Tennis in Barking and Dagenham
No clubs on Courting here yet, and five public court venues across the borough.
Barking and Dagenham keeps its park tennis small and keeps it together: five sites, seventeen tarmac courts, and one pass that covers all of them. Barking Park is the anchor with six courts, Central Park in Dagenham and St Chads Park have four each, Old Dagenham Park two and Greatfields Park one. The operator states £40 for a year, or £4 a month, and free park tennis runs at Barking Park every Saturday morning.
Seventeen courts is not many for a borough this size, so an hour wasted on a game that half-assembles is an hour somebody else wanted. Courting protects it: the group is settled before the court is, from members who have said they are free, and the booking is held for the people who are genuinely coming.
The best way to play here
Clubs on Courting in Barking and Dagenham
Join a club and the social side runs itself: fair doubles, a queue that keeps moving, and games that show up when you are free.
Find the nearest courts to you
Every club and public court in Barking and Dagenham, in order of distance from wherever you are.
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Public and park courts in Barking and Dagenham
Not in a club yet? These courts are open to anyone. Book the court with the venue, then start or join a session on Courting.
3 of 5 venues are plotted. The rest are listed below without a pin: two sources have to agree on a location before it gets one.
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- 1Barking ParkBook , Barking Park, opens in a new tab6 courtsTarmacPay and play
- 2Central Park DagenhamBook , Central Park Dagenham, opens in a new tab4 courtsTarmacPay and play
- 3Greatfields ParkBook , Greatfields Park, opens in a new tab1 courtsTarmacPay and play
- 4Old Dagenham ParkBook , Old Dagenham Park, opens in a new tab2 courtsTarmacPay and play
- 5St Chads ParkBook , St Chads Park, opens in a new tab4 courtsTarmacPay and play
Venues, access and locations come from council and local-authority pages. Court counts, surfaces and floodlights come from each venue operator's own booking page on ClubSpark. A blank means no approved source states it. Last checked 28 July 2026.
Court locations come from OpenStreetMap. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Tennis in Barking and Dagenham: common questions
- How much does it cost to play tennis in Barking and Dagenham?
- The borough's parks tennis operator states an annual Play Pass at £40 or a monthly one at £4, and either covers all five venues and their seventeen courts, with court bookings included. There is also free park tennis at Barking Park every Saturday at 10am, run by qualified activators who provide the equipment for all levels.
- Which parks in Barking and Dagenham have public tennis courts?
- Five: Barking Park, Central Park in Dagenham, Greatfields Park, Old Dagenham Park and St Chads Park. All five run on the same booking network, delivered with the council and the LTA, and every court on it is tarmac.
- Can you play tennis after dark in Barking and Dagenham?
- Not on the borough's park courts. The operator's own booking sheets list every one of the seventeen courts across the five sites without floodlights, so play is daylight hours. In winter that makes weekend slots and the Saturday free session the realistic options.
Get a real game going in Barking and Dagenham
Bring your club onto Courting and it runs the socials, fills the bookings, and keeps everyone playing. Free for clubs.
