Featuring three floodlit padel and two pickleball courts, both racquet sports offer a fantastic alternative to our nine tennis courts.
Both sports are fun, fast and social and are rapidly growing in popularity across the globe. We're proud to offer Foxhills members and hotel guests the chance to exercise, socialise, learn and try something new with a comprehensive schedule of padel tennis and pickleball coaching sessions, as well as competitive and friendly matches.
Interested in padel tennis or pickleball in Surrey? Find out more about the sports and our facilities below.
If you’re unfamiliar with padel or pickleball, please don’t worry. Both sports are very easy to learn and understand, so we encourage people of all ages and abilities to take part.
Padel is typically played in doubles in an enclosed court. It is much like a cross between tennis and squash, where the ball can bounce off the glass wall or metallic mesh that surrounds the court.
Put tennis, badminton and ping pong in a cocktail shaker, and you’ve got pickleball. The court is about a quarter the size of a tennis court with a slightly lower net, encouraging fast rallies.
We are delighted to offer pickleball and padel tennis courts right here in Surrey. If you’re interested in playing, check out our timetable below, designed to accommodate different skill levels and varying schedules.
Discover more details about the rules and how to play with our guide to padel and pickleball.
Pickleball and padel tennis are both racquet sports currently enjoying a rise in popularity in the UK. At Foxhills, we are proud to offer modern facilities for both easy-to-learn yet highly engaging games. While both share several similarities including being primarily played in doubles, using underhand serves and incorporating both volleys and groundstrokes, there are also some key differences in equipment and court type, gameplay and how scoring works.
Pickleball uses perforated, hollow balls and smooth wooden paddles, while padel is played with a low-pressure tennis ball and a solid, stringless racket called a padel.
Padel is a fast-paced strategic game focused on shot placement and the use of walls, while pickleball is slower in pace and features a no-volley zone near the net called the ‘kitchen’, where accuracy and control are crucial.
Pickleball games are played to 11 points. Only the serving team can score, and a team must win by two points. Padel is closer to traditional tennis, with matches played as best of three sets.
Padel is played in a walled court, with those walls being integral to gameplay, like squash. Pickleball is played on an open court without walls and a net that is lower than a normal tennis net. Pickleball can also be played on a tennis court, although pickleball courts are smaller, so court lines would need to be marked out using tape or chalk.
Pickleball is supposedly named after its co-creator’s dog, Pickle, who would frequently chase the ball during games leading to ‘Pickle’s ball’ and later ‘pickleball’. Padel originated in Mexico and is named to avoid confusion with Paddle Tennis, which is popular in the United States.
Interested in finding out even more about what Foxhills has to offer? Our team would be happy to assist with any queries you might have.
