England Hockey League Premier Division

Bowdon women started life as Hightown and joined the Bowdon club 20 seasons ago. They have a long history of success and are a powerhouse of North hockey. They boast a waterbased pitch alongside an iconic clubhouse they share with the sports’ club’s cricket section. 

The team, in its various guises, has a proud tradition in indoor hockey with twelve national titles.

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Buckingham Hockey Club are based at Stowe School near Buckingham, with additional fixtures played at Akeley Wood School and Buckingham Town Cricket Club. The women's 1st XI have a strong pedigree and have also represented England at the EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, winning the England Hockey Indoor Premier Championship in 2020.

Buckingham return to the top flight for 2026/27 as newly crowned Division One champions, having won every game on their way to the title in 2025/26

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Durham are proud to represent the North-East in the EHL.

The Women’s team  are playing in the Premier Division for the first time after winning 17 out of 18 games in Division One North in 2024-25. Their men previously played in the top flight from 2021-2023. They boast a number of current and former internationals amongst their alumni.

Based in West Sussex, the club was founded in 1897 and joined their men in the top flight nine seasons ago.  They are great proponents of the indoor game with three national indoor championships.

The club’s home is East Grinstead Sports Club in Saint Hill where they have established a great tradition for well hosted home matches. 

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Based at Paddington Recreation Ground, Hampstead & Westminster is London’s most central club with close to 1000 members from Under 6s to Over 60s. Their clubhouse base is the historic Carlton Tavern famously rebuilt in 2021.

The club are one of only three with teams in both genders of the Premier Division plus 2^nd XIs playing at other levels in  the league.

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Loughborough were the first student based club to join the women’s league some thirty seasons ago and have seen many international players play at the University and its predecessor Loughborough Colleges

They play their home games on the University campus which also hosts a number of other elite sports.

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Reading’s history dates back to 1904 and their Sonning Lane ground has hosted domestic finals and international matches.

They are a club with over 1000 members with players from Under 6s to Over 70s 

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Surbiton have been the dominant force in womens hockey over the past decade and has two men’s and two women’s teams in the England Hockey League, their 2^nd XI winning Division One South in 2023/24 but not able to play in the top flight .

In recent years they have developed and improved their Sugden Road ground and were able to hold the EHL finals 2023 and 2024, the EuroHockey Club Cup was also staged there in 2018.

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Teddington are the oldest hockey club in the world, founded in 1871 while members of the local cricket club were looking for a winter sport to play in Bushy Park. The club, whose crest and chocolate-and-pink colours come from the horse chestnut tree under which the game was born, now runs eight men's and seven women's teams from its Broom Road home.

The women's 1st XI reach the Premier Division for the very first time in the club's 150-plus year history, completing back-to-back promotions: Conference East champions in 2024/25, then Division One South champions in 2025/26.

Birmingham has a rich tradition in hockey in both student sport and the national league and has two men’s and two women’s teams playing in the league.

They play at Bournbrook under the gaze of the iconic Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower. Their pitch hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games hockey competition.  

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Nottingham have risen quickly to the top flight since joining the league in 2019/20. 

Outside of the league the strength of the club in BUCS competitions has contributed to the University achieving the award as the top University in the UK for Sport in 2024.

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The club are another founder member of The Hockey Association and one of only three with teams in both genders of the Premier Division plus 2^nd XIs playing at other levels in the league.

The club play at Raynes Park High School but along with other sports are part of the superbly appointed Wimbledon Club in South West London

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