Squash Court in Covent Garden: Tuesday Club Night From £5.35

Oasis Sports Centre, at 32 Endell Street in Covent Garden, hires out three squash courts in central London, and the cheapest way to play is its Tuesday club night: £5.35 for Better members and £10.65 for non-members, 6.20pm to 8.20pm over two courts, capped at 12 players. If you want a squash court of your own, the listed price is £20.90 for a non-member adult.

Oasis sits between Holborn and Covent Garden, with its listed street address as 32 Endell Street, WC2H 9AG, and its main entrance on the High Holborn side. For a lunchtime game that is a few minutes on foot from Holborn station, and the Covent Garden Piazza is just south. The squash page on the Better site describes it as a central London facility where you can keep fit and catch up with friends at the same time.

For the week commencing 19 October 2026, the published opening times list the whole centre as Monday to Friday 6.30am to 10pm and Saturday and Sunday 9.30am to 6pm. The squash courts have their own line: Monday to Friday 7am to 9.40pm, and Saturday and Sunday 9.40am to 5.40pm. Those squash hours are shorter than the building's hours, so do not plan a 9.45pm weekday knock-about.

Better publishes a squash price list for Oasis with an adult line and a junior line, each marked anytime. Adults on the Pay and Play standard rate pay £15.35, concession pay and play is £10.65, and a non-member adult pays £20.90. Juniors aged 11 to 17 pay £6.95 on the standard pay and play rate, £4.30 on the concession rate and £10.95 as non-members.

Gear is cheap if you forgot yours. Racquet hire is £3.00 and a squash ball is £3.00, on all three price columns. A beginner who turns up with nothing and books as a non-member therefore spends £26.90 for the court, one racquet and one ball. Two friends who split that bill each pay £13.45.

The difference between the columns is the real money-saver. A non-member pays £5.55 more than a pay and play standard customer for the same adult court, so if you plan to play more than once, signing up for the pay and play option before you book is worth the few minutes it takes in the app. Concession customers pay £10.65, which is exactly the same figure Oasis charges non-members for club night.

The best-value hour at Oasis is the squash club night. According to the centre's squash page, it restarts as a Squash Club Night run with SquashMatch.com every Tuesday between 6.20pm and 8.20pm over two courts, with a maximum of 12 players on a first-come-first-served basis. Better members pay £5.35 and non-members pay £10.65, and the page asks you to book online in advance.

Club night is the answer to the usual problem with squash, which is that you need a second player. Turn up alone, and you get rotated into games with strangers of roughly your level. With 12 players on two courts, expect to play short games, sit out for a few minutes between matches, and spend the two hours talking as much as hitting. It suits a new Londoner, a returning player whose racket has gathered dust, or a lunchtime-only player who wants one social evening a week.

If you have a partner and want guaranteed court time, skip club night and hire a court. At £20.90 for a non-member adult, two players pay £10.45 each, which is almost the same as the £10.65 a non-member pays for club night alone, so a booked court with a friend is the better deal for a serious practice session, while club night is the better deal for meeting people.

Book through the Better UK app or the Better website, and book club night in advance because the page says to avoid disappointment. Oasis lists a locker price on the same price page, with a padlock option and a £1 locker token that is returned, so bring a padlock if you want to leave your bag. Wear non-marking indoor shoes and bring a small towel.

Squash balls come in several speeds, and the price list shows a single ball at £3.00. If you are new to the game, ask at reception which ball the court is meant for, and play a few minutes of easy rallies before you start counting points. Squash is a continuous game: you hit the ball against the front wall, and your opponent must return it before it bounces twice, so even a gentle rally warms you up quickly.

Because the centre is on Endell Street, a squash session slots neatly into a central London day. Seven Dials and Neal's Yard are a short walk north-west, the Covent Garden Piazza is a short walk south, and the British Museum is a ten to fifteen minute walk away. A lunchtime court followed by a sandwich in the piazza is a realistic way to fit exercise into a working day without leaving the centre of town.

Honest advice on timing: if you only want a casual hit and have no partner, Tuesday evening is the one slot where you are guaranteed other people to play with. If you are a visitor in town, the weekend squash window of 9.40am to 5.40pm leaves the evening free for a show, and a weekday lunchtime booking fits between meetings. Whatever the slot, book the court before you walk over, because a three-court centre has no spare capacity to absorb walk-ins.

Oasis suits office workers in Holborn and Covent Garden, students from the nearby colleges, and visitors staying in central hotels who want to play squash without joining a club. It does not suit anyone who needs a large venue: with only three courts, the club night alone fills two of them on a Tuesday evening, leaving one court for everyone else, so check the booking system before you promise friends a game that night.

If the three courts are taken or the hours do not fit, Better lists other London squash centres, including Sobell Leisure Centre in Islington and Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre. But for a first-time central London game, with a published price list, racquet hire and a Tuesday social night at the same address, Oasis on Endell Street is one of the easiest places to start.