Take a look inside Speke's new indoor padel centre

A huge brand new padel centre with indoor and outdoor courts is now open in Speke.

Ignite Padel, a Liverpool-based company, opened its first site in Liverpool in April 2025 on Queens Drive, with six floodlit outdoor courts. They then opened another site in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire Oaks in September this year, which has five indoor and two outdoor courts.

Their third opening, in Speke, was due to be the largest padel centre in the UK, but the owners of Ignite Padel have instead dropped 2 padel courts off the original plans and for good reasons!. The reasoning behind this was to instead create more spectator space and room for academy and local community hub activities.

The latest Ignite Padel site opened on Monday 1st December in Speke and will consist of 6 indoor courts and 4 outdoor covered courts – so the game can be played the way it was intended. This will be the city of Liverpool’s first indoor site and will mean Ignite Padel now has 23 courts across 3 sites in the region. Each site gets bigger than the last one.

Now the fastest growing racquet sport in the world, padel – which is a cross between tennis and squash – has become hugely popular in the UK.

Stephen Broad – Partner at Ignite Padel says:

“We initially looked at building 12 courts in total but had a change of heart for several reasons. Firstly we wanted to be able to offer more viewing spaces for big tournaments with the FIP. FIP stands for the International Padel Federation, which is the global governing body for the sport of padel. They can now hold world level events at this site due to the mix of courts and spectator space.

We also want the local community to be able to use the centre as a hub for a range of different services. From community events to academy training. Our aim for this Speke site is for it to be a 24 hour site also. Initially when we first open it would operate from 6am to midnight everyday. We want Ignite Padel sites to be at the heart of each community they are based in. Whether that be for sport or for community fun days and so on.”

Like the Cheshire Oaks site there will be a licensed bar and a specialised coffee shop for a relaxing drink after a game showing all of the Sky Sports and TNT Sports action.

Ignite Padel Speke will also contain a retail store where players can shop for racquets, balls and clothing in person rather than online and find exactly the right fit.

Like the other sites Ignite Padel Speke, will offer expert coaching from beginner to more experienced level.

Thomas Lawton added:

“In terms of coaches and classes Ignite Padel have a new coach called Paige Williams, who was an ex professional footballer player in Italy & England, who is now a Level 3* padel coach. Paige will now focus on coaching the women’s game at Ignite sites as well as the kids academy.

Another coach at Ignite Padel is Juan Cruz, from Argentina, who will be coaching more advanced classes. Juan has over 15 years of experience and is a top player and coach.”

Chris Watson – Partner at Ignite Padel concludes:

“By the time we open next week we will have created over 60 full and part-time jobs since opening our first site on Queens Drive in Stoneycroft, in April this year. This is something all three partners are very proud of as a new local company from the city creating jobs in padel tennis.”