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a keen golfer then make the most of your trip to Durham
by heading to one of the top golf courses in and around
the city.
With its magnificent views overlooking the River Browney, Durham City Golf Club [map] is one of England’s oldest inland clubs having
been inaugurated in December 1887. Since that time the
club has had three homes within Durham, moving to its
third and current course, at Littleburn in November
1974. The course is a delightful 18-hole, 6321-yard, par-71 meadowland course just off the A690 two miles south
west of the city centre.
Perhaps one of County Durham’s most well known courses
is at the Ramside Hotel and Golf Club [map] on the outskirts of the city centre. This course comprises
of three loops of nine holes – The Princes, Bishops
and Cathedral courses – each with its own individual
features, but all blend with each other, and allow different
'Courses of the Day'. It is a fair course with fourteen
lakes and some maliciously placed bunkers, which will
long remain in the memory and make you want to come back
for more.
Heading out of Durham city there are plenty more good
golf courses to visit including Barnard Castle Golf
Club [map],
a par 73, 18-hole venue in a picturesque spot high above
the River Tees. There are plenty of natural
water hazards to catch you out with streams and a
pond coming into play no fewer than 15 times during your
round.
Situated in the small scenic town of Stanley, Beamish
Park Golf Club [map] has an 18-hole course that
always provides a warm welcome to members, guests and
visitors alike, while Birtley Golf Club [map] near Chester-le-Street is a nine-hole parkland course with a 5660 yards, par 67 layout.
Finally the Cocken Lodge Golf Club [map] is located about five miles from Durham. It is a nine-hole
short course built to USG”A” specifications
that boasts 14 sand bunkers and two water hazards.
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