Club Inglés Bella Vista
Tennis courts in the neighborhood of Bellavista. Tennis was one of the most popular sports among members of the English Club. | |
| Founded | 1878 |
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The Club Inglés Bella Vista (also known as English Club of Bella Vista) is a cultural institution that exists in the Spanish municipality of Minas de Riotinto, in the province of Huelva.
It was founded in 1878 by members of the British colony of Minas de Riotinto who worked for the Rio Tinto Company Limited, and it soon become the center of social life in that British colony. Together with Exiles Cable Club (1873) in Vigo, this was one of the first companies dedicated to sports in the country, most notably, cricket, tennis and football, having sections dedicated to the said sports due to its prominence in England, the homeland of the company's Staff.