to learn the basics and get a feel for the court before booking a full session with friends.

For social play there are Social Mix In sessions of 90 minutes for £17, and a Beginners Guided Mix In of 60 minutes for £15. Mix-ins are a good fit if you do not have a regular four, since you can book alone and still get a game.

Coaching runs alongside the social sessions, with eight week courses, one-to-one coaching and group coaching. Playtomic Levelling Sessions of 60 minutes for £20 give you a Playtomic level, which makes it easier to join matches and mix-ins that suit your standard.

The club runs a full coaching, socials and mix-ins schedule, so there is usually a session to suit, whether you are picking up a racket for the first time or want steady improvement over a course of several weeks.

Best for

Padel Pass Harpenden is best for players in and around Harpenden who want a simple, bookable court in a park setting. Pay and play pricing, online booking and floodlights make it easy to fit a game into a weekday evening or a weekend morning.

It suits beginners well. The free intro session, the guided mix-in and £3 racket hire keep the cost of trying padel low. The venue works for families too, with the play park nearby and a spectator zone beside the courts for anyone not playing.

Because both courts are outdoors, it is a venue for players happy to play in the open air. To compare other venues across the county, see the guide to padel clubs in Hertfordshire.

New to the game? Read the beginner’s guide to padel in the UK for the rules and basics, or the complete guide to padel in the UK for kit, scoring and where to play.

Looking for another court? Our page on padel courts in Harpenden lists every club in the area with prices and booking links.