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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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.
UK Golf — The Complete Guide to Golf in the United Kingdom
The premium guide to golf across the United Kingdom: find a golf course, compare regions, explore Top 100 venues and plan Stay · Play · Recover journeys.
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.
