Stoke Park country club in Buckinghamshire is celebrating becoming the first 5 Star hotel in the UK to have padel courts and helping to boost the racquet sport’s popularity.
Introduced to the UK in 1992, padel has been played for more than 100 years and has become a sporting phenomenon throughout many Hispanic nations including Spain, Mexico and Argentina.
The addition of the padel courts to its award-winning sports facilities also establishes the 5 AA Red Star Country Club, Spa and Hotel as the only club in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire to have them.
Stoke Park’s tennis members will have access to the padel courts, as will guests staying in the hotel.
Stoke Park, top of page, is the first 5-star hotel in the UK to introduce Padel courts
Says Tom Murray, marketing director of British Padel: “We are delighted Stoke Park has become a member of British Padel and have installed padel courts to its wonderful facilities.“To have such a prestigious venue joining the association gives a huge boost to our key objective of this year, which is for Padel to achieve official sporting classification in the UK.
“We currently have 55 padel courts in the UK, and now with these two additional courts at Stoke Park, it really is helping the popularity of the sport.”
Chester King, chief executive of Stoke Park, adds: “We are very excited to be adding Padel to our Health and Racquet facilities at Stoke Park, which also include 13 tennis courts (6 Wimbledon Spec Grass, 3 Indoor and 4 Floodlit Artificial Clay).
“Padel is a brilliant game and we are looking forward for our tennis members and hotel guests to be able to enjoy this.”
Stoke Park is set among 300 acres of glorious parkland, lakes, historic gardens and monuments. It provides a unique combination of the traditions of an exclusive Members’ Club and the best of today’s sporting, leisure, entertaining and hotel facilities.
- Facilities include:
- 5 Red AA Star Hotel with 49 Luxury Bedrooms and Suites
- 3 Restaurants, Bars and Lounges including Humphry’s (3 AA Rosettes)
- 27-hole Championship golf course, designed by Harry Colt in 1908; European HQ for the David Leadbetter Golf Academy
- State-of-the-art 4,000 sq. ft. Gymnasium complete with Fitness, Hot Yoga and Spinning Studios
- Award – winning Spa, spa garden with Scandinavian sauna and outdoor hot tub
- Indoor swimming pool and steam rooms
- Kids Club, games room and outdoor playground
