Update Summer 2025
New café building – shelved!
Construction work was due to begin on the new café in the Autumn of 2024, but sadly the project is now on permanent hold. The cost to the council has proved prohibitive and now it plans a more modest tidy up of the area, improvements to toilets and changing facilities and a semi-permanent pitch for the “temporary” food and drink van. The work will will be phased and is due to begin in 2026. For more information, see the council website here.
South view of the previously proposed new café
Quick court finder…
A local player has created a court locater app designed to quickly show vacant courts across multiple Islington tennis sites. It is free to use and once you have located an available court it links to the usual booking source. See:
localtenniscourts.com
If you can’t find a court on Highbury Fields you could try nearby Tufnell Park, Rosemary Garden and of course, the Islington Tennis Centre and Gym.
The Steering Group was set up in early 2012 in response to changes in the management of the tennis courts at Highbury Fields. We wanted the tennis professionals and the user groups who have made this such a strong tennis venue to have the chance to have their voices heard collectively and individually.
The group now has an active role in the management of tennis on the Fields.
This site provides basic information about tennis on the Fields with links to the various organisations providing tennis services.
