Three hours out of Bangkok, past Pak Chong, there’s an English village with a castle, a lake, and clipped hedges someone clearly measures. And somebody looked at all that and thought: this needs a tennis court. Then they built padel and pickleball next to it. Here’s what’s actually useful if you’re thinking about going 👇 📍 Thames Racquet Yard at ThamesValleyKhaoYai — about 10 minutes from Khao Yai National Park 
🎾 Tennis, padel and pickleball, all in one yard. Brand new surface, no dead spots. 
🌙 Floodlit at night — and it genuinely looks better under lights than it does at noon 
🛏️ I stayed in the deluxe room [฿4,000/night, intercontinental breakfast included 
📞 Court booking is phone or Line only right now, no online system — 044-009-999 or thamesvalleyhotel. Call ahead for weekends. 
🐶 Pet friendly, if that changes your plans Biggest thing I got wrong: I treated it like a hotel with a court. It’s closer to a court with a hotel attached. Book the session before you book the ...