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Macdonald Hill Valley Hotel, Golf & Spa

3.9   Golfshake Golf Course Rating 200 reviews | Post Review | Website
Price Guide: £££

Course Information

Hill Valley Golf Club, Shropshire isa 36 hole club with the 18 hole Emerald Course and 18 hole, par 73 Sapphire Course. A resort, parkland golf course designed by Peter Alliss and Dave Thomas in 1975.

36 holes | Par Emerald Course 73; Sapphire Course 66 | Emerald Course 6714; Sapphire Course 4801 yards | Resort | Parkland


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Address: Terrick Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 4JZ United Kingdom

Tel: 01948 663584

Golf Pro: A J Minshall

Website: http://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/hillvalley/golf/


Golf Club Facilities

Buggy Hire  Buggy Hire
Golf shop  Golf Shop
Clubhouse  Clubhouse
Bar  Bar
Food  Dining
Function Room Hire  Function Room
Accommodation  Accommodation

Midweek Guide: Emerald £20.00 per round Sapphire £10.00 per round *

Weekend Guide: Emerald £25.00 per round Sapphire £15.00 per round *

  • Societies Accepted to Play
  • Society 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: Emerald £20.00 per round Sapphire £10.00 per round *

Weekend Guide: Emerald £25.00 per round Sapphire £15.00 per round *

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


Review Information


GOLFSHAKE RATING

3.94

Golfshake Golf Course Rating

 

AVERAGE RATING 4
(based on 200 reviews)

5 star
56
4 star
104
3 star
35
2 star
4
1 star
4
 

RECOMMENDATIONS

92%

would play again or recommend


4.1

The Course

3.6

Course Conditions

3.9

Value For Money

4.2

Pace of Play

4

Facilities & Service

4.3

Hospitality

3

Practice Facilities

3.7

Food & Drink

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Gary Clarke Blackpool rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Apr 15 2014

“Annual Masters Sunday Driver Golf Trip”

Just returned from our second visit to Hill Valley on our now annual golf trip, as usual we played the short Sapphire course, on completion we checked in to the hotel.
We were greeted with the warmest of welcomes from the reception staff special thanks to Michelle, Nikki and Christine for their patience and excellent customer service.

The food was excellent as usual, everyone in our group complemented the quality of cuisine and the restaurant staff, again special thanks to Steph who attended to our table for the evening meal and the breakfast staff Debbie and the senior server ( I forgot his name), very professional and informative especially about the famous black pudding from the isle of Stornoway. which was excellent. Bar staff Annalisa and a special thanks to Ian for looking after us in the Masters bar, thanks for going that extra mile to make sure we were looked after on Sunday night watching Bubba win his second Masters.

Finally not forgetting the Pro shop staff Matt and Andrew for their exceptional service although we were only a small group of 12.

I can only thank you for your exceptional staff for their professionalism and whatever your training program is do not change it,

See you next April

The Clarke Party

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Mark B rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed May 14 2008

The price on the weekday of Friday, was only £10. The course was neat and tidy, the green were excellent and the fairways crisp. We added a golf buggy for £20 and with nobody in front and nobody behind as we tee off just before nine in the morning, it was bliss. Clean locker room a well stock pro shop, although staff were hardly bubbling over with smiles, maybe because we were going out and they were'nt but who knows. Very relaxing day.

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Steve R rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 6 2022

Very NIce Course

I had played this course a number of years ago, but it has changed quite a bit and the facilities are very good, plus the staff are very helpful. They have a hole fly over facility which you can download to your phone, however my wife and I have Android phones and it did not work on them and as a lot of the greens are protected by burns we came a cropper on quite a few of them, but still a most enjoyable round.

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Terry S rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 5 2021

Fantastic course worth visiting

The course itself is fantastic and worth visiting. The hotel is lovely and very suitable for your needs, clean and spacious. The food once arrived was nice but small portions. The pro shop and staff in there were brilliant and very accommodating. The biggest let down and very disappointingly so was the extreme slowness of the service of the hotel bar and catering staff. You could blame the current situation but it was appalling. Ruined the 4 day break for us.

(Round played: May 2021 - Score: 113 Handicap: 18.8)

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Stefano S rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Aug 9 2020

Lots of trees

One of the most challenging courses I have ever played. It's a par 73 with many trees and very tight off the tee so accuracy is very important. All bunkers were GUR due to the Corona situation . I suspect the bunkers if they had sand would have been difficult to play. There were quite a few and some very deep.

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Wayne P rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Jan 18 2020

Excellent course


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Craig C rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 5 2017

Fabulous

What a beautiful course, fantastic fairways, super fast greens, friendly staff in the pro shop; my first time playing here and I absolutely loved it. I'm a high handicapper but I can hit the ball straight, which is required due to the tight fairways.

We got a deal on tee off times, ?15 for the round, but even at the usual ?45, it would have been a great experience. The only thing that let it down was the practice range and putting facilities.

HCP: 28 (21 GolfShake), 111 scored

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Richard B rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Jan 21 2017

Played mid January 2017, for the time of year the course was in excellent condition and good value for money. £17 on Sat morning! Greens were good although there appears to be some repairs being made on the back 9 greens. Bunkers looked good, although didn't go in one so can't comment. Nice long course too, 5 par 5's is quite uncommon. Some good long holes, didn't take driver, wedge very often. Would strongly recommend. Score 30pts Handicap 17

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mr slater rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Aug 23 2014

Arrived Aug 2014 to torrential rain first day then brightened up late afternoon ( my tee time ) course was boggy but greens were very playable as was the fairways excellent condition.. following day after rain all night i missed the rain yet again course great drainage system hardly any water on the greens... excellent course all round great package prices available.. food and drinks very expensive but packages inclusive reduce the costs.. brill staff and pro shop was very helpful...

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Chris B rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Mar 29 2014

Played this course a few times now as a yearly society venue. Returned again this March. Given the recent bad weather thought the Emerald course was in reasonable condition. All greens in play but a little bobbly. There had been some work on them, spiking etc and the Pro did apologize. Always good fun to play, some testing holes. Well worth a visit. Got to say however that the Sapphire course is now showing signs of wear and tear, sadly. The greens are very poor and in need of a lot of attention.

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Robert J rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Jan 9 2013

great course. greens in great condition for winter play

(Round played: Jan 2013 - Score: 92 Handicap: 18.4)

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David J rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 7 2012

Very good for a 2 night stay with three rounds of golf £ 150.00 cant be bad

(Round played: Apr 2012 - Score: 102 Handicap: 22.6)

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Michael G W rated 5 out of 5

Reviewed Aug 19 2011

Enjoyed Emerald on first day, very challenging course. Sapphire on second day, shorter, tighter, greens a bit patchy in places, but a real test, and not a long-hitters paradise

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Matt H rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 14 2011

Golfshake Team ReviewNot my favourite course ever, but not the worst.

Very hilly so if you dont have the legs you used to a buggy would be advised.

Nice mixture of holes.

I only played this course as I was staying in the area and to be fair if I was local again I would pay them a second visit.

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Adrian W rated 4 out of 5

Reviewed May 2 2011

Beautiful course but definitely not one for the faint hearted! Probably the hardest course I've played to date, I had a bad day on course anyway, but the wind today really made the course play 30-40yds longer per hole. That said, course was in great condition, even though they watered the 10th green right after we'd tee'd off.

Not one for high handicappers, our four ball was made up of 2 off 19, 1 off 24, and 1 off 26. 8 over won the day!

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