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Whilst the Prestbury and Upon club was officially formed in 1920, the course was not formally opened till 1924.

Alderley Edge G.C. was originally formed in 1907 as Fulshaw G.C. by a group of local, mostly novice, golfers.
They had secured leases on the land known as Butterfly Bank which had been the site of the original Wilmslow G.C. before they moved to…

Alsager Golf & Country Club is an 18 hole parkland course set in 87 acres. Opened in 1977, this course has the best panoramic views of Cheshire to be found anywhere in the county. It became a private members club in 1992 and since then the course has…

Antrobus Golf Club officially opened on 30th August 1993 when left and right handed cricketers, Mike Atherton and Neil Fairbrother simultaneously teed off on the 1st hole. The course was designed by the late Mike Slater and had taken only 24 weeks…

The early history of Arrowe Park estate (1800's) is entwined with the Shaw family. In 1926 the estate was purchased by Birkenhead Corporation on the understanding that it was to be used for the people of the borough. In 1929 the first World Scout…

A huge, granite stone by the first tee tells you that Ashton-on-Mersey Golf Club was founded in 1897 in the days when the horse that pulled the mower was indispensible. Since then the club has grown, surviving two World Wars and a fire that burned…

Situated just outside the village of Astbury near Congleton, this scenic parkland course is played on both sides of the Macclesfield canal, with eight testing holes on the ‘clubhouse side’ and ten even more testing holes over the canal.
It all…

Avro golf course is a hidden gem, tucked away at the end of Old Hall Lane in Woodford. Starting out as a practice area for golfers from the BAe factory, it was gradually developed by the members and became recognised as an official 9 hole course by…

Founded in 1913 as a 9 hole course it was extended to 15 holes and then 18 holes by 1925.
The course, bounded by the rivers Fender and Birkett and the Liverpool to West Kirby railway, is part links and since extensive tree planting firstly in 1970…

Birchwood Golf Club was promoted by the Warrington New Town Development Corporation and initially envisaged as a golf hotel and country club. The Irish golf course designer T.J.A. McAuley was commissioned to design the parkland course with its…

Bowden G.C. had a very unusual club motto: "Golf is not Agriculture". The club survived only until the 1950s when it was disbanded, many of the members taking up an offer to join Wilmslow.

The 31 acre site was sold in 1931 by Lady Carter to Bebington & Bromborough Council for £14,000. A park was opened to the public with a pitch and putt course at 3 pence a round and a 9 hole golf course followed in 1933.
The Men’s Section opened…

In 1903 a club was formed on a 9 hole course built by the Hassall family when the land was sold to William Hesketh Lever, the first Viscount Leverhulme. Interest in golf continued through three successive Viscounts until the death of the last holder…

In 1903 a club was formed on a 9 hole course built by the Hassall family when the land was sold to William Hesketh Lever, the first Viscount Leverhulme. Interest in golf continued through three successive Viscounts until the death of the last holder…