The Addington Golf Club
Croydon, Surrey. A Golden Age heathland course on the edge of London, restored by Clayton, DeVries & Pont, with views across the capital's skyline.
The Addington Golf Club is a rare Golden Age heathland course on the southern edge of London at Croydon, about 10 miles from the centre of the capital. Founded in 1913 and laid out by John Frederick Abercromby, it is ranked 74th in Britain and Ireland and 30th in England by Top 100 Golf Courses. Novelist P.G. Wodehouse was among its interwar members, and King George VI became a patron in 1937.
The course is a par 69 of about 6,300 yards, and its character comes from its rugged, ravine-cut terrain, big sand-faced bunkers and large greens. It has six par threes, including the 13th, a 230-yard hole over a ravine that Henry Longhurst called the greatest one-shot hole in inland golf, with the exception of the fifth at Pine Valley. A restoration by Clayton, DeVries & Pont, completed in 2021, removed trees, regenerated the heather and opened up views across London and the Surrey hills, including the skyline of the City and Canary Wharf.
Addington is a private members’ club that welcomes visitors by advance booking and with proof of handicap. Golf Tours London can build a round here into a bespoke itinerary and organise transport from your hotel.
It is close enough to central London to combine a round at Addington with time in the city, or with a stay at a Mayfair hotel such as The Athenaeum.
