Preston is to get its second set of courts on which residents can play the increasingly popular sport of padel.
The tennis-like activity is set to be introduced at the Broughton and District Club, on Whittingham Lane, after Preston City Council gave the go ahead to the creation of two new playing spaces for the passtime. Padel was first brought to the city with the installation of two specialist courts at the West View Leisure Centre in Ribbleton more than 12 months ago.
In its application for permission for the development, the club said: “Padel is one of the fastest growing sports in the UK and internationally, originating in Mexico and latterly in Spain and throughout Europe. “It is an innovative form of tennis with similarities to the game of squash also, and is played on an enclosed court with transparent walls, typically part mesh and part toughened glass. “Padel courts are less than half the size of tennis courts in plan area.
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