Weston Hall Rd, Weston Longville,
Norwich, Norfolk NR9 5JZ
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Royal Norwich Coaching AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Woodland and rural countryside.
Designer:
18-hole layout at former Hellesdon location designed by James Braid. New layout at Weston Longville (2019) designed by Ross McMurray of European Golf Design.
Above distances are for the Championship course. Also at Royal Norwich is the 6-hole Academy course (par-21; 1,375 yds from back tees; 3x par-3s and 3x par-4s).
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1 mi NW of Weston Longville / 10 mi NW of Norwich centre.
Royal Norwich Golf Club: formerly located in the Hellesdon area of Norwich (the club's home for over 125 years), Royal Norwich moved to its current location in 2019. Located a further seven miles out from the city, the new £10 million development occupies what was previously the site of the Weston Park Golf Club. Here a new, big-dimension and stylish course was designed by Ross McMurray.
This excellently maintained modern parkland course (7,200 yds from the tips), is situated just north of the village of Weston Longville. The layout takes you round in two expansive nine-hole loops, predominantly journeying through quiet woodland, with some open stretches also present. A variety of attractive straightaway and doglegging holes incorporates plenty of stylish bunkering, with not too much water in play.
Lining the stylish holes, but never too tightly, is a wonderful variety of centuries-old trees. There's plenty of gentle elevation change, but the course is not overly tiring to walk. The often elevated greens, with slick run-off areas all around, are opulently large with roller-coaster slopes ... a sure test for your putting skills. At times the always good-width fairways become a bit too super-sized!
Pick of the holes: the layout starts in fine style with an attractive par-4, requiring an uphill approach shot to a menacingly bunker-defended green. The par-3 17th hole bears something of a mirror-image resemblance to the famed par-3 17th of Kiawah's Island's Ocean Course ... clear the pond in front of the diagonal-facing green by too much, and back bunkers await!
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Credit cards accepted. Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2025].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire (book in advance).
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Royal Norwich Golf Club was originally located closer to the city of Norwich, in Hellesdon. In 2017 the club sold its ground to a housing developer, and moved out to its present site in 2019. Here on the grounds of the former Weston Park Golf Club (est. 1993), the new course and excellent facilities of Royal Norwich GC were built.
Royal Norwich's clubhouse is based-on a former Georgian-style mansion house ... a family home and centrepiece of the Weston Park Estate. It served as the clubhouse for the Weston Park Golf Club, and now, much extended, offers and large and luxurious facility for the estate's new occupants, the Royal Norwich Golf Club.
Queen Victoria conferred the Royal prefix on the club in its founding year (1893), based on the patronage of her grandson George, Duke of York (later George V). By royal prerogative, 19 English golf clubs use the "Royal" title, namely: Ascot, Ashdown Forest, Birkdale, Blackheath, Cinque Ports, Cromer, Eastbourne, Epping Forest, Household (Windsor Castle), Liverpool (Hoylake), Lytham & St Annes, Mid-Surrey, North Devon (Westward Ho!), Norwich, St George's, West Norfolk (Brancaster), Wimbledon, Winchester, Worlington & Newmarket.
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