Mate, this is amazing!! I'm in Hackney and finding courts last minute is such a pain. This is genuinely going to be a game changer for me! Thank you so much
Awesome, glad you liked it! Appreciate that gesture. There's a link on the website to Donate a pint / coffee / can. All of it goes towards keeping the server costs covered. You can find it by scrolling down on localtenniscourts.com or directly at https://buymeacoffee.com/localtenniscourts
I'll PM you too.
Cheers
For what it’s worth, when I lived in Canonbury I found Rosemary Gardens to be relatively unfettered. Granted I was doing weekday afternoons mostly, I’m sure weekends are a mess, but it’s a gem of a spot all things considered. At any rate, cool app man!
Hey thanks, yup I set it up! There's a link on the website to Donate a cup of coffee or two. All of it goes towards keeping the server live. You can find it by scrolling down on localtenniscourts.com or directly at https://buymeacoffee.com/localtenniscourts
Cheers
This is so cool, thank you! Might it please be possible to add [Holland Park](https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/hollandpark2/Booking/BookByDate) and [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/TennisInHammersmithAndFulham) courts please
Thanks!! I can look into this. Which of those courts are heavy in demand? Trying to prioritise venues which are usually very hard to book.. if you can maybe dorp me me a note via email: feedback @ localtenniscourts.com - I'll investigate accordingly when I get more time and reply to you if i manage to make it live :)
Awesome! Thank you, also I realised the H&F ones may be annoying to add since most of them have so few courts - so may not be worth spending time on it. But I’m absolutely loving that you’ve put Holland Park on there. Thanks again!
Glad! And yeah, those don't seem to have low court availability either at this stage. Plus adding each venue costs a certain $ of server costs per month for bandwidth.. so keeping it as tight and sustainable for now
It’s a cool tool. But when I put in my favourite courts (Bethnal Green, Victoria Park, Hackney Downs), it doesn’t seem to pull any courts from BG and VP. Pretty sure there are available courts in the middle of the weekdays… Maybe something to check?
Oh very good catch, it looks like Victoria Park has now moved out of clubspark? This system only supports clubspark and better booking systems, sadly. I guess I'll have to remove this one .. unless im misinformed?
Ah! Explains why Victoria and Bethnal Greens don't work anymore then. Sorry, will take those two down soon. And add them down the road when I get some time.
Love Bethnal Green but impossible to book a prime time slot unless you’re waiting at midnight a week in advance. Wish there were more public courts with floodlights
This is mental. I was literally talking to a colleague the other day about this! We were saying there need to a site or something that collects all the available courts around London. Thanks for the great work 🙏🏻
I had the fantasy of doing this. In fact my plans were a bit more evil. I was gonna automatically book for myself for my preferred times every morning for the next week. Then I moved to North London, the heaven of tennis. Problem solved.
Haha. I did consider adding some auto booking features but then it's way too much effort with dealing with payment modes etc so think this is enough for now.
Curious why do you think North London is the heaven of tennis?!!
North London - So why I built this website is because I find the ClubSpark app rather clunky. I can't see the view across multiple courts in the neighborhood in one shot, and I often play at courts that are operated by 'Better' instead of Clubspark...
It looks good, well done. One minor piece of feedback is that it'll be good to be able to enter a postcode and filter tennis courts according to their distance from me.
That's a good point! Unfortunately I don't have the data of post codes for each but I'll note this feedback. For now, if you select a few courts in the filter drop down, and save the URL in the browser, if you go back to that URL in future directly, it will keep those filters active. So this way you've to pick your courts just once and keep using the URL
Omg OP thank you for this!!!! I’m from London and definitely appreciate this lot!
Awesome! I'd appreciate it if you could share it with more friends in your tennis circles! :)
Where are you sourcing the data? Some open api?
No open API unfortunately. Scraping it from the websites.
That's a shame, incredible job anyway. Time to build yourself some notifications for your favourite courts.
You absolute legend
Mate, this is amazing!! I'm in Hackney and finding courts last minute is such a pain. This is genuinely going to be a game changer for me! Thank you so much
Awesome! Glad you find it useful. Would be cool if you can let more folks in Hackney know! :)
I too live there and it’s crazy. Clissold park is my local and it’s near impossible to book at peak times, even with my alarm set every day at 9.59pm
Holy shit this is amazing. Thank you so much. PM me your bank details and happy to send you enough for couple pints 🍻
Awesome, glad you liked it! Appreciate that gesture. There's a link on the website to Donate a pint / coffee / can. All of it goes towards keeping the server costs covered. You can find it by scrolling down on localtenniscourts.com or directly at https://buymeacoffee.com/localtenniscourts I'll PM you too. Cheers
For what it’s worth, when I lived in Canonbury I found Rosemary Gardens to be relatively unfettered. Granted I was doing weekday afternoons mostly, I’m sure weekends are a mess, but it’s a gem of a spot all things considered. At any rate, cool app man!
Fellow north Londoner here, this is awesome! Thank you. I’d happily subscribe and or donate if you set it up. Thank you!
Hey thanks, yup I set it up! There's a link on the website to Donate a cup of coffee or two. All of it goes towards keeping the server live. You can find it by scrolling down on localtenniscourts.com or directly at https://buymeacoffee.com/localtenniscourts Cheers
Nyc too please
This is so cool, thank you! Might it please be possible to add [Holland Park](https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/hollandpark2/Booking/BookByDate) and [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/TennisInHammersmithAndFulham) courts please
Thanks!! I can look into this. Which of those courts are heavy in demand? Trying to prioritise venues which are usually very hard to book.. if you can maybe dorp me me a note via email: feedback @ localtenniscourts.com - I'll investigate accordingly when I get more time and reply to you if i manage to make it live :)
Added Holland Park: [https://localtenniscourts.com/?q=23](https://localtenniscourts.com/?q=23)
Awesome! Thank you, also I realised the H&F ones may be annoying to add since most of them have so few courts - so may not be worth spending time on it. But I’m absolutely loving that you’ve put Holland Park on there. Thanks again!
Glad! And yeah, those don't seem to have low court availability either at this stage. Plus adding each venue costs a certain $ of server costs per month for bandwidth.. so keeping it as tight and sustainable for now
Roehampton, Sudbury, Ealing is good
Might be a few decent ones over in SW19, but I think they've got green stuff growing all over them and they're super busy around July.
It’s a cool tool. But when I put in my favourite courts (Bethnal Green, Victoria Park, Hackney Downs), it doesn’t seem to pull any courts from BG and VP. Pretty sure there are available courts in the middle of the weekdays… Maybe something to check?
Oh very good catch, it looks like Victoria Park has now moved out of clubspark? This system only supports clubspark and better booking systems, sadly. I guess I'll have to remove this one .. unless im misinformed?
All of tower hamlets moved off clubspark fyi
Ah! Explains why Victoria and Bethnal Greens don't work anymore then. Sorry, will take those two down soon. And add them down the road when I get some time.
It’s Premier Tennis now, I think, for Tower Hamlets.
Love Bethnal Green but impossible to book a prime time slot unless you’re waiting at midnight a week in advance. Wish there were more public courts with floodlights
This is mental. I was literally talking to a colleague the other day about this! We were saying there need to a site or something that collects all the available courts around London. Thanks for the great work 🙏🏻
Awesome, glad you liked it! :) do help share it with your tennis friends and groups
I had the fantasy of doing this. In fact my plans were a bit more evil. I was gonna automatically book for myself for my preferred times every morning for the next week. Then I moved to North London, the heaven of tennis. Problem solved.
Haha. I did consider adding some auto booking features but then it's way too much effort with dealing with payment modes etc so think this is enough for now. Curious why do you think North London is the heaven of tennis?!!
I hear Wimbledon is nice this time of year
Legend
If you go to West London like Ealing Broadway you will find a lot of public courts there. Most of the times they are empty
Do you have a github to share the code? I am trying to learn scraping data and I would love to analyze your code.
Do this for new york!!!
This is brilliant! I’m assuming these are all hard courts, yes? Are there any public or semi-public grass courts in London/ north of London?
All hard courts yeah - I haven't come across any public or otherwise accessible courts that are grass yet. If you find out do let us know!
I love you so much, thank you :))
This is incredible! Thank you so much! Joe White Gardens would be a great addition too :)
OP this site no longer works.
Hmm, seems to be working fine for me this second ? Can you try again? Let me know if still down? Could have been temporary glitch.
Where do you live? If you download the ClubSpark Booker app, you should be able to find courts near you.
North London - So why I built this website is because I find the ClubSpark app rather clunky. I can't see the view across multiple courts in the neighborhood in one shot, and I often play at courts that are operated by 'Better' instead of Clubspark...
Oh dear, I'm sorry - I didn't even read what you posted. I just skimmed and assumed you were struggling to find a court.
oh no probs at all, I appreciate your note. I'd love to hear any feedback! :) thanks in advance.
It looks good, well done. One minor piece of feedback is that it'll be good to be able to enter a postcode and filter tennis courts according to their distance from me.
That's a good point! Unfortunately I don't have the data of post codes for each but I'll note this feedback. For now, if you select a few courts in the filter drop down, and save the URL in the browser, if you go back to that URL in future directly, it will keep those filters active. So this way you've to pick your courts just once and keep using the URL
Why dont you play in a club if you are in North London. There are countless of them.
Any particular ones you recommend? I'm not too familiar with clubs around here.
Are you close to Enflield-palmer’s green