Tennis in Merton
No clubs on Courting here yet, and fourteen public court venues across the borough.
Merton is a strong tennis borough well beyond Wimbledon fortnight. The council lists fourteen park sites, from Wimbledon Park's twenty courts down to the single court at Haydons Road Recreation Ground, spread across Mitcham, Morden and Wimbledon.
Courts, Merton has. A dependable social game is the harder thing to arrange. Courting runs the sessions for Merton clubs so the sides are fair, the queue on a busy club night keeps turning over, and a game finds you when you are free, instead of living and dying in a group chat.
The best way to play here
Clubs on Courting in Merton
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 Merton, in order of distance from wherever you are.
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Public and park courts in Merton
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.
Most of Merton's park courts are free to book through Tennis in Merton; Wimbledon Park is the borough's paid site.
10 of 14 venues are plotted. The rest are listed below without a pin: two sources have to agree on a location before it gets one.
- Public court, verified
- 1Wimbledon ParkBook , Wimbledon Park, opens in a new tab20 courtsArtificial Grass and TarmacPaid
- 2Morden ParkBook , Morden Park, opens in a new tab4 courtsTarmacFree
- 3Dundonald Recreation GroundBook , Dundonald Recreation Ground, opens in a new tab3 courtsTarmacFree
- 4John Innes ParkBook , John Innes Park, opens in a new tab4 courtsTarmacPaid
- 5Joseph Hood Recreation GroundBook , Joseph Hood Recreation Ground, opens in a new tab5 courtsTarmacFree
- 6Oakleigh Way Recreation GroundBook , Oakleigh Way Recreation Ground, opens in a new tab2 courtsTarmacFree
- 7Tamworth Recreation GroundBook , Tamworth Recreation Ground, opens in a new tab5 courtsTarmacFree
- 8King George's Playing FieldsBook , King George's Playing Fields, opens in a new tab3 courtsTarmacFree
- 9Nursery Road Playing FieldsBook , Nursery Road Playing Fields, opens in a new tab3 courtsTarmacFree
- 10Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Playing FieldsBook , Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Playing Fields, opens in a new tab4 courtsTarmacFree
- 11Cottenham ParkBook , Cottenham Park, opens in a new tab6 courtsTarmacFree
- 12Holland GardenBook , Holland Garden, opens in a new tab2 courtsTarmacFree
- 13Morden Recreation GroundDetails , Morden Recreation Ground, opens in a new tab2 courtsSurface not listedFree
- 14Haydons Road Recreation GroundDetails , Haydons Road Recreation Ground, opens in a new tab1 courtsSurface not listedFree
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 Merton: common questions
- Are there free public tennis courts in Merton?
- Yes. Tennis in Merton, the council's operator, gives free play and booking for sixty minutes a day across the borough's park sites, Wimbledon Park excepted. Morden Recreation Ground and Haydons Road Recreation Ground are not bookable at all and run first come, first served.
- How many courts does Wimbledon Park have?
- Wimbledon Park has twenty courts, split between ten floodlit artificial-grass courts and ten acrylic hard courts, all booked through the Tennis in Merton operator pages.
- What is the difference between Joseph Hood Recreation Ground and Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Playing Fields?
- They are two separate Merton venues with confusingly similar names, and the operator's own pages say so. Joseph Hood Recreation Ground has five courts; Sir Joseph Hood Memorial Playing Fields sits in Motspur Park, off Marina Avenue, with four refurbished courts. Check which one you have booked before you set off.
Get a real game going in Merton
Bring your club onto Courting and it runs the socials, fills the bookings, and keeps everyone playing. Free for clubs.
