TENNIS can be played at venues across Derbyshire including in parks, health clubs, tennis clubs and schools. Here are some of the places with tennis courts, priced per hour:

Derby Moor Community Sports College £10; Noel-Baker Community School, £4.50-£6.50; Sinfin Community School, rate n/a; Dale Community Primary, £11; Lees Brook Community Sports College, £8; Roe Farm Primary School, £15 - £20; Beaufort Community Primary, mini-tennis, £15 - £20.

Courts on Derby parks: Darley Fields; Normanton Park; Chaddesden Park, Chellaston Park; King George V Playing Fields, Littleover; Markeaton Park and Arboretum Park.

Charges are £1.20 per half hour per person standard rate for grass, synthetic and tarmac courts, and 85p for concessions. For more information access www.derby.gov/ssaf

There are also 32 tennis clubs in Derbyshire, some of which operate pay as you play as well as having membership fees.

These include:

Ashbourne Tennis Club; Bamford Lawn Tennis Club; Baslow Lawn Tennis Club; Belper Meadows; Breadsall Tennis Club; Buxton Cricket, Bowls and Tennis Club; Central United Reformed Church Tennis Club; Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club Ltd; Church Broughton Tennis Club; Darley Dale Tennis Club; David Lloyd Club, Derby; Derbyshire Tennis Centre; Doveridge Tennis Club; Duffield Lawn Tennis Club; Edale Lawn Tennis Club; Etwall Tennis Club; Lakeside Tennis Club; Little Eaton Tennis Club.

Littleacres Tennis Club; Littleover Tennis Club; Long Eaton Club; Melbourne LTC; Netherseal Lawn Tennis Club; New Watchorn Tennis Centre; Ockbrook & Borrowash LTC; Parwich Tennis Club; Ripley Lawn Tennis Club; Rolls Royce Tennis Club; Rosehill Methodist Sports Club; Stanton Tennis Club; Tideswell Lawn Tennis Club and Woodlands Tennis Club.

Lawn Tennis Association clubs: http://derbyshire.totaltennis.net/home/home.asp