North Downs Golf Club

3.9 120 reviews | Post Review | Website
Price Guide: £££ | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Course Information

North Downs Golf Club, Surrey is an 18 hole, par 69 (5843 yard), private, parkland golf course designed by J J F Pennink in 1899. A thinking golfer's course every shot!

18 holes | Par 69 | 5843 yards | Private | Parkland

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Address: Northdown Road, Woldingham, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 7AA United Kingdom

Tel: 01883 652057

Golf Pro: Ewan Campbell | Tel: 01883 652057 option 2

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

Golf Club Facilities

Buggy Hire

Golf Shop

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Clubhouse

Bar

Dining

Function Room

Silver Ticket Special £27 coffee/egg or bacon sandwich, 18 holes and first drink at the bar. Monday to Friday and Sunday 12 pm until 2 pm.

Midweek Guide: £25.00 per round (summer) *

Weekend Guide: £25.00 per round (after 12:00pm) *

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: £25.00 per round (summer) *

Weekend Guide: £25.00 per round (after 12:00pm) *

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

Review Information

GOLFSHAKE RATING

3.92

AVERAGE RATING 3.8
(based on 120 reviews)

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HIGHLY RATED

97%

would play again or recommend

The Course

3.8

Course Conditions

3.8

Value For Money

4.2

Pace of Play

3.8

Facilities & Service

4.4

Hospitality

3.1

Practice Facilities

3.9

Food & Drink

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Barry rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 26 2022

Used to be a nice friendly, quiet club, but recently acquired new owners and now sadly in decline. Booked 2 ball online for midday Sunday start. No food available to start with. Course beyond busy, 2 hours to complete 7 holes, waiting on every tee. Appreciate there was a society, but no fun waiting on every hole for players in front to tee off. Gave up after 8 as beyond frustrated. Nigel from club said to expect delays from now on .. certainly won’t be rushing back in a hurry!

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Reply:
Thank you for your review. We aim for 4.5 hours for a round when busy. As the course was busy with 4-balls the pace for a 2 ball would be reduced. This why we do operate a 4 ball policy and encourage 2 balls to join together.

Replied 7th July 2022

Michael F rated 1 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 9 2020

The greens were atrocious, I was disgusted - there was more mud visible than grass.

(Round played: Jun 2020 - Score: 95 Handicap: )

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James (Leatherhead, Surrey) rated 2 out of 5

Reviewed May 30 2023

Several irritations

We found this course to be quite frustrating for a number of reasons. Yes it is a challenging course in it's design, but several factors that the club are in control of made it all the more challenging. A number of the holes such as the 2nd, 4th etc are so dramatically sloping that even hitting a good tee shot well down one side of the fairway can result it your ball ending up in the rough on the opposite side. This would not have been so bad except for the fact that the rough to the sides of the fairways was so long and thick that it made finding your golf ball often impossible. As a case in point, one member of my party walked to where he knew the golf ball to have landed and all of our party searched for it. In the end we found it exactly where he had stopped with his trolley, but we'd all walked past it several times and not seen it as the rough was so thick. Even where some areas had recently been mowed, the cuttings were left strewn about, which again meant balls could be easily obscured under the dried loose grass. I don't think I have ever lost more balls on a round of golf.
Another factor that might have made the course easier or more palatable could have been to include the hole designs on the scorecards. Unfortunately they have instead opted for pictures of the greens. While that could be useful to some people, you need to get there first. For example, on the second hole there is a marker post to aim for, but you don't know how far to hit, whether it dog-legs left or right and can't see from the tee-box.
In a couple of places on the course it is not even clear where the next hole is from the last green and on the 10th hole we weren't sure if we should be hitting our second shots left over the path or right up the dog-leg hill.
Several of the bunkers had lots of stones in them.
The car park also has large pot-holes by the exit.

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Reply:
Thank you for your review. Apologies you found some areas of your round frustrating. We have ordered new signage for the course to improve upon the current ones we have. The course does go through the north downs hills so we can't get away with some holes running along the slope. But this does create lovely views and a challenge when playing.

Replied 26th June 2023

Marek L rated 2 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 10 2020

Took a battering from the rain and C19

Oh dear....usually sucha delight to play but this time after the harsh rainfall and then C19 (can only assume that minimal work been done over spring) the greens are in an awful state and the fairways not much better. The greens are burnt out. Seems either decease or moss has got to them. Very dry and so ball runs a lot. Good news is the rough has been cut and so not too penal. It will take most of this year and next spring to fully recover

(Round played: Jun 2020 - Score: 93 Handicap: 16.2)

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Chris H rated 2 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 3 2020

Average

At present the Green's are shockingly bad. Can only assume this is due to green keeping being non essential works during lockdown.
Rest of the course is in OK shape

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Chris B rated 2 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 5 2016

Usually a lovely course but disappointing this week due to the greens being spiked week beginning 4th July 2016 leaving them pretty much unplayable (if you want to get a decent score!!) Most disappointing is the fact that the work on the greens was not mentioned on the Clubs or the booking website that I used. I feel it's only fair that players can be made known of a courses condition before they pay good money to play. Will be reluctant to play there again any time soon, which is a shame. Would recommend usually but not in this condition.

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Golf S rated 2 out of 5

Reviewed Oct 24 2013

The Pro's The Course Is Immaculate. A Round Of Golf There Is Relatively Fast. The Food Is Of A Good Standard. The Con's It Is Difficult To Get To The Bar On A Busy Day As There Are To Many People Gathered Around It. The Bar Service Is Slow On A Busy Day As They Only Have One Machine To Process The Transactions. The Interior Is Not Very Attractive As It Is Very Dated I Would Be Staggered If Anything In There Was New. It Is Annoying As You Cannot Order Food At The Bar And You Have To Walk Into The Spike Bar And Order It There Which Is A Pain. It Can Be Annoying On The Course When You Are Stuck Behind A Five Ball That Will Not Let You Through And The Round Will Take Forever. Finally With The Pro-shop It Is Good For The Essentials For The Round Of Golf But It Over Priced Items Which Puts Me And Other People From Buying Off Them. - Dave Reviewer

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Bob B rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Feb 27 2022

Hidden gem

Love this little course my be short but still tricky

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Stephen B rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Jan 11 2022

The course was rain affected

disappointingly the course was affected by a seriously wet period so 18 temp greens. Well done for keeping the course open vut I am unable to give a full export as not putting challenge to shout about.
Would play again In more favourable conditions.

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Pete H rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Jan 8 2022

Not unexpectedly the course bears up to the winter as best it can & consequently shorter courses holder greater appeal this time of year & it eas fair value fir that. Despite the sleet conditions which eased it became more enjoyable even though the kitchen shut at 3 & we were 10 mins late.

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Peter S rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Oct 7 2020

Great views, testing, tight course

A lovely course, not the longest, but a good test. You also have to think about club selection to keep out of trouble that is usually not far off the fairways. Only negative was the condition of the tee boxes, could do with some attention.

(Round played: Sep 2020 - Score: 88 Handicap: 17.1)

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Stuart L rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Jul 18 2020

All greens reseeded and raked making putting very very difficult
other wise course in good condition

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Lee R rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 24 2020

Nice course, fairways in very good condition but awful greens. A straight, flat putt could deviate drastically several times.

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Paul I rated 3 out of 5

Reviewed Jun 9 2020

Relaxed Monday PM round

Nice quiet round with good pace on a monday PM. Paid £20

Bit of an issue with green watering means, putting surfaces are poor

(Round played: Jun 2020 - Score: 99 Handicap: 22.6)

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