Pricing

What are the court prices in Oxford?

This website lists all current tennis court prices for all venues, up to and including 1st April 2025, after which a price increase takes effect.

Courts at Alexandra Park, Bury Knowle Park, Cutteslowe Park, Florence Park and The Leys Recreation Ground are priced at £8 per court from 1st April 2025, £4 per person for a standard game or £2 per person for a game of doubles.

Courts at Florence Park and Bury Knowle Park that use floodlights are priced at £9 per court from 1st April 2025, £4.50 per person for a standard game or £2.25 per person for a game of doubles.

From 1st April 2025 to June 30th 2025, courts at Botley Park and Hinksey Park will be priced from £2 per court and will vary by the hour based on historical use. Pricing from July 1st will be updated before the courts become available to book (7 days before).

Concession rates of £5 per court are available for juniors under 16 or seniors over 65.

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?

Oxford 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 this has been the only increase implemented since Courtside’s appointment by Oxford City Council to operate the parks courts and coaching programme. Prior to Courtside’s partnership with Oxford City Council, court pricing was on a pay-per-player basis making a court booking more expensive. Since the partnership, court prices have been reduced to a flat rate per hour so that tennis can be accessible to more people.

Why have prices increased?

Courtside, a Community Interest Company, operates in order to safeguard the future of these public tennis courts, in partnership with Oxford 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 whilst enabling the long-term sustainability of these much-valued public facilities.

Courtside and Oxford City Council have recently invested in upgrading the courts at Hinksey Park and Botley Park. Additional investment was made to develop a multi-activity hub and community café in Bury Knowle Park, complete with 3 newly resurfaced full-sized tennis courts (two of which have court-lighting) and 4 new mini-tennis courts. 

Where does the extra money go?

Additional income raised contributes towards reinvestment in public tennis facilities at other sites across the city. It also helps us develop our ‘Try-Tennis’ school outreach programme which is set to bring free tennis sessions to around 5,000pupils in 2025, in addition to allowing us to subsidise sessions such as our ‘Active Women’ tennis session aimed at reducing the barriers for women in sport, and run free tennis sessions for the whole community such as those at Botley Park on a Saturday.