The census
The UK padel market, in numbers.
The canonical count — clubs, courts, growth, the planning pipeline and demand. Updated weekly, and every figure is labelled by how we know it.
Where demand is highest
Demand per court, by city. A higher ratio means players are competing for fewer courts — the clearest site-selection signal in the market.
| City | Clubs | Courts | Demand / court | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester | 5 | 15 | 1.07 | Modelled |
| Stockport | 8 | 19 | 0.84 | Modelled |
| Birmingham | 16 | 51 | 0.59 | Modelled |
| Cambridge | 6 | 13 | 0.46 | Modelled |
| Northampton | 7 | 29 | 0.38 | Modelled |
| Norwich | 8 | 19 | 0.37 | Modelled |
| Manchester | 16 | 59 | 0.36 | Modelled |
| Newmarket | 7 | 13 | 0.31 | Modelled |
The pipeline
Padel planning applications in the last 7 days. Every approved scheme is future supply; tracking it to outcome is how “approved” becomes a forecast.
6
Submitted
6
Approved
0
Refused
- 2-court · Northumberland (County)withdrawn
- 4-court · Tandridgepending
- 3-court · Boltonapproved
- 2-court · Bathapproved
- 1-court · Sheffieldapproved
- Alteration · Wolverhamptonpending
New on the map
- Padel + Play TelfordTelford · 6 courts · 2026-09-12
- Atmos Padel ChesterfieldChersterfield · 4 courts · 2026-09-09
- Neighbourhood PadelBirmingham · 4 courts · 2026-09-07
- Padel OutPreston · 9 courts · 2026-09-06
How we know
Every figure here carries a provenance label — measured, observed, modelled or estimated. We publish aggregates only, never club-identifiable or player-level data.
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