A straight answer, with the numbers broken down. Most outdoor courts land between £45,000 and £80,000 all-in per court — but the range is wide, and the reason is almost always the ground you're building on rather than the court itself.
The Short Answer
That figure covers the court structure, groundworks, lighting and installation for a typical outdoor build. Indoor courts sit higher, from around £60,000 to £100,000 per court before the building itself. The LTA puts the range for a full project at £60,000 to £270,000, which sounds impossibly broad until you realise it spans a single court dropped onto an existing tennis base at one end and a multi-court venue on difficult ground at the other.
Two courts on the same spec can differ by £25,000 purely on site conditions. So a price quoted without a site visit is a guess, including any you read on this page.
The Breakdown
Per court, for a standard 20m × 10m outdoor build. These are UK market ranges as of 2026.
Steel frame, tempered glass, artificial turf, posts, net and internal drainage. Club-grade semi-panoramic courts sit at the lower end; full 360° panoramic courts with premium glass and high-grade turf at the upper. This is the one line you have real control over, because it's a specification choice rather than a site constraint.
The line that decides your budget. Overlaying an existing tennis court can be as little as £5,000–£10,000. A level greenfield site with decent soil runs £10,000–£15,000. Poor drainage or a sloping site pushes past £30,000. Nothing else on this list moves as much.
LED floodlighting, columns and cabling. In the UK this is not optional — without it you lose your entire weekday evening market for half the year, which is when clubs make their money. Budget separately for a site supply upgrade if the incoming power won't carry it, which can add £4,000–£15,000.
Delivery and assembly. A single court goes up in roughly a week once the base is cured and ready. Multi-court builds are proportionally quicker per court.
Planning application, plus noise and lighting assessments where required. Nearly all outdoor projects need full planning permission, and floodlighting usually needs its own consent. Small line, long lead time — see the timeline below.
Per court, per year, for surface maintenance: cleaning, sand top-ups, netting and glass checks. Modest against the build cost, and neglecting it shortens surface life considerably — a resurface is a five-figure job.
Scale
Buying four panoramic courts together typically saves 10–15% per court against a single purchase, and the savings compound beyond the kit — one mobilisation of groundworks plant, one set of professional fees, one planning application, one electrical connection.
A realistic four-court outdoor venue lands around £350,000–£400,000 all-in: roughly £220,000 of court kit, £70,000 of groundworks, £40,000 of lighting and electrical, and the balance across fees, fencing, signage and booking software. If you are weighing two courts against four, the per-court economics favour four — the question is whether your catchment fills them.
Timeline
Do not promise your investors four months. The build itself is fast; everything around it is not.
Site assessment, drainage and levels, layout options, outline budget.
The longest fixed block, and largely outside anyone's control. Start it early and in parallel with everything else.
Manufacture and delivery. Runs alongside planning if you're prepared to commit before consent, which most clubs aren't.
Excavation, drainage, base and curing. Weather-dependent, and a wet winter will extend it.
Around a week for a single court, two to three for four courts.
Lighting sign-off, snagging, booking system setup and staff onboarding before you take the first booking.
Reading A Quote
Padel court quotes are notoriously hard to compare, because suppliers draw the line around "the court" in different places. Before you put two numbers side by side, confirm each one on these points.
The single most common reason a cheap quote stops being cheap. A court-only price against a turnkey price is not a comparison.
Tempered glass thickness and panel size separate a court that looks premium on day one from one that still does in year five.
Recreational and competition lighting levels are different specifications at different prices. Check lux levels, not just "LED floodlights".
Surface is the component your players feel every session and the one that wears fastest. Ask for the specific product and its warranted life.
If the base isn't right, who fixes it? Split responsibility between a court supplier and a separate groundworker is where projects go wrong.
Spares, glass replacement, resurfacing, and who you call in three years. Courts are a fifteen-year asset, not a one-off purchase.
Next Step
The figures on this page are UK market ranges, not a quote — the honest number for your project depends on your ground, your access, your power supply and the specification you want. Send us the site and what you're trying to build, and we'll come back with a costed proposal covering courts, groundworks, lighting and the technology that goes with them.
