The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort
Course Information
The Wiltshire Golf & Leisure club boasts two courses. 18-Hole Lakes Course & 9-Hole Garden Course
27 holes | Par Lakes Course 72 ; Garden Course 71 | Lakes Course 6642; Garden Course 5842 yards | Resort | Parkland
About The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort
Golf Club Overview
Address: Vastern, Wootton Bassett, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 7PB United Kingdom
Tel: 01793 849999
Website: https://www.the-wiltshire.co.uk
Golf Club Facilities
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Visitor Information & Green Fees
Price Guide: ££££
Midweek Guide: £30 *
Weekend Guide: £35 *
- Societies Accepted to Play
- Society Deals Available
- 7 Day Membership Available
- 5 Day Membership Available
Restrictions: Maximum Handicap No Restriction
* Any prices shown are guide prices, please confirm with the course prior to booking.
Courses & Scorecards
| Course | Tee | Par | SSS | Yards | ||
| The Lakes Course | White | 72 | 72 | 6561 | ||
| The Lakes Course | Yellow | 72 | 70 | 6112 | ||
| The Lakes Course | Red | 73 | 73 | 5513 | ||
| The Lakes Course | Red | 72 | 73 | 5504 | ||
| The Garden Course | Yellow | 71 | 68 | 5842 | ||
| The Garden Course | Yellow | 35 | 34 | 2912 | ||
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GOLFSHAKE RATING
3.16
AVERAGE RATING 3.5
(based on 147 reviews)
5 star
25
4 star
58
3 star
40
2 star
12
1 star
12
RECOMMENDATIONS
88%
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Mike Barry/Portsmouth rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Nov 27 2025
Hardly a golf course no country club!
Back in its heyday this was a wonderful venue with an interesting and feature filled design. I took 14 society members for 2 nights/3 rounds in September 2025. Big mistake.The hotel has recently been used for asylum seekers and has suffered accordingly. Dirty corridors with stained carpets. Locked fire escapes. Not even a sandwich available at lunchtime. Evening meals were likely microwaved ready meals. Unqualified staff covering bar and reception, no golfing staff at all.The course- has obviously been left to deteriorate for a long time. Horizontal slitting for drainage has not been grit filled, so have now dried out to create chasms so wide that balls were disappearing down them on several fairways. Greens (that's a joke- more browns) and tees atrocious with no grass, bird and machine damage on greens was unbelievable. The agent who organized the trip for us is still chasing the venue for compensation, some hope, the owner/management obviously do not care. Leave this venue alone for at least a couple of years to see if it has had the time and investment it needs to recover. And hopefully new management. DO NOT GET RIPPED OFF AS WE WERE!
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Andy C rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed May 19 2025
Awful - avoid at all costs
Terrible course, worse hotel. Would recommend you avoid playing here. Everything about it was unacceptable.Reviewer Rating
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Nicko B rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed May 5 2024
Awful
Created an account just to review course.Unplayable, whole place feels abandoned. Ridiculously wet, fairways like heavy rough, rough like a swamp.
Played a few holes but losing balls in the middle of the fairway consistently.
Groundskeeping staff at least have done their best with the greens but charging £40 a round here is ridiculous.
Probably could be a great course but would require investment and care.
Would rate a 0 if possible
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Mr W rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed May 9 2023
The wettest round of golf I've ever played. Course should have been closed... surly staff... awful!
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Golfer An rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 18 2025
Very poorly maintained course
The fairways on the 9 hole were decent, but every other aspect of the course was atrocious. Greens with huge scars in them and not a lot of grass. Putting was a total lottery where the ball may bobble. These clearly hadn't been maintained in months. No sand in the bunkers, just stones. Tee box's were in a poor state too. At £25 for 9 holes per person this is an absolute joke. I have played better municipal course for half the price. Spoke with the staff after walking off the course to ask for a refund and they refused - they were not interested in any kind of compensation.We checked out the greens in the 18 hole course and they were in an equally poor state. And absolute shambles of a course.
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Simon Olive rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 7 2024
Heartbreaking
Having been a Captain in this club’s heyday it was so sad & heart breaking to see the course so badly neglected and a clubhouse with zero atmosphere on a Friday afternoon. The greens looked like they were cut with a basic spear & Jackson lawn mower. No distinguishing fairway and light rough areas. Bunkers just impacted gravelly texture. Staffing levels bare skeleton on course & clubhouse.Reviewer Rating
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Tom rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Mar 26 2024
Highly unsatisfactory
Lets start with arrival. No good sign posting to show you where you had to enter reception (they were using a different entrance on this day). Greeted by one bloke who is running the golf with no pro shop (who by the way had no idea about golf), and also running the bar area with 10-12 people already waiting for a coffee. 25 mins later we could finally move to the first tee. THE COURSE HAS TO BE CLOSED. We pre paid, and we were told after booking, that the course is extremely wet so if we change our mind we can re book for another day. Balls getting plugged on every shot, and i mean every shot. And this wasn't after any particularly heavy rain. 4 holes played we had had enough and asked for our money back because we didn't know it would be anywhere near this bad. Just to find out NO REFUNDS. No wonder they don't close the course because they already have your money. We had to drive over an hour to play and now have to come back and play that clown course again at a later date. Maybe put it on your website that the course is unplayable before you take peoples non-refundable money. Added note: The members hate it. They have gone from 350 members to 40 in 3 years. Says it all. Don't play here. £25 down the drain.Some positives:
Greens were actually very good, but that is clutching at straws due to the fact everything else was bad on the day.
Definitely has the makings of a good course but that's just because of the greens. Stones in bunkers and again, no sign posts to show where the next tee is.
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Les Liberda rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Mar 21 2023
We played here today after a gap of some two years when the course was in much better condition. Today it should not have been open as there was surface water on all the fairways although the greens were ok. Also the grass has been left long on both the tees and the fairways making play extremely difficult. I believe that there are new owners and the hotel shows signs of wear and tear also facilities have been affected with kitchen closed this morning. We will not play here again.
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The Wiltshire rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 24 2020
Sad deterioration.
I played The Wiltshire yesterday, the previous time being some years ago. It is very sad to see how this pleasant course has fallen in standards. Firstly the greens are terrible, with the 7th being unplayable. It looks like a battlefield. The greens used to be excellent, and part of the course defence. The fairways are long and unkempt, and all the bunkers are out of commission. Most of the course/hole marker boards have deteriorated with the once smart lettering peeling and falling off. The whole place has a feeling of decay. I think it has been run down over the Covid epidemic, and rumours are that it is up for sale? Save your money, and don't bother with this place.Reviewer Rating
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Tony C rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 13 2017
Nice course.
Noce course... shame really having to wait for five minutes on each tee , becausd of 4 ball ..at some points there were 3 groups waiting to tee off on same tee..... you would think they would employ a course marshall to deal with slow play...5 hours 10 minutes to finish round...complained to club but they were not interested...
Wont play there again...
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Dave Jones / Newbury rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed Jan 13 2014
Good value for hotel and golf combined, but the course is rarely in good condition. Still suffers from drainage issues, greens were built too small and too slopey and rather grin bit of land, Avoid from Oct-May unless drought conditions
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Mr Moore (South Bucks) rated 1 out of 5
Reviewed May 13 2012
We got a deal on groupon for 18 holes and 1 nights stay in the hotel...... and it was a massive dissappointment!! The course was awful, muddy, wet under foot, greens were slow and not smooth. We paid for 4 trolley's for the round and when we went to get the trolley's they only had 2 remaining. We spoke to reception and all they said was they had none left because some have broken (even though they gave us 4 handles), no apology and no offer to refund money even though they have no trolley's! Customer service was awful!
We had lunch before our tee slot and the food was average, microwave chips and club sandwich which was over priced for what we received.
We completed our round which took 5 hours 30 minutes (no course marshall), slow play was an understatement!
We checked in after our round and then went to the bar/restaurant for some food (around 7pm). We asked behind the bar to order food and was told we had to book a table in the restaurant in advance....... but they had no tables available?! Never were never told by reception during the day that would had to book for evening food. Even after speaking to the "manager" they did not offer us a table in the restaurant, once again customer service and staff were awful! So we took our business elsewhere!
So to summarize................ Awful course, awful staff, awful customer service, awful 2 days at the Wiltshire!!!
We had lunch before our tee slot and the food was average, microwave chips and club sandwich which was over priced for what we received.
We completed our round which took 5 hours 30 minutes (no course marshall), slow play was an understatement!
We checked in after our round and then went to the bar/restaurant for some food (around 7pm). We asked behind the bar to order food and was told we had to book a table in the restaurant in advance....... but they had no tables available?! Never were never told by reception during the day that would had to book for evening food. Even after speaking to the "manager" they did not offer us a table in the restaurant, once again customer service and staff were awful! So we took our business elsewhere!
So to summarize................ Awful course, awful staff, awful customer service, awful 2 days at the Wiltshire!!!
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Andy B rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 10 2025
A golf course that needs a bit of T.L.C.
Needs A bit of T.L.C.The course is well spread out,all holes are a challenge.
Five par 5s, Nine par 4s, Four par 3s.
A course built around lakes ( hidden ) bunkers which are a bit to be desired.
But overall lovely views and only 20 minutes down the road.
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David A rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 30 2021
The Wiltshire hotel,golf and country club
The hotel facilities were ok but some rooms couldn't get hot water which after playing golf is vital with some of our party had to use the firmness centre for a shower. The golf course conditions were the worst our party have experienced with conditions caused by poor maintenance the excuse being the lack of green staff, tee boxes not mowed or tee positions not moved, fairways not mown so you got no run on the ball and greens suffering from disease with bare patches in places, overall a very very poor golfing experience and would recommend giving this venue a 0 out of 10.Reviewer Rating
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David A rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 30 2021
The Wiltshire hotel,golf and country club
The hotel facilities were ok but some rooms couldn't get hot water which after playing golf is vital with some of our party had to use the firmness centre for a shower. The golf course conditions were the worst our party have experienced with conditions caused by poor maintenance the excuse being the lack of green staff, tee boxes not mowed or tee positions not moved, fairways not mown so you got no run on the ball and greens suffering from disease with bare patches in places, overall a very very poor golfing experience and would recommend giving this venue a 0 out of 10.Reviewer Rating
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Craig H rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 7 2020
Good layout - needs some TLC to bring up to standard
Good layout and challenging holes, but green damage but weeds growing in bunkers that have no sand in them is very disappointing on a course as well laid out as this one.Needs some investment to bring it back up to scratch.
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Andy C rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed May 17 2019
The Wiltshire
Course is in great condition and played very well so its sad to say, not for the first time, the pro in the shop did not make me feel very welcome or as if they really wanted my custom. Disappointing as the course was not busy and based on how I was made to feel will look to visit more friendly clubs in the local area in the future. I will play again(Round played: May 2019 - Score: 97 Handicap: 18.7)
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Paul K rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 22 2014
Attractive course for a 9-holer but the greens were a very poor standard for a country club course.
(Round played: Sep 2014 - Score: 41 Handicap: )
(Round played: Sep 2014 - Score: 41 Handicap: )
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Russell T rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 10 2013
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Brett K rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 5 2013
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(Round played: Sep 2013 - Score: 96 Handicap: )
(Round played: Sep 2013 - Score: 96 Handicap: )
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Warren B rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 23 2010
As a member of this course, I have seen the up's and downs of a hard winter. On the plus side, the course stayed open for play but on the negative, this had a really detrimental effect on the greens in particular. As the course dries out, I can see changes in the fairways and the greens will improve. Still in transition from winter state so everything is a little shaggy but still a decent challenge.
Have to say that I would not recommend as a visitor with very steep pay to play prices. Even guest rate with a member is steep.
Have to say that I would not recommend as a visitor with very steep pay to play prices. Even guest rate with a member is steep.
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Daniel K rated 2 out of 5
Reviewed Apr 15 2010
good shop staff, nice building, course needs alot more grass, the greens are good on about 4 holes the rest are almost temp green quality. worth doing the credit cruncher deal otherwise i would avoid.
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Andy C rated 2.5 out of 5
Reviewed May 6 2024
The Wiltshire
So sad to write that the course is still not really playable because it is so wet underfoot. Every time hope of drying out properly comes, then does the next lot of rain. A real dry spell is needed. The green keeping team are working so hard, and the current conditions are totally out of their handsReviewer Rating
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Gary P rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Oct 16 2021
Worth a look
Tricky greens but reasonably wide fairways. Bunkers could do with some maintenance work done on them.(Round played: Oct 2021 - Score: 105 Handicap: 22.2)
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Stewart S rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Sep 16 2020
A nice course
It is a pity the way the greens are being attacked by the birds. Is there nothing that can be done to eliminate the grubs they are after?Bunkers have improved with the weeds removed.
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Martin K rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Aug 10 2020
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Andy C rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jun 22 2020
Great to get out and play, considering the circumstances the course was great, greens need work but apart from that pleased to play
(Round played: May 2020 - Score: 92 Handicap: 16.5)
(Round played: May 2020 - Score: 92 Handicap: 16.5)
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Martin K rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jan 2 2020
Nice and quiet
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Andy W rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 17 2019
Garden Course
Not quite as good as the 18 hole Lakes course, but a good course if you only have time for 9 holes.It's in cracking condition as you'd expect from the Wiltshire, greens ran true if not quite as fast as its neighbour.
There's a couple of bits of water, but it's main defence is knee high grass once you get past the second cut. A couple of strategically placed trees & bunkers also keep you on your toes.
(Round played: Jul 2019 - Score: 81 Handicap: 11.6)
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Martin K rated 3 out of 5
Reviewed Jul 4 2019
A good challenge
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The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort Frequently Asked Questions
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Is there a driving range at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort?
No, we are unaware of a driving range at this venue.
Is there a golf clubhouse at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort?
Yes there is a golf clubhouse at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort.
Is there a golf pro shop at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort?
Yes there is a golf pro shop which you can access prior to your round of golf or visit to the golf club.
Are there changing facilities at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort?
Yes you can access changing rooms and facilities at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort.
Can you hire buggies at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort?
Buggy hire is available and will be subject to availability. Call prior to your visit to confirm you requirements.
Can you hire golf clubs at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort?
No, we are unaware of being able to hire golf clubs here.
Is there a bar at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort?
Yes there is bar.
Is there a restaurant at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort?
Yes you can order food for dining at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort
Is there accommodation at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort?
Yes there is accommodation at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort. Please visit their website for further details and plan a golf break there.
Are there functions rooms available to hire at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort?
Yes there is the option to hire out function or conference rooms. Contact The Wiltshire Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort for further details.
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