Pricing

What are the court prices in Sheffield?

This website lists all current tennis court prices for all venues, both for individual courts and annual parks tennis passes, up to and including 1st April 2025, from when a price increase takes effect. Courts at Bingham Park, Graves Park, Ecclesfield Park, Hollinsend Park and Millhouses Park are priced at £7 per court from 1st April 2025, or £1.75 per person for a game of doubles. Courts at High Hazels Park (peak times), Hillsborough Park and Weston Park are priced at £6 per court from 1st April 2025, or £1.50 per person for a game of doubles. Courts at Concord Park and High Hazels Park (off-peak times) are free to use. Concession rates are available for juniors under 16 or seniors over 65.

Annual parks tennis passes can be purchased for more frequent players to get even better value for money. These are offered in 3 tiers:

• Game: 12 court hours for £45 (or £3.75 per court), from 1st April 2025
• Set: 25 court hours for £70 (or £2.80 per court), from 1st April 2025
• Match: 50 court hours for £95 (or £1.90 per court), from 1st April 2025

Low-income households, individuals who are unemployed and/or players with a disability who are seeking to play but face difficulties in doing so should contact hello@courtside.uk.

How are prices set?

Sheffield City Council sets all prices and reviews them annually.

When was the last court price increase?

The last court price increase was in 2021 and before that 2016. This represents an annual increase of 3.8%.

Why have prices increased?

As a city, Sheffield has been fortunate to have received investment in excess of £450k in public tennis facilities since 2015. Courtside, a Community Interest Company, operates in order to safeguard the future of these public tennis courts, in partnership with Sheffield City Council and the Lawn Tennis Association. Since leisure is not a Local Authority statutory service, and future funding cannot be guaranteed, capital must be raised for ongoing maintenance and for the future upgrading/replacement of surfaces, nets, fences and gates. Prices are set at a level that reflect good value (a game of doubles can cost less than 50 pence per person) whilst enabling the long-term sustainability of these much valued public facilities.

Recent examples of investment include: new courts at Ecclesfield Park and Hollinsend Park; a new multi-activity hub with floodlit tennis, covered padel and other facilities in Hillsborough Park (opening summer 2025); re-painted courts at High Hazels Park; re-painted courts, including pickleball lines, at Bingham Park; re-painting of courts at Millhouses Park (coming April 2025); new lines at Graves Park; and other courts across the city deep cleaned, and maintained on a rolling basis.

Additional income raised also contributes to our ‘Try Tennis’ schools outreach programme which is set to bring free tennis sessions to some 3,000 pupils in 2025, in addition to allowing us to subsidise ‘Free Park Tennis’ sessions for the whole community.