Padel in Northern Ireland 2026: Every Club from Belfast to Derry
By Gary, founder of RacketRise. Glasgow-based, covering padel across the UK — including regular conversations with Northern Irish players and operators.
Last Updated: April 2026.
Quick Summary
- Northern Ireland has 15+ padel-capable venues — fast growth from zero in 2022.
- Biggest dedicated sites: Padel 54 Moira (8 indoor courts), Powerhouse Padel Coleraine (5 courts), Padel Society Antrim (4 courts), Belfast Boat Club (3 outdoor).
- Belfast leads urban coverage with 6+ padel-capable venues; Derry / Londonderry has 3 dual-sport sites (Skill School HQ, Brooke Park, Racecourse Road Playtrail).
- Typical cost: £20–£35 per court per hour peak, roughly on par with Scotland and Wales.
- Governance: Tennis Ireland covers all-island competition; LTA Padel events open to NI entries.
- Find every NI venue via the RacketRise Court Finder for Belfast.
Northern Ireland deserves its own padel guide because almost no other UK directory covers it properly — the bigger English-built directories usually list two or three NI venues at most. The actual scene is 15+ venues, growing quarterly, with Padel 54 and Powerhouse Padel driving the dedicated-facility expansion.
Table of Contents
- Padel in Northern Ireland: The Current Picture
- Belfast Padel Courts
- Lisburn and County Antrim
- Coleraine, Moira and the North Coast
- Derry / Londonderry Padel
- Bangor, Ards and North Down
- Costs and Booking
- Governance, Coaching and Competition
- What's Opening Next
- Pickleball in Northern Ireland
Padel in Northern Ireland: The Current Picture
The NI scene has two main shapes of venue:
- Dedicated padel-first operators: Padel 54 (Moira), Powerhouse Padel (Coleraine), FEAT4 (Belfast, dual-sport) and Padel Society (Antrim/Muckamore). These are purpose-built and host most of the serious club-level play.
- Established tennis / racquets / leisure clubs adding padel: Windsor Lawn Tennis Club, Belfast Boat Club, Lisburn Racquets Club, Galgorm Castle, Belvoir Activity Centre, Avoniel, Indoor Tennis Arena & Ozone Complex, Eddie Irvine Sports. Usually 1–3 courts added to an existing racquet-sport footprint.
The dual-sport trend is more pronounced here than elsewhere in the UK — seven NI venues in our dataset host both padel and pickleball (FEAT4, Lisburn Racquets, Belvoir, Indoor Tennis Arena, Avoniel, Brooke Park Derry, Racecourse Road Playtrail, Skill School HQ).
Belfast Padel Courts
Belfast is the centre of gravity for NI padel with six to eight padel-capable venues depending on how you count dual-sport sites.
- Belfast Boat Club Padel — 12 Lockview Road. 3 outdoor courts at this classic Belfast rowing/sports club.
- Windsor Lawn Tennis Club Belfast — 37 Windsor Avenue. 1 outdoor court integrated with the tennis club.
- FEAT4 — 39 Boucher Rd. Dedicated dual-sport (padel + pickleball).
- Avoniel — Avoniel Road, BT5 4SF. Dual-sport leisure facility.
- Belvoir Activity Centre — Belvoir Drive, BT8 7DT.
- Indoor Tennis Arena and Ozone Complex — Ormeau Embankment, BT6 8LT.
Belfast also hosts a pickleball-dedicated site at 43 Glenmore Park Hilden (Lisburn) and another at 18 Lisburn Leisure Park — both technically in the Greater Belfast area.
Lisburn and County Antrim
- Padel Society — Muckamore Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Antrim. 4 outdoor courts.
- Lisburn Racquets Club — 36 Belfast Rd, Lisburn. Dual-sport padel + pickleball.
- Galgorm Castle — 200 Galgorm Rd, Galgorm Parks. 2 indoor courts at the hotel/golf resort site.
County Antrim's padel is dominated by Padel Society at Muckamore and Galgorm's resort-style setup — two very different play contexts.
Coleraine, Moira and the North Coast
- Padel 54 — 20 Lisnabilla Road, Moira. 8 indoor courts — the biggest dedicated padel venue in Northern Ireland. This is where most serious NI padel happens.
- Powerhouse Padel — 52 Hanover Place, Coleraine. 5 indoor courts. The major north-coast dedicated facility.
Both of these venues are purpose-built (2023–2025 era) and anchor their respective regions — Padel 54 pulls players from Belfast, Lisburn and much of Armagh; Powerhouse Padel covers Coleraine, Portrush, Ballymena and Derry-adjacent areas.
Derry / Londonderry Padel
- Skill School HQ — 8, Campsie Real Estate, McLean Rd, Campsie, Londonderry BT47 3XX. Dual-sport.
- Brooke Park Derry — Rosemount Avenue, BT48 0HH. Dual-sport.
- Racecourse Road Playtrail — 15 Racecourse Rd, BT48 7RE. Dual-sport.
The Derry side of the NI padel scene is dual-sport-heavy — all three listed venues host padel and pickleball, reflecting the multi-use community-facility model common in the city.
Bangor, Ards and North Down
- Eddie Irvine Sports — Ards and North Down. Indoor padel at this well-known NI sports complex (named after the F1 driver).
- Aurora Bangor — 3 Valentine Rd, Bangor, BT20 4TH. Pickleball-dedicated but part of the broader North Down racket-sport scene.
- Bangor Grammar School — 84 Gransha Rd, BT19 7QU. School-hall pickleball, occasional padel.
Most of the dedicated Ards and North Down padel development is concentrated at Eddie Irvine Sports, with other sites leaning towards pickleball.
Costs and Booking
- Peak court hire: £20–£35 per hour (£5–£9 per person for four players)
- Off-peak: £14–£22 per hour at most venues
- Membership: varies by venue — Padel 54 and Powerhouse Padel offer discounted peak slots for members; traditional racquet clubs bundle padel into tennis/squash memberships
- Booking: Playtomic dominates among dedicated padel venues; ClubSpark on LTA-affiliated sites; direct booking at smaller clubs
Expect to pay broadly similar to Scotland and Wales — and noticeably less than central London.
Governance, Coaching and Competition
- Tennis Ireland covers all-island padel competition. Northern Irish players follow the Tennis Ireland ranking pathway; cross-border tournaments run across the island.
- LTA Padel events in England are open to NI entries, and many competitive NI players hold both memberships.
- Coaching: most new coaches work out of Padel 54, Powerhouse Padel and Padel Society — expect £40–£60 for 1-to-1s, £15–£25 per player for group clinics.
What's Opening Next
- More dedicated padel facilities in County Down and County Armagh are in development stages through 2026–2027.
- Existing tennis and racquets clubs across NI are progressively adding padel courts when budgets allow.
- Expect dual-sport (padel + pickleball) to remain the dominant model at non-dedicated venues — NI pickleball is growing in parallel with padel.
If you run an NI padel venue not listed above, email hello@racketrise.co.uk — I'd rather over-list than miss any active club. The quarterly refresh catches most missed entries.
Pickleball in Northern Ireland
For the pickleball-specific guide (many of the same dual-sport venues apply), see Pickleball in Northern Ireland.
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