[COURSE CLOSED IN 2022].
Addington Rd, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Surrey CR2 8YA
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+44 (0)208 657 8811Pro shop
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+44 (0)208 657 3401The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Undulating terrain - several slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Woodland.
Designer:
J.H. Taylor
51.339647
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14 miles S of central London
Leave M25 at exit 6 and follow A22 direction London / Croydon. After 6.2 miles, at traffic lights, turn right onto the A2022 (Downs Court Road) and follow this road up the hill, direction Selsdon / Sanderstead. After following the A2022 for 2.5 miles, Selsdon Park is on your right (just before entering Selsdon Village).
Selsdon Park Hotel & Golf Club: GOLF COURSE CLOSED IN 2022, without any firm plan to reopen in the foreseeabe future. The hotel may possibly reopen. Check current status before planning a visit.
[Original Where2Golf description]: In the grounds of the rambling, but ever-popular Selsdon Park Hotel, lies this quintessentially English parkland golf course. Laid out by the great J.H. Taylor in 1929, excellent use has been made of the undulating terrain, with plenty of mature trees, including sycamore, beech, oak, silver birch and cedar, providing good definition to the fairways.
Water hazards, too few to speak of, will not cause you any trouble, but the strategically placed bunkering demands good course management throughout. Accuracy rather than power hitting is the key to scoring well on one or two of the short par-4s, not least the 18th where good positioning is essential from the tee. There are enough other opportunities to get the big-timber out.
The well-paced and not overly sloping greens are maintained at a very satisfactory level, while general course maintenance is usually more than satisfactory, without being exceptional. Overall, Selsdon Park is excellent value, either as a Stay&Play venue or just for a day visit - a pleasant parkland course that attracts golfers from near and far.
Check with club (if and when it reopens).
Players generally walk this course.
Limited
Selsdon Park has often been used by major sports teams as a pre-match London base; many an FA Cup winning (and losing) team has started the trip to Wembley Stadium from Selesdon Park.
Addington Road, Sanderstead, Croydon, Surrey CR2 8YA
+44 (0)208 657 8811
Visit website[HOTEL CLOSED IN 2022, pending decisions about its future]. Set in 205 acres of spectacular parkland, this neo-Jacobean building has a long history dating back to 861AD. As well as a 204 bedroom hotel, Selsdon Park provides an 18-hole championship golf course, spa and fitness facilities, bars and award-winning restaurants, tennis courts and croquet lawns.
Selsdon Park
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