Best Golf Courses in Gloucestershire & the Cotswolds
Cotswold Hills, Cleeve Hill, Lilley Brook, Brickhampton Court, Broadway, Cirencester, Naunton Downs and Burford — The Global Golfer’s current guide to golf in Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds.
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Golf Courses by Region
The Global Golfer · UK & IrelandGolf Courses by RegionExplore the best courses across the UK and Ireland by region, from celebrated championship venues to distinctive local favourites and hidden gems.
Best Golf Courses in Perthshire
Gleneagles, Blairgowrie and the finest inland golf in Scotland — the Global Golfer’s guide to the best golf courses in Perthshire.
The Mere Golf Resort & Spa Review — Cheshire’s Most Complete Stay · Play · Recover Golf Destination
The Mere Golf Resort is one of the North West’s most complete Stay · Play · Recover destinations — a mature lakeside parkland in Cheshire with a four-star hotel, a full spa, and a course that demands more than it initially promises.
The Point at Polzeath — Course Guide, Stay · Play · Recover & North Cornwall Golf
TGG Course Intelligence guide to The Point at Polzeath: 18 holes just under 6,300 yards, visitor access, practice facilities, Health Club recovery and a North Cornwall Course Swing with St Enodoc and Trevose.
Purbeck Golf Club Review — Clifftop Downland Golf Above the Jurassic Coast & Swanage Bay
Purbeck Golf Club sits on chalk downland above the Jurassic Coast with views across Swanage Bay and Old Harry Rocks — one of the most dramatically positioned courses in the South of England, where the wind and the landscape define the game.
Worcester Golf & Country Club Review — Mature Parkland in the Shadow of a Cathedral City
Worcester Golf & Country Club is a mature, well-respected parkland set within beautiful grounds on the edge of Worcester — a classic English members’ club with century-old character and a city worth exploring post-round.
Lansdown Golf Club Review — High Downland Golf Above Bath with Views Across the Avon Valley
Lansdown Golf Club occupies elevated downland above Bath — a course of real character and genuine difficulty, where the views are exceptional, the wind is ever-present and the history of the ground goes back centuries.
Brickhampton Court Golf Complex — 27-Hole Course Guide & Visitor Access
Brickhampton Court Golf Complex is a welcoming 27-hole Gloucestershire venue near Churchdown, offering the 18-hole Spa Course and nine-hole Glevum Course, practice facilities and golf-break options near Cheltenham.
Royal Birkdale Golf Club — 2026 Visitor Guide & Course Intelligence
A fact-checked TGG Course Intelligence guide to Royal Birkdale: 2026 visitor days and green fees, Open Championship operating notes, first-visit strategy and practical Southport golf planning.
Stoke Park Golf Club Review — Harry Colt’s Goldfinger Course & The Home Counties’ Most Glamorous Golf Resort
Stoke Park is the most storied golf course near London — Harry Colt’s 1908 parkland masterpiece that inspired Goldfinger, set within a Grade I listed mansion estate 25 minutes from central London.
Addington Palace Golf Club Review — London’s Most Atmospheric Hidden Heathland Gem
Addington Palace Golf Club is one of London’s finest hidden gems — Abercromby’s 1931 woodland heathland layout within the Greater London boundary, as characterful and atmospheric as any course in the capital.
Hanbury Manor Golf & Country Club Review — Hertfordshire’s Premier Golf Resort Near London
Hanbury Manor combines a Jack Nicklaus II championship parkland with a Jacobean manor house hotel and spa in Hertfordshire — one of the most reliably excellent Stay · Play · Recover golf resorts near London.
The Grove Golf Course Review — Kyle Phillips Masterpiece & The Home Counties’ Premier Golf Resort
The Grove Golf Course is a Kyle Phillips masterpiece within a five-star country house hotel and spa, 30 minutes from London — the most complete Stay · Play · Recover destination in the Home Counties.
Royal Blackheath Golf Club Review — England’s Oldest Golf Club & Its Extraordinary History
Royal Blackheath is the oldest golf club in England — founded in 1608, housed in a Grade I listed manor and carrying four centuries of golf history in its remarkable clubhouse collection.
The London Golf Club Review — Two Championship Courses in Kent Within an Hour of the Capital
The London Golf Club delivers two championship courses in the Kent countryside — the Heritage Course a Nicklaus design of real distinction, both accessible from central London in under an hour.
Saunton Golf Club Review — The South West’s Finest Dune Links & North Devon’s 36-Hole Gem
Saunton Golf Club offers 36 holes of dune links on the Braunton Burrows — the East Course is the finest links in the South West and one of England’s most underrated championship venues.
Perranporth Golf Club — Course Guide, Visitor Planning & Cornwall Golf
TGG Course Intelligence for Perranporth Golf Club: James Braid links golf on Cornwall’s north coast, current course-card data, first-visit strategy, visitor-planning guidance and a place in longer Cornwall Course Swings.
St Mellion Nicklaus Course — Course Guide, Resort Golf & Recovery
A fact-checked TGG Course Intelligence guide to St Mellion’s Nicklaus Signature Course: 6,284-yard par 72, 2026 visitor fees, practice facilities, hotel, spa, new gym and Stay · Play · Recover planning.
Boringdon Hall & Boringdon Park — Plymouth Stay · Play · Recover
Boringdon Hall and Boringdon Park are separate Plymouth venues: five-star hotel and Gaia Spa for stay/recovery, nearby Boringdon Park for visitor golf on the Saltram and Estuary courses.
Trevose Golf Club — Championship Course Guide & North Cornwall Golf
A fact-checked TGG Course Intelligence guide to Trevose Golf Club: Harry Colt’s 6,948-yard par-72 Championship Course, 2026 visitor fees, Toptracer practice, on-site stays, recovery and a North Cornwall Course Swing.
St Enodoc Golf Club — Church Course Guide & North Cornwall Course Swing
A fact-checked TGG Course Intelligence guide to St Enodoc’s Church Course in Rock, Cornwall: James Braid design, 6,557-yard par 69, 2026 visitor fees, playing strategy, Stay · Play · Recover planning and a North Cornwall Course Swing.
Brora Golf Club Review — James Braid’s Highland Links Where Sheep Share the Fairways
Brora Golf Club is James Braid’s Highland gem — a natural links grazed by livestock, threaded with burns and set between the Sutherland mountains and the North Sea, offering some of Scotland’s most honest and affecting golf.
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Royal Troon Golf Club Review — Home of the Postage Stamp & Ten Open Championships
Royal Troon is an Open Championship links of dramatic contrasts — home of the Postage Stamp, ten Open Championships and one of the most strategically demanding courses on the entire rota.
Course Reviews, Courses, Golf Courses by Region, Top 100: UK & Ireland, UK Golf, World-Class CoursesRoyal Dornoch Golf Club — 2026 Visitor Guide & Highland Course Intelligence
A fact-checked TGG Course Intelligence guide to Royal Dornoch: 6,799-yard par-70 Championship Course, official 2026/27 visitor fees, scarce summer tee times, Struie options and Highland golf-trip planning.
Course Reviews, Courses, Golf Courses by Region, Top 100: UK & Ireland, UK Golf, World-Class CoursesTrump Turnberry Ailsa Course Review — Scotland’s Most Spectacular Links & Home of The Duel in the Sun
The Ailsa Course at Turnberry is Scotland’s most visually dramatic links — Ailsa Craig rising from the Firth of Clyde, the lighthouse on the promontory, and four Open Championships written into its fairways.
Course Reviews, Courses, Golf Courses by Region, Top 100: UK & Ireland, UK Golf, World-Class CoursesMuirfield Golf Club Review — Scotland’s Most Perfect Links & Home of Sixteen Open Championships
Muirfield is Scotland’s most technically perfect links — sixteen Open Championships, two concentric loops of genius design, and a fairness that distinguishes it from every other major venue in world golf.
Course Reviews, Courses, Golf Courses by Region, Top 100: UK & Ireland, UK Golf, World-Class CoursesThe Old Course St Andrews Review — Golf’s Greatest Pilgrimage & The Home of the Game
The Old Course at St Andrews is the most famous golf course on earth — a links that evolved over centuries, carrying a weight of history that no other sporting venue can match and a round every golfer must complete.
Fulford Golf Club Review — York’s Premier Parkland Course & Former European Tour Venue
Fulford Golf Club is York’s finest parkland course — a former European Tour venue of mature elegance, made exceptional by its proximity to one of England’s most historically rich cities.
Ilkley Golf Club Review — Moorland Golf Above Wharfedale with Panoramic Yorkshire Views
Ilkley Golf Club sits on the lower slopes of Ilkley Moor above one of Yorkshire’s most desirable towns — panoramic Wharfedale views, moorland character and outstanding post-round options in a single visit.
Rudding Park Golf Review — Yorkshire’s Premier Stay Play Recover Golf & Spa Resort
Rudding Park Golf offers two courses within a 300-acre Harrogate estate, anchored by a rooftop spa of genuine distinction — Yorkshire’s definitive Stay · Play · Recover golf destination.
Moortown Golf Club Review — Alister MacKenzie’s Yorkshire Masterpiece & First British Ryder Cup Venue
Moortown Golf Club is Alister MacKenzie’s Yorkshire masterpiece — a moorland course above Leeds that hosted the first Ryder Cup on British soil in 1929 and remains one of England’s finest tests of golf.
Ganton Golf Club Review — England’s Finest Inland Links & Ryder Cup Venue
Ganton Golf Club is England’s finest inland links — a Ryder Cup venue of extraordinary severity on sandy Vale of Pickering soil, where gorse walls and championship bunkering define every round.
St George’s Hill Golf Club Review — Harry Colt’s 27-Hole Woodland Heathland Masterpiece
St George’s Hill Golf Club is Harry Colt’s 1913 masterpiece — 27 holes of woodland heathland within a private residential estate above Weybridge, unchanged in character for over a century.
Queenwood Golf Club — Private Surrey Heathland Course Guide
Queenwood Golf Club is one of the finest golf clubs in the world — Kyle Phillips’ modern heathland masterpiece on Surrey’s sandy soil, with conditioning that has no equal in English golf.
Foxhills Club & Resort Review — Surrey’s Most Complete Golf & Spa Resort
Foxhills Club & Resort is Surrey’s most complete golf resort — three courses, a full spa and hotel within a 400-acre country estate, making it the county’s premier Stay · Play · Recover destination.
Walton Heath Golf Club Review — Surrey’s Most Demanding Open Heathland Championship Course
Walton Heath Golf Club is Surrey heathland at its most exposed and uncompromising — open to the sky, the Old Course a Ryder Cup venue of genuine world standing.
Sunningdale Golf Club Review — Two of the World’s Greatest Heathland Courses
Sunningdale Golf Club is home to two of the finest heathland courses in the world — the Old Course a masterpiece of natural golf architecture, the New its equal in character and challenge.
Wentworth Club West Course Review — Europe’s Premier Heathland Championship Venue
The West Course at Wentworth is European golf’s most celebrated heathland venue — home of the BMW PGA Championship and a cathedral of Surrey pine that every serious golfer must experience.
Cirencester Golf Club Review — Ancient Parkland in the Heart of the Cotswolds
Cirencester Golf Club is a mature 18-hole course at Bagendon just outside Cirencester, suited to visitor golf, south-Cotswolds weekends and itineraries linking Cirencester with Minchinhampton, Burford and Naunton Downs.
Burford Golf Club Review — Classic Cotswold Parkland in England’s Most Beautiful Market Town
Burford Golf Club is a welcoming traditional parkland course on the edge of Burford, well suited to Cotswolds short breaks, value-conscious visitors and itineraries pairing golf with one of the region’s best market towns.
