Links & heaths

Golf in England

From Royal Birkdale and Royal St George's to the heather of Sunningdale — 35 of England's greatest links and heathland courses, with a free trip planner to tie them together.

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Golf regions of England

Seven great golfing regions, each an easy self-drive base.

England's Golf Coast

Royal Birkdale, Hillside, Lytham and Hoylake — the great NW links.

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Kent — the Sandwich Links

Royal St George's, Deal and Prince's around Sandwich Bay.

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Surrey & Berkshire

Sunningdale, Wentworth and Walton Heath — the great heaths.

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West Country

Saunton, St Enodoc and Westward Ho! in Devon and Cornwall.

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The Midlands

Woodhall Spa and the Ryder Cup Belfry.

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Yorkshire & North-East

Ganton and MacKenzie's Alwoodley.

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East Anglia

Brancaster and Hunstanton — the classic north Norfolk links.

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Best courses in England

Our essential list, and how to play them.

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Bucket-list courses

Where a first trip to England begins.

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Royal Birkdale

Merseyside

The finest links in England — a fair, majestic championship course through valleys between towering dunes, host of ten Opens (an eleventh in 2026) beneath its famous art-deco clubhouse.

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Royal St George's

Kent

The only Open venue in southern England — big, elemental links golf over huge Kent dunes at Sandwich, with the deepest bunkers in the game. 15-time Open host, and Bond's course in Goldfinger.

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Sunningdale (Old)

Berkshire

The archetypal English heathland course (1901) — Willie Park Jr and Harry Colt over sandy, heather-clad ground near Ascot, and the scene of Bobby Jones's near-perfect 66 in 1926.

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