How much does it cost to play tennis in a Tower Hamlets park?

£4 an hour off peak and £6 at peak, the same at all seven parks, with a £2 discount for under-18s and senior citizens. Tower Hamlets Tennis, the non-profit contracted by the council, runs the booking and courts open about seven days in advance.

Which Tower Hamlets tennis courts have floodlights?

Two of the seven: Bethnal Green Gardens on Malcolm Place and St John's Park on Plevna Street. The operator lists the other five, Victoria Park, King Edward Memorial Park, Poplar Recreation Ground, Ropemakers Fields and Wapping Gardens, as daylight hours only, so a winter evening game means one of the first two.

Where are the tennis courts in Victoria Park?

By St Mark's Gate at the eastern end of the park, E9 5DY. There are four porous macadam courts there, booked through Tower Hamlets Tennis like the rest of the borough's parks, and they are daylight hours rather than floodlit.

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Tennis in Tower Hamlets

No clubs on Courting here yet, and seven public court venues across the borough.

Tower Hamlets contracts its park tennis to a non-profit, Tower Hamlets Tennis, and the result is unusually consistent. Seven parks, every court porous macadam, and one price list across all of them: £4 an hour off peak and £6 at peak, with £2 off for under-18s and senior citizens. Victoria Park, Bethnal Green Gardens and King Edward Memorial Park have four courts each, and Wapping Gardens has a single one.

One price list does not solve the thing that actually keeps people off court, which is not knowing who they will be playing. Courting handles that for clubs in the borough: it books the court, forms doubles that hold together for a whole set rather than falling apart in the first two games, and keeps a club night moving instead of stalling around one long match.

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Clubs on Courting in Tower Hamlets

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Public and park courts in Tower Hamlets

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Public and park tennis courts, with court counts, surfaces and how to book
	Venue	Courts	Surface	Access	Book
1	Bethnal Green Gardens	4	Porous macadamFloodlit	Pay and play	Book , Bethnal Green Gardens, opens in a new tab
2	Wapping Gardens	1	Porous macadam	Pay and play	Book , Wapping Gardens, opens in a new tab
3	Ropemakers Fields	2	Porous macadam	Pay and play	Book , Ropemakers Fields, opens in a new tab
4	St John's Park	2	Porous macadamFloodlit	Pay and play	Book , St John's Park, opens in a new tab
5	Victoria Park	4	Porous macadam	Pay and play	Book , Victoria Park, opens in a new tab
6	Poplar Recreation Ground	2	Porous macadam	Pay and play	Book , Poplar Recreation Ground, opens in a new tab
7	King Edward Memorial Park	4	Porous macadam	Pay and play	Book , King Edward Memorial Park, opens in a new tab

1Bethnal Green Gardens
Book , Bethnal Green Gardens, opens in a new tab
4 courtsPorous macadamPay and playFloodlit
2Wapping Gardens
Book , Wapping Gardens, opens in a new tab
1 courtsPorous macadamPay and play
3Ropemakers Fields
Book , Ropemakers Fields, opens in a new tab
2 courtsPorous macadamPay and play
4St John's Park
Book , St John's Park, opens in a new tab
2 courtsPorous macadamPay and playFloodlit
5Victoria Park
Book , Victoria Park, opens in a new tab
4 courtsPorous macadamPay and play
6Poplar Recreation Ground
Book , Poplar Recreation Ground, opens in a new tab
2 courtsPorous macadamPay and play
7King Edward Memorial Park
Book , King Edward Memorial Park, opens in a new tab
4 courtsPorous macadamPay 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 Tower Hamlets: common questions

How much does it cost to play tennis in a Tower Hamlets park?: £4 an hour off peak and £6 at peak, the same at all seven parks, with a £2 discount for under-18s and senior citizens. Tower Hamlets Tennis, the non-profit contracted by the council, runs the booking and courts open about seven days in advance.
Which Tower Hamlets tennis courts have floodlights?: Two of the seven: Bethnal Green Gardens on Malcolm Place and St John's Park on Plevna Street. The operator lists the other five, Victoria Park, King Edward Memorial Park, Poplar Recreation Ground, Ropemakers Fields and Wapping Gardens, as daylight hours only, so a winter evening game means one of the first two.
Where are the tennis courts in Victoria Park?: By St Mark's Gate at the eastern end of the park, E9 5DY. There are four porous macadam courts there, booked through Tower Hamlets Tennis like the rest of the borough's parks, and they are daylight hours rather than floodlit.

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