Belmont Park,
Faversham, Kent ME13 0HB
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Stuart RokesThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Woodland and open countryside.
Designer:
Original nine-hole layout by James Braid and J.H. Taylor (1911). Major redesign by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1925).
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4 mi SW of Faversham / 17 mi E of Maidstone.
Best to access from Brogdale Rd (a turning off the A2 London Rd in Faversham), which becomes Eastling Rd. After 1.5 mi bear left into Stallsfield Rd, direction Golf Club. After o.5 mi bear left into Throwley Rd, direction Throwley. After o.9 mi you'll arrive at the golf.
Beware using Porter's Lane, Old Badgins Rd and Wilgate Green Rd, which your GPS might be inclined to do ... these are all difficult single-track country lanes with occasional passing places.
Faversham
Faversham Golf Club is certainly one of the South East of England's "hidden gems". Quietly tucked away in a tranquil sylvan setting in north-central Kent, here you'll find a delightful and excellently presented parkland layout.
The course has evolved from an original nine-hole layout to today's 18-holes, with design inputs from some of Britain's most revered golf course architects. The original nine holes of James Braid were enhanced by J.H. Taylor. But most significantly, the 18-hole layout you play today is predominantly the work of none other than the revered Dr Alister MacKenzie.
Excellently maintained and presented, the generally good-width, lightly tree-lined fairways, lead you to good-sized firm and fast greens, some of which possess exuberant slopes. As the club emblem suggests, there's plenty of pheasants patrolling the course.
Variety is guaranteed with an excellent and testing mix of par-3 holes, and straight and doglegging, short and long 4s and 5s. The layout leads you into a valley-like sequence of outward and inward holes at the par-5 7th, culminating in the partly-blind par-3 13th.
The relatively short par-4 14th tees off in front of the attractive, two-storey, brick-built clubhouse. It signals the start of a closing five hole loop, with four shortish par-4s, which may help your score. But beware the mischievous downhill par-3 16th, with its yawning front bunker, which you'll not see from the tee.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Players generally walk this course. Caddies available if booked in advance. There's a halfway house at the 7th tee, also accessible at the 12th green.
Good (located o.5 km from the clubhouse).
Following its founding in 1902, Faversham Golf Club moved to its present home in Belmont Park courtesy of land leased to them by Lord Harris (George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris), a former Kent and England cricket captain. The lease contained a slightly unusual condition, still in force today, stipulating that the golf course is subject to game bird shooting rights. This means that some of the pheasants you see, may unfortunately meet their end during the shooting season (Oct thru' Jan).
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Join us at The Dutch from August 21–24 for the Festival of Golf, featuring the HotelPlanner Tour. Experience four days of top-tier sport, live music, incredible food, and unexpected surprises. Explore the grounds, connect with others, embrace new challenges, and dive into an unforgettable celebration. Click here to buy tickets.
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Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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