Club history

• 1925 - The National Playing Field Association (later to be known as King George V Playing Fields, now Fields in Trust) was founded by HRH The Duke of York, later HM King George V, with a remit to protect parks and green spaces. 

• 1936 - The field in which Hurst Green Tennis Club is located becomes a protected site. Following the King’s death, 471 parks and playing fields were given legally protected status in perpetuity as playing fields following donations of both money and land as memorial to the King. 

• 1937 - Hurst Green Tennis Club was founded with grass courts on the the King George V Playing Field; the club has occupied the same site ever since.

• 1940-45 War Years - Little play possible due to wartime restrictions. Post War, the club was revived when play became possible again.

• 1960s - The grass courts were by now replaced with macadam courts.

• 1961 - Godstone Rural Council, later to become Tandridge District Council, assumed responsibility for managing and maintaining the field and the clubs using it. 

• 1987 - The Clubhouse was built at a cost of £24,000

• 1988 - Floodlights were installed at a cost of just over £7,000. Hurst Green Tennis Club becomes the first club in the area to have floodlights, enabling play in the evenings throughout the year.

• 1999 - The old macadam courts were rebuilt by Tandridge District Council. 

• 2008 - the 20 year old floodlights were replaced with improved units.

• 2018 - Floodlights converted to LED units to improve lighting and reduce running costs.

• 2022 - New courts are built to replace those built in 1999, and modern perimeter fencing installed after raising £60,000 with significant contributions from Oxted Parish Council and Tandridge District Council to undertake this major revamp of the club facilities.

• 2025 - £16,000 Refurbishment of the clubhouse with funding support from Oxted Parish Council and Surrey County Councillor Cameron Macintosh's Small Community Fund.