Eighteen months ago, Blackpool had no padel courts at all. Now it has two full venues within a few miles of each other, both opened in 2026, with three more in the pipeline. Ace Padel Lytham St Annes let through nearly 1,000 players in its first few weeks. That’s the kind of number a seaside town doesn’t see for a passing trend.
This guide covers what’s open and bookable right now on the Fylde coast, what each venue offers, and what’s still just a planning application.
Just Padel Blackpool: the town’s first indoor centre
Just Padel Blackpool has six indoor courts at Squires Gate, is open close to 24 hours a day, and books via Playtomic or Playskan.
Just Padel Blackpool opened at Unit 1C, Squires Gate Business Park, on the South Shore side of town (FY4 3RN) – the first full-scale indoor padel centre the town has had. Six courts, indoor, with the enclosed glass-and-mesh setup that keeps the wind off the Irish Sea from ever being a factor.
Hours run 05:00 to 04:30, seven days a week, which covers almost every hour a working player might want a court. Court hire runs £24-£48 depending on the time slot, split across four players that lands somewhere between £6 and £12 a head. Membership options include a £10/month plan (15% off match bookings, two-week advance booking priority) and an £80/month “Summer Madness” unlimited pass covering June to August.
On-site you get a café, lockers, changing rooms, disabled access, and free parking. Bookings go through Playtomic or Playskan, both standard for UK padel venues, so if you already have an account from playing elsewhere, there’s nothing new to set up.
This venue is part of a wider push from the same operator, who opened a Preston site in February and has Bolton in the pipeline too – 70-plus courts have gone in across Lancashire per LTA figures, and Blackpool was one of the later dominoes to fall.
Ace Padel St Annes: sauna, café-bar, golf sim
Ace Padel Lytham St Annes has five indoor courts, a café-bar, sauna, and golf simulator, and drew nearly 1,000 players in its first weeks.
A short drive down the coast, Ace Padel Lytham St Annes took over the former Howdens site on Scafell Road (FY8 3HE) and opened properly on 27 June 2026, after a grand opening party a fortnight earlier. Five indoor courts, but the pitch here is broader than “come and play”: there’s a café-bar, a wellness space with a sauna, and a TrackMan golf simulator for anyone who wants a second sport to fill the evening.
Hours run 06:00 to 23:00 every day, and courts book through Playtomic. The co-founder has suggested hours may extend further given demand – worth checking the app for the latest slots rather than assuming the posted hours are fixed.
The headline number is the one worth sitting with: nearly 1,000 players came through the door in the first few weeks. For a five-court venue on the edge of a seaside town, that’s not a slow start. That’s a venue that opened into demand that was already there.
Which one should you book?
If you want maximum flexibility – late-night sessions, early starts before work, a straightforward pay-and-play setup – Just Padel Blackpool’s near-24-hour access and six courts make it the practical choice. If you’re after a fuller night out around the game itself – a proper coffee or a drink afterwards, a sauna, somewhere to bring people who don’t fancy a hit but want to come along – Ace Padel Lytham St Annes is built for that.
Distance-wise, both sit within a few miles of central Blackpool, so for most Fylde coast players it comes down to which side of town you’re on and which vibe you want, rather than a meaningful difference in travel time.
| Venue | Courts | Hours | Price | Extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Padel Blackpool | 6 indoor | 05:00-04:30, 7 days | £24-£48/hr | Café, lockers, free parking, membership options |
| Ace Padel Lytham St Annes | 5 indoor | 06:00-23:00, 7 days | Check Playtomic for current rates | Café-bar, sauna/wellness space, golf simulator |
What’s coming next
Village Hotel Blackpool and a Soul Padel facility at Stanley Park are both approved but not yet open – Stanley Park is targeting Spring 2027.
Two more venues have planning approval, but neither is open yet, so don’t turn up expecting to play.
Village Hotel Blackpool has permission to convert three disused, run-down tennis courts into five padel courts, with a canopy shelter and new fencing. No opening date has been confirmed.
At Stanley Park, the council has approved a lease to Soul Padel for land next to Blackpool Sports Centre, off West Park Drive. The plan is four courts plus a clubhouse with its own toilets and changing facilities, creating up to 12 jobs including three coaches and an apprentice. Soul Padel is targeting a Spring 2027 opening. Income from the lease is being ringfenced for reinvestment back into Stanley Park itself, which is a nice detail if you like knowing where your court fees eventually end up.
Local appetite for all this is not in question. A single planning application for the Sports Centre site drew 68 public comments, 65 of them supportive – a strong show of hands for a council planning portal.
It’s also worth knowing that a third operator, Connect Padel, announced plans for a purpose-built permanent club in Blackpool back in April, partnering with world-record holder Nathan Young. That project is separate again from Just Padel, Ace Padel, and the Stanley Park/Village Hotel pipeline – construction was due to start in April with an Autumn 2026 opening, so it’s one to watch for further detail as the date approaches.
Prices and how to book
Both open venues use standard, familiar booking routes. Just Padel Blackpool takes bookings through Playtomic or Playskan; Ace Padel Lytham St Annes books through Playtomic. If you already play elsewhere in the UK, your existing account should work at either venue without any extra setup.
Pricing at Just Padel Blackpool is transparent and published (£24-£48/hr, membership options above). Ace Padel Lytham St Annes doesn’t publish a flat rate – check Playtomic directly for the live price on the date and time you want, since demand-based pricing means the same slot can vary by day.
If you’re coming from further along the Lancashire coast, Preston and Bolton have their own established venues from the same Just Padel operator, and Chorley, Blackburn, and Warrington round out a court-dense stretch of the North West if you’re willing to drive half an hour for a different venue.
Blackpool went from a padel desert to a two-venue, thousand-plus-player scene inside a single year. With three more venues somewhere in the pipeline, the honest answer to “is there padel in Blackpool” has flipped completely – and it’s worth checking back here as the Village Hotel and Stanley Park projects firm up.
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