Three weeks ago, Nuneaton had no padel courts at all. Today it has eight, and a second scheme in the town centre that could add more before the year is out. That’s a leap from zero to a proper scene in under a month, and it puts Nuneaton ahead of plenty of towns its size that are still waiting on their first court.

If you’ve searched “padel Nuneaton” hoping to find somewhere to book, the short answer is yes – and there’s a second venue worth knowing about too, even though it isn’t open yet.

Where to play padel in Nuneaton now

Core Padel at Century Park, Ballin Road opened 18 July 2026 with seven doubles courts and one singles court – Nuneaton’s first and only live padel venue.

Core Padel Nuneaton – Unit 1-5, Century Park, Ballin Road, Nuneaton CV10 9GA – opened its doors on Saturday 18 July 2026. Eight courts (seven doubles, one dedicated singles) makes it the largest indoor padel facility in the area, arriving in a town that had none before it. That’s an unusual way for padel to land somewhere: most UK towns get a two or three-court venue first and build up from there. Nuneaton skipped that stage entirely.

It’s Core Padel’s second site. The first opened in Tyseley, Birmingham in July 2025 with five doubles courts and one singles court, so the operator has already run one large-scale opening before bringing the same model here.

Alongside the courts, the venue has lockers, changing rooms, showers, a café and snack bar, a pro shop with racket hire, a social area, and free on-site parking with bike racks. Booking runs through the Playtomic app, with a 24-hour cancellation window for a full refund.

What does it cost to play?

Courts at Core Padel Nuneaton run roughly £28-£44 per hour on Playtomic, depending on time slot – no membership needed.

Pricing sits on a peak/off-peak spread typical of a new indoor venue: expect the lower end of that range for weekday daytime slots and the higher end for evenings and weekends, when demand from a fresh eight-court opening is likely to be strongest. There’s no membership requirement – it’s pay-and-play, booked directly through Playtomic, so turning up as a first-timer costs nothing beyond the court fee and any racket hire you need from the pro shop.

Eight courts opening from a standing start in a town with no prior padel scene tends to fill up fast in the first few weeks, so if you want a specific evening slot, book ahead rather than assuming there’ll be space.

What are the opening hours?

Core Padel Nuneaton is open 6am to midnight on weekdays and 7am to midnight on weekends, seven days a week.

That’s a longer window than most UK padel venues manage on opening, and it gives Nuneaton players far more flexibility than a typical leisure-centre court squeezed between other bookings. Early risers can get a game in before work, and the midnight closing time leaves plenty of room for evening social sessions once the working day is done.

The second Nuneaton project: Te Amo Padel

Te Amo Padel, planned for the Grayson Place town centre development, is a separate scheme from Core Padel with no confirmed opening date yet.

Here’s where it’s worth being precise, because two Nuneaton padel stories have been circulating and they are not the same thing. Core Padel at Century Park is open and bookable today. Te Amo Padel is a different project entirely, planned for the Grayson Place development off Abbey Street in the town centre, run by Corte Sport under the Hayes Sports Partnership.

The Te Amo lease covers an internal leisure box plus two external doubles courts, one singles court, and what’s described as the UK’s only Championship Court – alongside a mezzanine floor with a lounge bar, golf simulators, and interactive darts. Grayson Place’s phase two has already had its ribbon-cutting ceremony for occupiers, but that’s a step in the development timeline, not a padel opening date. Contracts are exchanged and the site is progressing, but there’s no confirmed date for courts to go live.

Treat Core Padel as the answer if you want to play this week. Treat Te Amo as one to watch – a town-centre alternative that could open the door to walk-in padel without a car, once it does.

Why Nuneaton, and why now

Padel’s UK expansion has mostly followed a predictable path: bigger cities first, then commuter towns with retail parks and business estates suited to a warehouse conversion. Nuneaton fits that second category, and Century Park – an industrial estate off Tuttle Hill – is exactly the kind of site operators favour for a fast indoor build. What’s less predictable is the scale: most towns get a modest first venue. Nuneaton got the region’s largest.

Part of that comes down to catchment. Nuneaton sits within a realistic drive of several towns that still have no padel provision of their own – Bedworth, and until 18 July, Hinckley too. Hinckley’s own guide already points players here as the closest option, six miles up the road. Coventry, the nearest larger city with an established scene, is covered in our Coventry padel guide if you want more variety than Nuneaton alone offers.

Finding a game as a newcomer

With no prior padel scene in Nuneaton, there’s no established club culture or long-running social ladder to plug into yet – that typically takes months to build after a venue opens. Playtomic’s open-match listings are the best place to check for other players looking for a fourth, and Core Padel’s own social area is worth asking about at the front desk when you book. New venues in similar-sized towns elsewhere have tended to develop regular social sessions and beginner-friendly slots within their first couple of months, once a base of regular players forms.

If you’ve never played before, don’t wait for a bigger scene to develop before trying it. Padel’s underlying rules are simple enough to pick up watching a few points, and turning up already knowing the basics – how the walls work, how the serve goes underarm – makes the first session far less daunting.

The bottom line for Nuneaton padel

One live venue, eight courts, open seven days a week, no membership needed. A second scheme is progressing in the town centre but isn’t ready, so build your plans around Core Padel at Century Park and check back on Te Amo before assuming it’s bookable.

See how this compares elsewhere with the full directory of UK padel court guides, organised by region.