WELCOME TO East Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club

Fireworks are over for another year. Thanks to all our guests who supported the event

Thanks to all of our 3,000 guests for their wonderful support for our community fireworks event. Another great night despite the uncertain weather. Thanks also to all of our club volunteers without whom we could not put on the event. Hope to see you all back here again next year.

Visit our Fireworks page where you can see further details and customer reviews of last year's event Fireworks Page

Our Club

We are a busy and friendly Tennis, Croquet and Bridge club with some 800 adult and junior members located in the heart of Ashley Cross, Poole.  Our welcoming and vibrant atmosphere was acknowledged by the Dorset LTA as they awarded us the Dorset Club of the Year in 2019. 

We offer some form of Club Day mix in Tennis almost everyday and host coaching sessions at all levels for Juniors and Adults.  Whatever your standard or experience we have something to meet your needs; whether you are a Wimbeldon Warrior or Tennis Titan, right through to a Senior Stalwart or Seasonal Spinner. 

People have commented that we have some of the finest tennis facilities within Dorset, comprising 19 Championship standard Tennis Courts on 3 different surfaces, 4 Artificial Clay, 6 Astro (Artificial Grass) (all with recently installed LED floodlights) and 9 Grass Lawns with free to members bookings on all of our courts.


Our Club has 5 full-size tournament standard grass Croquet Lawns where members play both Association and Golf Croquet.  Our active Bridge section has weekly sessions for both Duplicate and Chicago Bridge, including coaching sessions for Beginners and Improvers.  See our Croquet and Bridge pages for more information. 

The Club House includes a fully stocked and licensed Bar and a Cafe both open daily, including a weekly changing menu and Sunday Lunch.  The Club Function Room is available for hire at modest rates and is used by a whole spectrum of the local community from exercise classes such as Pilates, Yoga and Zumba to Language, Art, Music and other classes.

Latest news

We will be showing Reality (12A) at 7.30pm on Thursday 2 November starring Sydney Sweeney best known for her roles in Euphoria and the first season o...

The tennis club championship finals will now start at 9.30am Saturday 22 July. This ORDER OF PLAY is a guide and the court allocations may change...

The work on the completing the bamboo project is coming to an end and we hope will be finished by the end of next week or the following.  Please use...

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How to find us

East Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
Salterns Road, Lower Parkstone
POOLE
Dorset
BH14 8BL

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Our Partners

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