How much is badminton court hire in London?

On Friday, 10 July 2026, the median published price for an available court in this scrape was £16 (range £4.25 to £26). Prices vary by borough and operator.

Which London boroughs are cheapest for badminton?

Among boroughs with enough priced open slots, Epsom and Ewell had the lowest median at £4.25. Barnet sat at the high end.

What day does this price snapshot cover?

A single live scrape for Friday, 10 July 2026, 06:00 to 22:00 Europe/London, across Greater London-area venues BadmintonBooker can search.

Does every venue publish a price?

No. About 61% of slot rows included a price. Operators such as GladstoneGo often omit amounts, so cheapest tables only use priced available slots.

How are boroughs assigned?

From each venue postcode via postcodes.io admin_district. Neighbourhood labels in our catalog (for example Brixton) map to the local authority.

Research · Friday, 10 July 2026

London badminton court hire prices by borough

BadmintonBooker checked live court hire across 128 Greater London-area venues for Friday, 10 July 2026. 93 returned slots. Where operators published a price, the median open court was £16.

Median open £
£16
£4.25 to £26 range
Venues with slots
93
128 attempted
Open courts
2,543
4,022 total slots
Price coverage
61%
of all slot rows

What stands out

Cheapest borough median (priced open courts): Epsom and Ewell at £4.25.
Highest borough median in this scrape: Barnet at £26.
Most open share of listed slots: Enfield (97% available).
Status mix: 2543 available, 359 booked, 545 full, 575 blocked.

Slot status mix

Everything returned for the day, not just bookable courts.

Slots4,022

available2,54363%
full54514%
blocked57514%
booked3599%

Borough medians (open + priced)

Sorted cheapest first. Only available slots with a published amount. Boroughs with fewer than five priced open slots are omitted.

Epsom and Ewell£4.25 · 45 priced
Range £4.25 to £4.25
Bromley£9.70 · 41 priced
Range £9.70 to £15.80
Mole Valley£12 · 17 priced
Range £12 to £13.50
Hackney£12.70 · 138 priced
Range £8.45 to £16.60
Hillingdon£13.20 · 94 priced
Range £10.10 to £16.35
Hounslow£13.80 · 37 priced
Range £13.80 to £17
Broxbourne£14.20 · 55 priced
Range £14.20 to £14.20
Thurrock£15 · 9 priced
Range £15 to £15
Croydon£15.50 · 105 priced
Range £11.15 to £19
Sutton£15.60 · 28 priced
Range £15.60 to £15.60
Barking and Dagenham£15.80 · 6 priced
Range £15.80 to £15.80
Haringey£15.80 · 14 priced
Range £15.80 to £15.80
Bexley£15.80 · 9 priced
Range £15.80 to £15.80
Brent£15.80 · 7 priced
Range £15.80 to £15.80
Newham£16 · 175 priced
Range £15.45 to £16
Lambeth£16.25 · 157 priced
Range £10.90 to £16.25

Price vs how open the borough was

Each dot is a borough with both a median price and enough slots to measure open share.

Open share (vertical) vs median £ (horizontal)Dot size = venues in scrape

Bromley

Mole Valley

Hackney

Broxbourne

Croydon

Newham

Lambeth

Unknown

Waltham Forest

Richmond upon Thames

Islington

Enfield

cheaperdearermore open

When courts show up

Available priced slots by start hour. Bar height is volume; the figure above is that hour's median £.

£16
06
£15.50
07
£15.50
08
£16
09
£16
10
£15.55
11
£15.60
12
£15.80
13
£15.80
14
£15.60
15
£17
16
£17
17
£17.35
18
£17.35
19
£16.60
20
£16.25
21
£4.25
22

Operators in the scrape

Better and Places Leisure dominate London volume. A low priced % usually means the feed omitted amounts, not that courts are free.

Operator	Venues	Slots	Open	Priced	Median open £
Better	42	1946	1506	99%	£16
Vivify	16	127	127	100%	£16.60
Places Leisure	12	1056	437	0%	n/a
GladstoneGo	6	431	146	0%	n/a
Leisure Hub	5	121	97	100%	£14.20
Active Lambeth	4	192	157	100%	£16.25
Playfinder	3	27	8	100%	£16.50
MyCourts	2	101	48	48%	£4.25
SchoolHire	2	7	5	0%	n/a
imin	1	14	12	100%	£15

Lowest median prices

Venues that published prices on open courts. Open a venue page for booking facts.

1
Ebbisham Sports Club
Epsom and Ewell · MyCourts
£4.25
open slots: 45
2
New Malden Sports Club
Kingston upon Thames · MyCourts
£7
open slots: 3
3
Clissold Leisure Centre
Hackney · Better
£8.45
open slots: 30
4
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Bromley · Better
£9.70
open slots: 37
5
Queensbridge Sport & Community Centre
Hackney · Better
£10.10
open slots: 42
6
Flaxman Sports Centre
Lambeth · Active Lambeth
£10.90
open slots: 52
7
Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre
Lambeth · Active Lambeth
£10.90
open slots: 35
8
Monks Hill Sport Centre
Croydon · Better
£11.15
open slots: 4
9
Leatherhead Leisure Centre
Mole Valley · Better
£12
open slots: 17
10
Score Leisure Centre
Waltham Forest · Better
£12.55
open slots: 99
11
Britannia Leisure Centre
Hackney · Better
£12.70
open slots: 58
12
Platinum Jubilee Leisure Centre
Hillingdon · Better
£13.20
open slots: 40

Most open courts

Highest available slot counts that day, priced or not. Snapshot counts, not a live guarantee.

1
Latchmere Leisure Centre
Wandsworth · Places Leisure
138
median £: n/a
2
Newham Leisure Centre
Newham · Better
116
median £: £16
3
Score Leisure Centre
Waltham Forest · Better
99
median £: £12.55
4
Peter May Sports Centre
Waltham Forest · Better
87
median £: £17.35
5
Sobell Leisure Centre
Islington · Better
78
median £: £22.15
6
Edmonton Leisure Centre
Enfield · Better
69
median £: £22.50
7
Eclipse Leisure Centre
Spelthorne · Places Leisure
68
median £: n/a
8
Copper Box Arena
Unknown · Better
Historical badminton data · Find badminton venues in London
67
median £: £17
9
Brixton Recreation Centre
Lambeth · Active Lambeth
59
median £: £16.25
10
East Ham Leisure Centre
Newham · Better
59
median £: £15.45
11
Britannia Leisure Centre
Hackney · Better
58
median £: £12.70
12
Finsbury Leisure Centre
Islington · Better
55
median £: £17.80
13
Flaxman Sports Centre
Lambeth · Active Lambeth
52
median £: £10.90
14
Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre
Barnet · Better
47
median £: £26
15
Walthamstow Leisure Centre
Waltham Forest · Better
47
median £: £17.35

Boroughs with the most open share

Borough	Venues	Slots	Open	Open %
Enfield	3	115	112	97%
Richmond upon Thames	3	45	43	96%
Bromley	2	43	41	95%
Waltham Forest	5	328	279	85%
Unknown	2	116	95	82%
Lambeth	4	192	157	82%
Islington	3	215	175	81%
Newham	2	215	175	81%
Mole Valley	1	21	17	81%
Broxbourne	4	69	55	80%
Croydon	5	136	105	77%
Hackney	4	183	138	75%

Methodology

One-day live scrape through BadmintonBooker's provider adapters on Friday, 10 July 2026, 06:00 to 22:00 Europe/London, all slot statuses. Venue set: live badminton venues with Greater London-area postcodes (includes fringe districts such as KT/SM). Borough from postcodes.io admin_district. Spider residential proxy used when configured. Empty price is not free. Figures move every day; treat this as a dated snapshot of returned slots, not a live count of available courts or a substitute for the city directory's listed-venue total. On the product, availability is checked only after you tap Check availability.

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FAQ

How much is badminton court hire in London?: On Friday, 10 July 2026, the median published price for an available court in this scrape was £16 (range £4.25 to £26). Prices vary by borough and operator.
Which London boroughs are cheapest for badminton?: Among boroughs with enough priced open slots, Epsom and Ewell had the lowest median at £4.25. Barnet sat at the high end.
What day does this price snapshot cover?: A single live scrape for Friday, 10 July 2026, 06:00 to 22:00 Europe/London, across Greater London-area venues BadmintonBooker can search.
Does every venue publish a price?: No. About 61% of slot rows included a price. Operators such as GladstoneGo often omit amounts, so cheapest tables only use priced available slots.
How are boroughs assigned?: From each venue postcode via postcodes.io admin_district. Neighbourhood labels in our catalog (for example Brixton) map to the local authority.