Oxshott Village Sports Club

Oxshott Village Sports Club sits at Steels Lane, Oxshott, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 0RF, a short drive from the A3 and within easy reach of M25 junctions 9 and 10. The club’s cricket section dates to 1896, and padel was added on 14 August 2021 as the newest of nine sport sections.

Padel runs alongside tennis, squash, netball, bowls, bridge, cricket, petanque and a Playball franchise for young children. The section is membership-led with an active waiting list, and visiting players are usually brought along as guests of members. More on the club at the OVSC website.

The club is well known locally for its sociable clubhouse and fully stocked bar managed by Jeff Edgar-Gibson, open evenings and weekends. It draws a mixed playing base from Oxshott, Cobham, Esher and Leatherhead, and the padel section has grown quickly enough that the section now operates a queue for new members.

The padel courts

The venue has two padel courts, both built to a panoramic standard and enclosed by glass and metal mesh walls in line with current FIP specifications. The courts are floodlit, so play continues comfortably through winter evenings and into late summer nights.

Rackets and balls are available to borrow from the office, which is helpful for newcomers and for visiting guests who arrive without kit. Coaching loan rackets are also used during introductory group sessions.

Court surfacing is the standard synthetic turf finish used on most UK panoramic builds, with sand-dressed fibres for grip and consistent bounce. With only two courts on site, sessions tend to fill quickly during peak evening slots, so booking ahead is strongly recommended, particularly on club night evenings and weekend mornings.

Booking and access

Padel courts are booked through the club’s MyCourts portal, the same system the club uses for squash. Padel and squash members log in to reserve a court, with bookings released on a rolling window and limits in place to keep peak slots fair across the membership. Tennis is booked separately through ClubSpark.

Padel court hire and membership fees are on request via the office, as the club does not publish a public pay-and-play tariff. Membership can be paid as an annual lump sum or by monthly direct debit, with most sport sections renewing in March.

For pricing, waiting list status, or to enquire about guest play through a member, contact the office on 01372 843652 or email office@oxshottsports.com.

Parking is available on site, with changing rooms and showers in the clubhouse and step-free access between the car park, the bar and the padel courts. The office is staffed during normal club hours and typically responds to written enquiries within 24 hours.

Programme and social padel

The padel section runs a busy weekly diary. Adult club nights are scheduled Tuesday through Thursday evenings, and organised mix-ins run on Fridays and Saturdays from 1pm, putting players of broadly similar standard together for rotating doubles. The mix-in format is a good entry point for new members and a friendly way for visitors to meet the section.

Group coaching is offered on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with a dedicated teen coaching slot on Sundays. Private one-to-one lessons are available on request through the office. The coaching tab on this listing summarises tiers; detailed pricing and current coach availability is confirmed at the time of booking via email or phone.

The clubhouse and bar host post-play drinks, food and the usual run of section socials, charity nights and inter-section events through the year. Padel sits naturally alongside the club’s tennis and squash sections, and crossover between racket sports is common.

Best for

Oxshott Village Sports Club suits Surrey-based players who want a traditional members’ club feel with a strong social calendar, mix-ins five days a week, and a coaching pathway that includes teens. It is a particularly good fit for households already drawn to Oxshott, Cobham, Esher or Leatherhead who want a multi-sport club rather than a padel-only venue.

It is less suited to players looking for casual pay-and-play turn-up-and-rent access or for high-volume booking across many courts, since the section is membership-led with a waiting list and only two courts. Players who specifically want a large indoor padel hall will also want to look elsewhere in the Surrey area.

Oxshott Village Sports Club runs an in-house padel coaching programme with group sessions five days a week, a dedicated teen slot on Sundays, and private one-to-one lessons on request.