Most towns Worthing’s size get one padel venue, if they’re lucky. Worthing has two, and they could hardly be more different. Atmos Padel puts you outside on turf under floodlights at Worthing RFC. West Worthing Club puts you under cover, five minutes down the road, with no membership needed at either. That’s a real choice most players in similar-sized towns don’t get.

Here’s the fast version: Atmos Padel has four outdoor courts, costs £24-32 per court hour, and books through Playtomic. West Worthing Club has two covered courts, costs £22 per court half hour (£44 an hour), and books through its own site. Neither requires membership to play.

Atmos Padel – four outdoor courts at the RFC

Atmos Padel sits at Worthing RFC on Roundstone Lane, part of a UK-wide chain that rebranded from Padel Project UK earlier this year – it also runs sites in Chesterfield, Darlington, Lytham St Annes, Potters Bar, and South Shields. The Worthing site has four outdoor courts on high-quality turf, fully floodlit, open from early morning to 10pm most days.

Pricing runs £24 an hour off-peak (weekdays 7am-5pm) and £32 an hour peak (weekdays 5pm-10pm, plus all weekend) – that’s per court, split however many players are on it. Booking goes through Playtomic, the same app most UK padel venues use, so if you already have it installed for another club, Atmos will show up in the search without any extra setup. Rackets are available to hire for £4 a session if you’re travelling light.

Being outdoors on turf gives the courts a different feel to an indoor hall – more like playing tennis on a good outdoor court, with the trade-off that wind and rain can interrupt a session in a way covered courts don’t. Floodlighting means darkness isn’t the issue it would be on an unlit court, but weather still is.

West Worthing Club – two covered courts

West Worthing Club, on Titnore Way, opened its padel courts to the wider community in October 2023 – before Atmos arrived in town, making it Worthing’s original padel venue rather than a later addition. It has two covered, floodlit courts, which makes it the only indoor-style option in Worthing and the more weather-reliable of the two.

Pay-and-play costs £22 per half hour per court for non-members, working out to £44 an hour – members pay £12 an hour instead, with guests allowed in at an extra £10 per person per hour. You don’t need to be a member to book: register with the club online and pay your court fee at the time of booking. One important difference from Atmos – West Worthing Club doesn’t use Playtomic. Booking runs through the club’s own Clubspark page, so if you’re used to searching Playtomic for every UK padel court, this one won’t show up there. Worth bookmarking the club’s booking page directly.

Courts can be booked for up to 90 minutes at a time, useful if you want a longer session without re-booking mid-match.

Which one should you choose?

Choose West Worthing Club for weather-proof covered courts, or Atmos Padel for cheaper off-peak outdoor play via the familiar Playtomic app.

If the forecast looks unreliable, or you just want the certainty of a covered court, West Worthing Club is the safer bet – you won’t lose a session to rain. If you’d rather play outside and don’t mind checking the weather first, Atmos is cheaper per hour at off-peak times and books through the more familiar Playtomic app.

Cost-conscious players should note the pricing isn’t quite like-for-like: Atmos quotes a flat hourly court rate regardless of group size, while West Worthing Club’s non-member rate is steeper per hour unless you can get a member to bring you in as a guest, which nearly halves the cost. If you know someone with membership, that’s the cheapest way to play covered padel in Worthing.

There’s also the booking-platform split to factor in. Playtomic has become the default app for a lot of UK padel players, which makes Atmos the more discoverable of the two – it turns up in a general search without you needing to know it exists. West Worthing Club’s Clubspark listing sits outside that ecosystem entirely, so a player who only ever checks Playtomic could easily miss it and assume Worthing has one padel venue rather than two.

Either way, book ahead. Two venues and six courts is good provision for a town Worthing’s size, but weekend evening slots at both fill up fast.

Nearest alternatives

If neither venue has a slot free, Brighton is the nearest larger padel scene, with seven courts across two venues including the seafront courts at Hove Beach Park. Chichester is the other direction, with three venues offering a members’ club, a pay-and-play operator, and a small single-court setup in nearby Chidham.

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