Welcome to the Thorndon Park Golf Club website, our guide for members and visitors to the premier course and club in Essex. Our course is a classic design from 1920 by Harry Shapland Colt, one of the greatest golf architects.
In 240 acres of an ancient deer park, he created a challenging course - sensitively lengthened over the years - for players of all standards, with the Palladian mansion of Thorndon Hall as the magnificent backdrop to the final hole.Here, little more than two miles from the M25, is a place of tranquility, bounded by a vast country park, with mighty oaks adding their grandeur alongside the fairways and greens.
In 240 acres of an ancient deer park, he created a challenging course - sensitively lengthened over the years - for players of all standards, with the Palladian mansion of Thorndon Hall as the magnificent backdrop to the final hole.Here, little more than two miles from the M25, is a place of tranquility, bounded by a vast country park, with mighty oaks adding their grandeur alongside the fairways and greens.
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Thorndon Park Golf Club's course was created in 1920 on a deer park dating back to the 1580s. The deer park, already rich with oaks from the 16th century - some of which survive to this day - was enhanced with oaks and chestnuts planted in the 1730s by the eighth Lord Petre, a noted botanist. The Hall we now see, designed by James Paine and completed in 1770, was the home of the Petre family until 1919.
Our team boasts 3 PGA Professionals underpinned by a very simple ethos - to improve skills and golfing confidence, simultaneously. Despite their golfing successes, our Professionals remain approachable, amenable, affable and affordable. They constantly research technology and hardware to enhance pupils' games and are genuinely thrilled when personal golfing ambitions are achieved.
Janette Leighton and Richard Meaney extend a very warm welcome to Thorndon Park Golf Club. Thorndon Park Golf Club possesses an outstanding Harry Colt designed course, established over one hundred years ago. Each of our 18 holes has been uniquely crafted and maintained to provide you with an equally enjoyable and challenging experience.
A deceptively tricky opening hole. The left-hand bunker is well placed to catch all but the longest drives. Middle to left of the fairway gives the best line into the green, which falls away to the back right. Usually down wind. The bunkers short and to the sides of the green mean that taking the correct club is essential to stay on the green.
The staff were superb and the food went down very well! Everybody enjoyed the course, the weather was lovely and the whole day was a great success. I know these are very testing times for golf clubs and I'd like to thank everyone at Thorndon Park for helping us get the day on much as planned. From Luke in the pro-shop to the lovely ladies serving on the terrace everybody made us feel so welcome.
Reviews (9)
Lee Jacques
Dec 10, 2021
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Very nice course sloping without being too steep anywhere. Excellent greens and flat tee boxes too.
The best bunkers I have ever experienced in winter conditions too!
Only looses a star for the trolly restrictions (Not allowed) due to soggy ground in some areas although it hasn't rained for the last 5 days.
Hospitality here is very good too with very friendly staff.
I would love to play here in the summer.
The best bunkers I have ever experienced in winter conditions too!
Only looses a star for the trolly restrictions (Not allowed) due to soggy ground in some areas although it hasn't rained for the last 5 days.
Hospitality here is very good too with very friendly staff.
I would love to play here in the summer.
Peter Walker
Sep 09, 2021
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Chris Dale
Jun 20, 2021
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Mark Romano
May 19, 2021
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Bill Chapman
Dec 07, 2020
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Qamran Javaid Mir
Aug 11, 2020
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The lush green gardens, the wildlife .. I mean ducks and other birds.. friendly squirrels are a pleasure to see and play with. Great photo opportunity. This is the Royal gardens, just off Buckingham palace. We generally sit down and have a picnic here with the best views of London. If you are lucky, you will also get to see flamingo's here. There are a couple of food stalls where you get some food and drink.
Paul Banfield
Nov 07, 2019
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Malkit G.
Sep 03, 2018
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Stephen Bartels
Jul 16, 2017
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Truly excellent course. Wonderful layout, challenging but not stupidly so. Greens were hollow tined when we played it so putting was 50/50. Greens were soft and could hold medium iron approaches. Food was excellent. Great putting green and separate chipping green. I think there was a range but only if you used your own balls. If this club had a proper range where you could get a token and just hit balls it would be amazing.
No crowds. We played midweek so perhaps no surprise but so wonderful to play a course where there was no waiting on shots. One of the best courses I have played around London
No crowds. We played midweek so perhaps no surprise but so wonderful to play a course where there was no waiting on shots. One of the best courses I have played around London
