Ignite Padel is to throw open the doors to a new seven-court padel centre at Cheshire Oaks designer outlet on the Wirral in August.
Ignite Padel will be open 24 hours a day and feature five championship-standard indoor courts and two outdoor courts, allowing play in all weathers.
Liverpool-based Ignite Padel opened its first site in the city in April 2025 with six floodlit outdoor courts which have since been fully booked. The new centre at Cheshire Oaks is located just minutes from the M53.
The club will feature a coffee shop and retail store and will offer expert coaching from beginner to more experienced level.
Players can also join Ignite Padel’s exclusive WhatsApp community – the largest padel group chat in the North West – making it easy to instantly pair, and to find other people who’ve got open matches and join them.
There will be regular social tournaments where players of a similar standard – divided into bronze, silver or gold skill rankings – are able to compete to win personal points and have the opportunity to team up with different partners.
A spokesperson for Ignite Padel said: “Cheshire Oaks is a major focal point for the whole area and millions of people head there every year, so it gives us a wide reach into Cheshire, Wirral and Liverpool in the winter months.
“The site we chose is on an industrial business park, less than two minutes from the motorway, so it’s very accessible and it’s a brand new unit with a 10-metre-high ceiling which is what we need.
“We are importing the courts from Spain ahead of our mid-August launch and they will all be championship standard quality and LTA approved.”
Ignite Padel is aiming to open a total of five across the North West within 12 months.
“Currently the nearest indoor club is at the Trafford Centre so players are having to travel there from Liverpool and even further afield,” said the spokesperson.
“Having the five indoor courts, and two outdoor, will give us greater flexibility in what we’re able to offer and allow us to host top-level tournaments.
“It’s not just about being able to play in all weathers, the indoor game tends to attract more elite players because it is seen as a more pure form. It is a different experience to playing outdoors because there’s no wind so you get a truer trajectory on the ball.”
