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WELCOME TO East Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club

The Clubhouse Cafe and Bar will be CLOSED Wed12 March till 5pm.

Access to the veranda, toilets and changing rooms and function room will be available. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

FOR PADEL PLAYERS, this will mean that you will not be able to collect padel bats or balls from the cafe as it will be closed. You may collect prepaid bats only from Kirin our Groundsman but please allow additional time to locate him within the grounds and for him to get the bats for you and return them to him after play. We will not be dispensing balls or bats that have not been prepaid.

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 16 Championship standard Tennis Courts on 3 different surfaces, 4 Artificial Clay, 6 Astro (Artificial Grass) (all with recently installed LED floodlights) and 6 Grass Lawns with free to members bookings on all of our courts. In 2024, we added three outdoor Padel tennis 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.

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