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Canterbury Golf Club

4.2   Golfshake Golf Course Rating 127 reviews | Post Review | Website
Price Guide: £££££ | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Course Information

Canterbury Golf Club, Kent is an 18 hole, par 71 (6727 yard), private, parkland golf course designed by Harry Shapland Colt in 1927.

18 holes | Par 71 | 6727 yards | Private | Parkland


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Golf Guide to Kent

Address: Scotland Hills, Littlebourne Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1TW United Kingdom

Tel: 01227 453532

Golf Pro: Daniel Maude | Tel: 01227 462865

Website: http://www.canterburygolfclub.co.uk/


Golf Club Facilities

Driving range  Range
Golf club hire  Club Hire
Buggy Hire  Buggy Hire
Golf shop  Golf Shop
Changing rooms  Changing
Clubhouse  Clubhouse
Bar  Bar
Food  Dining
Function Room Hire  Function Room

Visitors welcome 7 days a week.
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for society play.

Midweek Guide: £40.00 per round *

Weekend Guide: £55.00 per round *

  • Societies Accepted to Play
  • Society Deals Available
  • Voucher Deals Available
  • 7 Day Membership Available
  • 5 Day Membership Available

* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.

Tee Time Information

Midweek Guide: £40.00 per round *

Weekend Guide: £55.00 per round *

* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.


Review Information


GOLFSHAKE RATING

4.24

Golfshake Golf Course Rating

 

AVERAGE RATING 4.1
(based on 127 reviews)

5 star
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4 star
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3 star
26
2 star
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HIGHLY RATED

100%

would play again or recommend

Golfshake Review


4.3

The Course

4.3

Course Conditions

4

Value For Money

4.5

Pace of Play

3.9

Facilities & Service

4.4

Hospitality

4

Practice Facilities

4.1

Food & Drink

What the club says: Harry Shapland Colt, one of the finest course designers to have ever lived, created the masterpiece that is Canterbury Golf Course. In 1927 the course opened for play and it has been evolving ever since. Our 80th year has seen changes to the 18th hole. A reshape and reinstatement of the traditional gorse and broom has made the closing hole at Canterbury one of the best.

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Tim H rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Oct 10 2023

Challenging but fair

Lovely course, not overly long but short game in good shape required. As with most golf good driving needed but you will probably need to chip and pitch well.

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Tim C rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 7 2023

Harry Colt’s hidden gem in Kent

Canterbury is a wonderful place to play golf. Kent’s famous for its world-class links a few miles east, but inland, tucked into the rolling hills of the North Downs, are some lovely courses. Others worth a visit are Broome Park, Boughton and, especially Faversham. I’d rate Canterbury higher than all of them though. Like the aforementioned, its a hilly, tree-lined rollercoaster - with many daunting tee-shots over valleys to big, rolling fairways.

But what really thrills is the variety of holes - there’s not a weak one on the course and they are balanced superbly, nowhere more so than the finishing stretch of a daunting par 3 (the 185 yard uphill 17th) following by a gettable par five at 476 yards straight back to the charming clubhouse.

It’s a challenge throughout - I shot a net three-over and actually felt I played okay - but feels very fair; most of the trouble is visible from the tees, giving you an opportunity to plot your way round the course. There are few things more satisfying in golf than when a plan comes together, and Canterbury gives you ample chances to do exactly that, while also giving you plenty of ways for your plan to come undone. The trees are always in play, and the wind teases and bamboozles as the holes subtly change direction - after the opening three holes there are barely any two which go exactly the same way.

The green complexes are fascinating too, with steep-sided bunkers, grassy hollows and links-style run-off areas. The greens themselves tend to be of the small, hard-to-hit type; but at their best a miss will give you maybe four or five different options to get on the dance floor (at the 17th, for example, I missed left and was debating between putter, 60-degree wedge flop, or a bump and run with either a seven, eight or nine iron……)

There are, of course, plenty of courses which offer this kind of thing, but Canterbury has something else which just makes it feel special. It might be the truly excellent practice facilities (TopTracer range, grass pitching area, practice bunker and two putting greens), the bustling clubhouse or the surprisingly warm welcome from the guy in the Pro shop.

Or it might just be the author’s name. Harry Colt, whose name is attached to two or three courses which would make any reasonable top ten in the world, designed this track nearly 100 years ago. It’s a testament to his skills that it still makes for a wonderful round of golf.

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Ian F rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed May 26 2023

good course, very true greens. tight and thick rough to deal with made it harder than it looks. Some drainage trenches on fairways.

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David G rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed May 23 2023


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Fraser C rated 4.5 out of 5

Reviewed Apr 20 2023

Great course

Fantastic condition…… greens still a bit bumpy but still great condition…. Green side bunkers need more sand …. Very firm

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Neil W rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Mar 10 2023

First time at Canterbury. Very impressed and good first.impression. for beginning of March course playd well.and greens very true.

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Ryan H rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Oct 24 2022

Challenging course with very small greens. Some fairways in poor conditions still due to drainage upgrades

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Pete E rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 21 2022

Enjoyable round in the boiling heat

A very nice course. Played in extreme heat so could of done with a halfway house or someone coming around with water as no fountainsetc

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A Golfer rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Dec 9 2021

Fantastic condition

Fantastic condition, tree lined , elevated tee boxes, immaculate greens.

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David B rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Sep 23 2021


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Simon G rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 21 2020

Canterbury as always was of a very high standard, I would always play here again and again

(Round played: Mar 2020 - Score: 94 Handicap: 19.4)

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Lee M rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Aug 27 2019

Canterbury GC

Course - Better than of old
Food - Very much below par

No towels in the locker room was a massive let down.

(Round played: Aug 2019 - Score: 76 Handicap: 1.9)

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Richard F rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Aug 20 2019

Great course, tricking rough and narrow, but possibly some bouncy fairways which could be better. Greens generally good

(Round played: Aug 2019 - Score: 105 Handicap: )

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London rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 23 2019

4 ball on 23.06.2019

Excellent golf course, greens staff are doing a great job. This course is well worth a visit and takes county cards on a weekend

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Andrew P rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Mar 29 2019

Lovely facility Highly Recommended

Good driving range and practice facility,course layout excellent some great short holes.

(Round played: Mar 2019 - Score: 98 Handicap: 17.6)

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