The Best Places to Play Golf near Gravesend
Gravesend Golf Centre offers a 9-hole Par 3 course with tree-lined fairways and small challenging greens just off the A2. Kingsnorth Golf Club, designed by Donald Steel, features a 9-hole parkland course with 18 tees and a TopTracer driving range. Upchurch River Valley Golf Course includes a 9-hole Academy Course with narrow tree-lined fairways and sloping greens, open year-round. Lullingstone Park Golf Course near Orpington offers the 9-hole Valley Course alongside an 18-hole championship layout, set within 500 acres of beautiful Kentish countryside. Westerham Golf Club‘s Churchill Course is a 9-hole Par 3 designed for beginners, but still features wild rough areas and a lake! Pedham Place Golf Club in Dartford provides a 9-hole Par 3 course on elevated chalk downland,which means that any water draisn quickly so ‘play can be resumed’! . Birchwood Park Golf & Country Club in Kent features a 9-hole short course with rounds under 90 minutes and a state-of-the-art driving range.
Fun Facts about Golf Courses near Gravesend
- Southern Valley Golf Course is an 18 hole semi private course constructed on the site of the former Gravesend Airport, with remnants of the runway visible near the 4th hole.
- Kingsnorth’s 9-hole layout was designed by Donald Steel, a two-time recipient of American golf course renovation awards.
- Westerham’s Churchill Course development involved a 7-year project collaborating with England Golf to create a National Curriculum-aligned schools program.
- Lullingstone Park’s Valley Course uses hybrid grass strains on its greens to maintain playability during Kent’s wet winters.
- Pedham Place’s elevated chalk terrain drains 25% faster than clay-based courses, allowing 98% annual availability.