Barnstaple Squash Club

11/06/2026

Again and again from an Admin point of view, we can still see the amount of people who visit our page and sometimes pop us a message and all we can continue to say is that since the North Devon Leisure Centre was closed by NDDC and demolished, the nearest public squash courts are at the Atlantic Racquet Centre in Bideford in the Torridge District Council area.

The ARC has fantastic facilities as it's an all round racquet centre so we would recommend you check them out.

https://www.facebook.com/atlanticracquetcentre

North Devon's leading racquet sports & fitness centre and charity, dedicated to improving your health & wellbeing. Open 7 days a week.
Exercise. Socialise. Learn Together.

09/04/2026

It continues to amaze us that we still get regular notifications and messages from people checking out our Barnstaple Squash Club page even though North Devon Council/North Devon District Council closed the North Devon Leisure Centre 4 years ago.

Hopefully this page is only sleeping and one day someone will consider building some public squash courts in the NDC area.

As there's no public squash courts in the North Devon Council area, we would recommend contacting the Atlantic Racquet Centre in Bideford covered by the Torridge District Council area.

Thank you :)

https://www.facebook.com/atlanticracquetcentre

North Devon's leading racquet sports & fitness centre and charity, dedicated to improving your health & wellbeing. Open 7 days a week.
Exercise. Socialise. Learn Together.

19/03/2026

We continue to be amazed regarding the internet traffic and huge of amount of interest and inbox messages we get regarding the lack of public squash facilities in the North Devon Council area since the old North Devon Leisure Centre in Barnstaple closed and was knocked down so all we can do is to recommend and suggest that you contact the Atlantic Racquet Centre in Bideford which is in the Torridge District Council area. Link attached below:

A brand new community racquet & fitness centre offering Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis and a state of the art Gym in Bideford, North Devon.

01/12/2025

It's been a very long time since North Devon District Council took the decision to knock down the old North Devon Leisure Centre and turned it into a building site for new housing with the public long stay car park almost a mile out of the town centre.

So if you were a stalwart squash player where do you now play squash as there's obviously no public squash courts in the NDDC area any more?

Are you travelling to Bideford to the Atlantic Racquet Centre or have you just given up?

Thoughts?

05/12/2024

As part of the Admin team we're constantly reminded about the huge amount of Facebook visits we get and the messages we're sent but since the local North Devon Council decided to close the North Devon Leisure Centre earlier this year, the only public squash courts in North Devon are in the Torridge District Council area at the Atlantic Racquet Centre (ARC) in Bideford. Link attached:

A brand new community racquet & fitness centre offering Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis and a state of the art Gym in Bideford, North Devon.

28/10/2024

As part of the Admin team thank you for continuing to view this Page - currently around 200 views at the time of looking.

The only thing we can advise if you're looking to play squash in North Devon, we would refer you to contact the Atlantic Racket Centre in Bideford as sadly there are no public squash courts in our area since our local council closed the North Devon Leisure Centre.

Thank you and here's the link to the Torridge/Bideford facility:

A brand new community racquet & fitness centre offering Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis and a state of the art Gym in Bideford, North Devon.

30/06/2024

Now sadly the only public squash courts in North Devon since the North Devon Leisure Centre closed.

ARC is also a Community Interest Company (not for profit) so please support if you can.

Thank you.

17/10/2023

Squash is now an Olympic sport!! Shame there's no public courts in the North Devon District Council area anymore since the Leisure Centre closed 😢

https://www.facebook.com/100062986131070/posts/674735404635991/

To all the players, fans and squash community… we are an Olympic sport!

07/06/2023

North Devon Gazette - 07/06/2023 page 3. New squash courts in Bideford! We wish the Atlantic Racquet Centre well for the the future and equally wish there were still squash courts in Barnstaple ;)

For details of the ARC Bideford please check out www.atlanticracquetcentre.co.uk/squash-racketball

14/09/2022

North Devon Gazette today Wednesday 14/09/22 page 18 regarding the Atlantic Racquet Centre (ARC) in Bideford. The reference to squash is towards the end of the article