Information about The Northern Lawn Tennis Club

Palatine Rd
M20 3YA, Manchester
+441614453093

Opening hours

  • sunday: 8h-20h
  • monday: 7h-23h
  • tuesday: 7h-23h
  • wednesday: 7h-23h
  • thursday: 7h-23h
  • friday: 7h-23h
  • saturday: 8h-23h

With 21 tennis courts, 6 squash courts, 2 padel courts, 2 well-equipped gyms, a spacious fitness studio and a comfortable lounge bar and eatery, The Northern offers competition-level sports and leisure facilities in a beautiful setting.

Conveniently located in the lively and fashionable South Manchester suburb of Didsbury, the Northern is only five minutes’ drive from the M56 and M60 motorways and we couldn’t be closer to the West Didsbury tram station.

The Northern is the longest established racquets and fitness club in the region, with a proud history of success in both tennis and squash. We've had some big names play on our courts, but we're very much a grounded, welcoming club and love to share it with our local community.

Our comment from FitFit UK about The Northern Lawn Tennis Club:

The Northern Lawn Tennis Club, located in Manchester, is a vibrant sporting community that caters to tennis and racket sport enthusiasts alike. With a range of excellent facilities, including newly resurfaced tennis courts, grass and clay courts, padel courts, and well-maintained squash courts, it is considered one of the best venues in the northwest for sports.

Families love this club, particularly for the children's tennis lessons and the welcoming atmosphere. The club also offers a variety of coaching options and classes for members of all skill levels, ensuring everyone can find a way to enjoy their time here.

Aside from sports, visitors appreciate the comfortable bar and café area that serves good food and beverages, making it a great place to unwind with friends after a game. The facility is well-managed with friendly staff who are praised for their helpfulness.

Some users have pointed out that membership fees can be on the pricier side, and there have been occasional complaints regarding additional charges and parking fines. However, the overall feedback highlights the club's dedication to providing an enjoyable experience for players and spectators alike.

With a focus on creating a community spirit, The Northern Lawn Tennis Club is highly recommended for anyone looking to engage in sports or simply enjoy a lovely day out.

The Northern Lawn Tennis Club: Opinions

4.4/5 (111 Opinions)
Owen G 11 months ago

Positive experience: Lovely courts and good facilities etc. - bit pricey for me tho and lots of sand and you'll graze yourself pretty easily - not played indoors or on the grass/clay yet tho!

Tim Murray 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant club

harishkumar8006 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great club for families, especially for children.

Lily Bond 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: A perfect little community within our community.

The Northern Lawn Tennis Club
The Northern Lawn Tennis Club

Thank you Lily, that’s a lovely comment ❤️

William Browne 1 year ago

Positive experience: Nice courts and plenty of them for tennis and squash and decent food. 2 paddle courts also, but extremely slow racket restringing.

Jolivia Gaston 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Fabulous members' classes, which are brilliant, staff excellently clean and helpful. Just live it...

The Northern Lawn Tennis Club
The Northern Lawn Tennis Club

Thanks Jolivia. We really appreciate your lovely words and will pass on to the team.

Gareth Thompson 1 year ago

Positive experience: Handy and nice coffee area at reasonable prices

John Beveridge 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great facility for padel. One of my favs.

chenzi shi 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: great place to learn and play tennis. Really enjoy the individual lesson with Mark.

mpfzx48k 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Nice place, I tried paddle board with friends. Nice game and nice amenities, all very nice ☺️

The Northern Lawn Tennis Club
The Northern Lawn Tennis Club

Thank you for your kind review! We're so glad you enjoyed your time and the padel game with friends. It's always great to hear that our guests appreciate the game and our amenities. We look forward to welcoming you back soon!

Gary Ross 1 year ago

Negative experience: Played Padel tennis for one hour. Was unaware of the need to pay for parking and received a £60 fine. The Northern were unable to remove this fine. Unacceptable.

The Northern Lawn Tennis Club
The Northern Lawn Tennis Club

Dear Gary, Thank you for your feedback, and we are sorry to hear about your experience regarding parking. We have clear signs at the car park entrance, within the car park, and in the clubhouse reminding all visitors of the need to register for parking. There is also a note on our bookings and additional signs as you exit. We provide two car registration devices within reception for ease of use. Please note that the car park is managed by an independent company, and we do not have the ability to dismiss parking tickets. This is why we have taken steps to ensure extensive signage and registration devices are in place to help avoid any issues. Best regards, The Northern Lawn Tennis Club

Amanda Haze 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing place, the best atmosphere

Javed Munshi 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great tennis club lots of facilities and amazing children's tennis lessons

Arthur Oates Dunkin 1 year ago

Negative experience: Only been twice and both been poor Seems like every opportunity they can they put in an extra charge Paddle not included, ended up costing £65 for an hour between 4 people £10 to rent a racquet for an hour on a concrete court with plants growing out of it that's not been sweeper since it was opened in 1881

The Northern Lawn Tennis Club
The Northern Lawn Tennis Club

We apologise that your visit fell under your expectations. Booking a court as a non member without your own balls and racquets is not going to be a cheap experience. Value in a members club is best taken advantage by those wanting to join the club, especially if you fall into the category of our U25 and U30 membership. Should this be your wish we can consider waiving your guest fees.

Greg “Wigan Wanderers” Knight 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great squash facilities and the perfect venue for several racket sports. The club includes some of the best facilities in the north west for playing tennis, squash, racketball, and padel. There is also a gym and racket shop onsite. . The lawnroom provides a good range of food and drink options and some really call tennis nostalgia. Both pool and darts are available in the main bar + outdoor seating. . If I still lived in south Manchester I'd join the Northern.

steven rigby 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to play padel. Nice social area for drinks and chatting with friends.

Karl Fleetwood 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The best club in the North! The newly surfaced tennis courts are excellent. Even better are the grass courts in the summer. The padel courts are excellent, whilst also having a roof to protect you from the conditions. They have indoor and grass tennis courts, squash and a gym. The coaching on offer is superb!

Trevor Burtonwood 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: As a tennis coach the facilities here are second to none ... all surfaces of courts from grass to clay plus all weather plus indoor courts . investment in paddle courts also available plus coaching in this area as well. Main stream Gym with high end equipment and trainers . A superb bar area with comfortable seating and patio area for drinks/ food , can also cater for functions such as Birthdays / children's parties with DJ entertainment. The Northern is a superb place for all things sport plus much more... Great staff and well managed. 5 stars all day long ..

RuqiShaf93 Rizvi 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: My son and his best friend go to the Northern for tennis lessons. They absolutely enjoy the session, and the coaches have been amazing. Lovely place to hang around, especially the cafe. Recommend this place

N Mann 2 years ago

Negative experience: The membership includes not a lot really, padel courts, not included. Indoor courts not included. So basic gym and wet courts in Winter.

Michael Bischof 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went to check out the new padel courts. Looking good! Padel courts are in and play great!

Nisha Bhatti 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: My son goes here to learn Tennis.

AJK 2 years ago

Negative experience: Very overrated place. Synthetic tennis courts are awful. No international Grand Slam or tour-level competition that I am aware of played on such a surface. Tennis games have a really fake feel to them. Not worth your time or money.

Antonis Porpodas 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities for tennis and other sports

Carlos Hidalgo 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: The courts are quite well cared. There might be a downside in the winter on the availability of courts as there are only 3 indoor courts. Facilities are good, including the bar restaurant, gym and squash courts.

Daniel Blan 2 years ago

Positive experience: Great for playing squash

John Donegan 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love this place. Always a lovely atmosphere. Friendly and helpful staff

peter leslie 2 years ago

Negative experience: Terrible Management. NEVER try and cancel your membership in person as they don't proceed with it, still charge you (until you finally notice) and when you explain the situation they have their condescending replies ready backed up with their scam like responses saying you have no written evidence, although funnily they forget to mention that in person.

instant high 2 years ago

Negative experience: Your beef burger patties are very poor quality, they are so bad they are inedible, rather than serving a double beef burger can you please just serve a single and make them excellent quality? I would like to bring my family for a meal and a drink, please do let me know if you change so I can change this review to hopefully a five star, thanks.

Zwi Meisner 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great club! Even better to see cheetham hill squash club winning!

Chris “Things to do” S 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great set up, atmosphere and classes

Bob Enion 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best tennis club in the North West

Tania Candemil 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful club with many grass courts, clay courts and carpete courts. Well decorated and charming

SAFWAN AKKAD 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: nice place for have fun

Anth G 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great tennis club and cafe

Ian Moulsdale 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Wish we had something similar in CH45

Tim Bull 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice tidy clean well presented tennis club.

David Harper 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great on a Friday evening with the family for some drinks and pizza

Patrick Reid 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good venue under utilised...

Nicoleta Olteanu 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Don't miss it, strongly recommended it

Thomas Mcvicker 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Son had a squash comp here, great facilities all staff and everyone to be fair friendly, food and drinks reasonable prices highly recommended

Wasim 3 years ago

Negative experience: - Misleading information from different members of staff - Too busy and unpredictability when able to participate in socials due to such high demand

Svetlana Popova 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great tennis courts and gym facilities. Highly recommended

Thomas Dixon 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Perfect squash/tennis club, really friendly and helpful staff

robin kenny 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place lovely staff

Freddie Fung 4 years ago

Positive experience: Convenient location, with great indoor courts

Ashley Matthias 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great club for tennis and squash

Adrian Waite 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Grass courts in excellent condition.

Alfie Potton 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic staff with lovely grounds

frank frankie 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent good real ales

Michela Borra 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really nice tennis and squash club with a small but furbished gym facility. The pub area is really good if you are watching a football game or just drinking a pint with a few friends. The staff is extremely nice and quick!

Graham Beaver 4 years ago

Positive experience: Great family fun.

Greg Caterer 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Wonderful atmosphere, great courts, great people and great standard of tennis. A really established club with loads for everyone. Highly recommend.

mike healey 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Enjoyed the game Very friendly and welcoming staff and members .

Pauleen Lane 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Tennis, squash and fitness but also has lively cafe with covered terrace and helpful staff. Great to hang out between games or classes. Friendly dogs on a lead also welcome to stay for when eating. Can also be booked for parties and dinners. Excellent breakfast menu with v tasty veg option. Covered patio area with tennis or football coverage.

Philip Castle 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: First time and a positive experience.

Emmanouil Filippou 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great quality tennis club, excellent clay and grass courts, great environment and service!!

David Gastall 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice friendly place.

Michelle Sanderson (Michelle n Rob) 4 years ago

Positive experience: Nice tennis grounds. Plenty of space. Lovely bar area for food and drink. Coaches are good too.

Chris Woolman 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic tennis club. Nice people and great courts.

Steve Sadler 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good club, lots of coaching available, staff friendly. Clientele very Didsbury

PTB rajeswari 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice indoor tennis court for kids class

Jonathan Bradshaw 5 years ago

Positive experience: My group comes here every so often for our socials. We're trying to form an eco village in Manchester. This is where we meet to chat about that. Nice and quiet, and there's beer. That's what we want.

Nyla Nyla 5 years ago

Positive experience: Best tennis club in Manchester

dogman5840 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great tennis courts very clèan

Ash 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice tennis coaching. Membership is bit expensive compared to other premium clubs and the service provided. Very friendly and welcoming staff.

Pedro Ocaña 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: The place to play tennis in Manchester

Darren Snazel 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great

Claire Hollis 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Visited for a junior squash tornament. It was really well organised and liked the fact the kids did the scorning.

Raad Al-Hamdani 6 years ago

Positive experience: Very well organised for the tennis tournament. The segregation of members and non members during competition week is awful, especially when the weather is wet. It was terrible to see ticket holders herded into a single tent packed like sardines while members relaxed in a large bar and restaurant is not acceptable in this day.

Shaun uk 6 years ago

Positive experience: An excellent tennis venue. A place for pro tournaments, which were being held while on our visit.

Arman Motamedi 6 years ago

Positive experience: My only complaint is that they are coaches who creat quality tournaments in the first place,and you guys ought to celebrate coaches attending tournaments,instead of kicking one out due to be a refugee coach lacking ticket fee.

Martin Walford 6 years ago

Positive experience: Nice modern racket sports club with clean changing facilities and comfortable lounge area

zhicah z 6 years ago

Positive experience: Enjoyed it

Peter Walker 6 years ago

Positive experience: Quite good.

Rockwell Gayakaya 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to play tennis

Lizzie Walker 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing

Steve Bell 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff and the food was a good standard

Ray Smith 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great food eggs royal wad ace

한지원 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Calm and classy place.

aftlex 7 years ago

Positive experience: Very entertaining

Finley Coote 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place with good courts , tennis and squash, and good food in the bar

Dominic Fernando 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice.

Neil Griffiths 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very welcoming.

Bryce Cooper 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Liz and Rick excellent for cycling and gym. Andy the Tennis coach is very good. The yoga classes are excellent stretchy after sports. Quiet cafe lounge ideal for my business meetings.

John Houston 7 years ago

Positive experience: I officiated as an umpire at a recent international professional tennis tournament at The Northern, on Palatine Road and found the people most courteous and friendly. Squash is also played at this venue.

Richard Furber 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to watch tennis.

jesus christ 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great

Michael McDonagh 7 years ago

Positive experience: A great place to go to.

H Phull 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great location and tennis/squash facilities.

Philip Morgan 7 years ago

Positive experience: Very elegant venue with some great food.

Richard O'Rourke 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great club. I have been a member off and on since the 1980's and found it friendly and professional. you can always get a game - no matter your level and the gym has all you need.

Ofer Bar 7 years ago

Positive experience: Nice

Mahender Kali 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Didsbury kickboxing and grappling. Best training,skills and instructor. Sambo, combat sambo, fma.

Isabella Samarji (Isabella) 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: I have been coming here to play tennis for a long time. Chai coached me and taught me to play tennis in the squads.

Andrei Berechet 7 years ago

Positive experience: Good tennis club. Seems very homey.

John Egan 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities, friendly place.

Zan Farooqi 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: It's a very nice private club. Only came here for a squash tournament. The food is great and the staff are amazing. It's a perfect location, right next to a tram stop.

Vickie Prow 8 years ago

Positive experience: Great squash club. Always enjoy my visit.

David Pryor MA MIPM PRINCE2 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Super time at a private 90th Birthday Party on 7th Oct 17. As a tennis fan this a must visit tennis club. Will go to see the next ITF grass tourney in 2018..

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