A former potato store. A family farm. A new way to bring people together.
Set in Sutton-on-the-Forest just outside York, The Padel Farm began by turning an agricultural barn into indoor padel courts. It gave an existing space a new purpose and brought a new community onto the farm. Now, strength and conditioning forms part of its wider vision for movement, recovery and connection.
A New Chapter for the Family Farm
For generations, the Stark family has cared for the land. With Callum Stark now its custodian, The Padel Farm represents a way to build on that history and help secure its future.
The idea grew from a question: could sport and wellness help support British farming while bringing more people into the countryside?
Converting the potato store into padel courts was the first step. The wider ambition is to create a destination where people can train, recover and spend time together, with the family farm at its heart.
Strength Beyond the Court
BLK BOX’s equipment package brings strength and conditioning into that vision.
At its centre is a 3 Series Free Standing Rig with integrated storage and custom logo Wall Ball Targets. It combines training stations with a home for the equipment used around them, helping keep the space organised and ready for each session.
Belfast Bars and Utility Bumper Plates provide the foundations for barbell training. Rubber Hex Dumbbells, Premium Cast Iron Kettlebells and Adjustable Benches broaden the options for strength work. Landmine attachments add further variety without requiring a separate machine for every movement.
Together, the equipment supports everything from focused lifting sessions to varied group workouts.
Built for Hybrid Training
The conditioning equipment gives the facility scope to combine strength work with sustained effort.
Competition Sleds and Competition Ropes pair with Agility Turf for pushes and pulls. Wall Balls, Competition Sandbags and Soft Plyo Boxes offer different ways to load and challenge movement. Concept2 Rowers, SkiErgs and BikeErgs complete the package, supporting intervals, longer efforts and mixed training sessions.
This range gives coaches flexibility to change the session, scale the work and keep people moving through different stations.
The Details That Keep a Space Working
The supporting equipment matters too.
Dedicated storage for mats, foam rollers and bands helps keep smaller items accessible. Integrated rig storage makes use of the main training structure, while the flooring package includes Foundation Rolls, Challenger Gym Tiles and Shockpad Underlay alongside the turf.
These elements help turn a collection of equipment into a practical training environment.
A Future Rooted in the Farm
The Padel Farm’s ambition connects the next chapter of the business with the land and community that shaped it. Sport, training and recovery give people new reasons to visit, while supporting a future rooted in British farming.
BLK BOX is proud to play a part, supplying the equipment to support that next chapter.
