It is no surprise golf in Cumbria should be blessed with such beautiful backdrops, but there is great variety too with some stirring links out on the coast
The Best Golf Courses In Cumbria
It is no surprise golf in Cumbria should be blessed with such beautiful backdrops, but there is great variety too with some stirring links out on the coast. Below we have taken a look at nine of the best courses in the county.
Related: Golf Monthly UK&I Top 100 Courses
Silloth on Solway
The par-4 5th is one of the best holes at Silloth on Solway (Getty Images)
The links at Silloth, way out on a western limb, is the star of the golf in Cumbria show, and indeed the only Cumbrian course in our UK & Ireland Top 100.
I’ve played here several times, most notably for my final round as a single man the day before my wedding.
The 1st’s sunken green will leave you a little unsure as to the success or otherwise of your opening approach until you stride over the crest to be either delighted or disappointed, with the course then playing its way through a series of fine links holes, framed by colourful heather and gorse at the right times of year, and more than a healthy smattering of pot bunkers.
The 5th and 9th stand out both in themselves and for their fine views across the Solway Firth to the Galloway Hills in Scotland.
Related: Silloth on Solway Course Review
Seascale
A little way down the coast you’ll find another fine links set in the lee of the occasionally controversial Sellafield nuclear power station.
Don’t let this put you off though, for the course is as natural as the power station is unnatural – a true links that presents a thoroughly enjoyable and varied test all the way to a final elevated green that will test your powers of accuracy even though the hole is not long.
Keswick
The spectacular mountain backdrop to the 11th green at Keswick
Those eager to exert themselves on the Lakeland fells are often drawn to Skiddaw in the north, just east of which lies Blencathra, an impressive mountain dominating the skyline at Keswick Golf Club.
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