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Tennis

Spittal Tennis Court (1st)

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Spittal

Opened:

1913

Closed:

c1940s

Redeveloped

Condition:

Home Teams/Clubs:

Last Updated:

17 Oct 2025

Spittal Tennis Club

HER Description

Spittal featured its own tennis court by the 1910s, with a small patch on lawn adjacent to the sands used for this purpose from at least 1913. The tennis club followed on from its bowling counterparts just a few years after their formation, and I could assume they featured many of the same members. A club was suggested in 1912 though little other detail was provided, but by the next year a number of championships are mentioned as in the offing.

The lawn itself featured 1 court, withy a small shed on its western half surrounded by wooden fencing. Facilities were fairly modest. It was likely for this reason that tennis facilities were moved between the Promenade and South Greenwich Road by the 1950s with a pavilion and room for 3 tennis courts in total. There is no longer any trace of this lawn as a house now occupies the site, though previously occupied by beach chalets.

Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey, 1922

'Sketches of The Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham' T.H.Hair, published in 1844

The tennis court in 1932. Source: Historic England. Aerofilms Collection EPW040671 flown October 1932

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'Sketches of The Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham' T.H.Hair, published in 1844

The site in later years as unclaimed ground. Chalets were added in the following decades. Source: © Historic England. Aerofilms Collection EAW045996 flown 14 August 1952

Historic Environment Records

Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past

Tyne and Wear: Sitelines

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