{"id":601178,"date":"2026-05-24T09:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601178\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:24:12","slug":"tennis-courts-to-open-near-least-active-area-of-leicestershire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601178\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis courts to open near &#8216;least active area&#8217; of Leicestershire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council said members will be able to use the facility by booking slots and paying a &#8220;small fee&#8221;, which will help maintain the courts. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Locals will also be able to play for free during sessions run by the LTA. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Haq said: &#8220;Parts of Oadby were recently found to be the least active area in Leicestershire, so I hope that this will help to change that and give people a chance to get moving and improve their physical and mental health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I really encourage our residents to come along and give it a try, and to take advantage of these fantastic new courts. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Whether you&#8217;re a regular player or trying tennis for the first time, these new courts are here for the whole community to enjoy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scott Lloyd, LTA chief executive, added: &#8220;Park tennis courts are vital for providing people with opportunities to pick up a racket, and we want as many people as possible, of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, to enjoy playing tennis and being active.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The council said members will be able to use the facility by booking slots and paying a &#8220;small&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-601178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}