Everyone’s talking about Olympia this week. Premier Padel London – Britain’s first P1 tournament – lands at the Grand Hall from 4 August, and if you’ve read anything about UK padel in the last month, you’ve probably seen the tickets and the wildcards covered already. What’s had far less attention is what’s happening at the actual clubs while all that’s going on.
London Padel Week runs the same week, 3–9 August, across five clubs scattered from Battersea to Wembley. It’s not a tournament and it’s not affiliated with the Premier Padel Tour – it’s a grassroots festival built by two London-based events organisers, and it’s aimed squarely at players like you rather than at spectators buying a ticket to watch someone else play. Social matches, open coaching, racket demos, parties. Most of it needs nothing more than booking a session at the club running it.
If you want the Olympia details – tickets, the draw, how to watch – we’ve covered that separately in our guide to Premier Padel London. This is about the other event happening at the same time, in the clubs you might already play at.
What London Padel Week is
The organisers, Selena Pellegrini and Alessandro Corti, have pitched it as padel’s answer to Fashion Week or Design Week – a fringe festival that sits alongside the main event rather than competing with it. Their stated aim is to take the energy of a professional tournament and put it somewhere a recreational player can stand in the middle of it, rather than watching from a seat at Olympia.
That distinction matters. A P1 tournament is built for spectators. London Padel Week is built for participants – more than 50 events across the five venues, most of them open to anyone who books a slot rather than reserved for members or sponsors.
The five clubs and what’s on
Rocket Padel Battersea is hosting the opening and closing parties, rebranded for the week as the Cupra Arena. Expect a Dunlop racket-testing village, daily recovery and lifestyle pop-ups, and social clinics pitched at every level from complete beginner to competitive player.
Rocks Lane Chiswick leans into the wellness side – ladies’ coaching from 9am, morning and sunset yoga sessions, and all-level padel socials through the week. There’s a gelato happy hour at 5pm most days, which tells you roughly what register this club is playing at.
Stratford Padel Club runs entry-level coaching for anyone new to the sport, an Italian Day with music and food, and a Jamaican charity tournament on Friday 7 August. East London’s biggest padel site turning its size into a proper community event feels right.
House of Racquet in King’s Cross keeps things simpler – daily social sessions with prizes, plus racket testing from 12K Padel. A good option if you want to try before you buy your next racket without committing to a full demo day elsewhere.
S3 Wembley rounds things out with its own racket tests, brand demonstrations, and all-day tastings and experiences.
Why this exists now
Padel in London has grown fast enough that a week like this makes commercial sense in a way it wouldn’t have two years ago – there are now more than 40 venues across the city, from Stratford’s nine courts to smaller sites tucked into leisure centres and old retail units (we’ve mapped the full list of London padel courts if you’re looking for somewhere to play regularly rather than just this week). What’s new is a shared festival identity that ties several of those clubs together for one deliberate week, timed against the biggest date British padel has had – the sport’s first Premier Padel P1.
The organisers are explicit that this isn’t a one-off. If it lands well, expect London Padel Week to return as an annual fixture, and possibly to expand beyond five venues.
What to expect at your first demo session
Racket-testing sessions and open socials are less intimidating than they sound. Most clubs run them the same way: turn up, get paired with whoever else has booked, and rotate through a few demo rackets across a couple of games rather than a full match. Nobody’s grading your bandeja.
If it’s your first time at a new club, arrive 15 minutes early. You’ll want time to find the reception, get pointed to the right court, and – if it’s a coaching session rather than a straight social – hear the format before you’re straight into a rally. Bring your own shoes if you have padel-specific ones; most venues will lend a racket, few will lend footwear.
How to join in
There’s no single ticket for London Padel Week – you book directly with whichever club is running the session you want, the same way you’d book any social padel session. Check londonpadelweek.co.uk for the full daily schedule, then book through the individual club’s usual channel (Playtomic, the club’s own site, or on the door for drop-in socials).
If you’re not in London for the week, none of this is exclusive to visitors – it’s built for anyone willing to turn up, which includes players who’d normally just book a Tuesday night court at their local club. Worth the diversion if you’re anywhere near the capital between 3 and 9 August.