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Royal West Norfolk Golf Club Key Information
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| Address | Brancaster, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 8AX. |
| Phone Number | +44 (0)1485 210087 |
| Website | rwngc.org (opens in new tab) |
| secretary@rwngc.org (opens in new tab) | |
| Green Fees | £125-£145 per round high season (singles), £95-£115 (foursomes) |
| Visitor Times | Visitor tee-times limited; twoball play only |
| Par | Men: 71 white, yellow; Ladies: 75 red |
| Slope Rating | Men: 123 white, 121 yellow; Ladies: 133 red |
| Opened | 1892 |
| Designed by | Holcombe Ingleby |
Golf Monthly Verdict
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Royal West Norfolk really should be on every player’s bucket list. It feels like everything from the clubhouse to the course has been left untouched for a century and, for many, it’s all the better for it as it provides a unique and authentic experience that is hard to find these days.
At just 6,478 yards, it’s only of modest length, but with the wind perpetually whipping in off the sea and the golfer always open to every element, you’ll need to have your wits about you to score well.
REASONS TO PLAY ROYAL WEST NORFOLK
– A unique golfing experience where holes can play very differently depending on the height of the tide
– Packed with old-school charm, it has a wonderfully different feel to it
– Not long even off the tips so perhaps a good chance to play to handicap on calmer days
RANKINGS
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2023/24 – 63
Regularly cut off by the tide, Royal West Norfolk or Brancaster on the north-west Norfolk coast is unique in more ways than one. It also heads the Golf Monthly list of the best golf courses in Norfolk.
This rugged links is the perfect antidote to modern corporate golf – if you like your links golf old-school and ‘au naturel’, Brancaster will be right up your street. It has been a mainstay in the top two-thirds of our Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland rankings since day one.
Laid out in 1892 by Holcombe Ingleby, a prominent and popular politician, relatively little has changed in the intervening 121 years. Of course, the ‘naturalness’ of this spit of marshland twixt field and sea is part of its charm and appeal, with the par-5 8th and par-4 9th playing very differently at high tide when there’s water to cross on both.
Stepping out of the quirky old clubhouse, you cross a section of beach to reach the 1st tee. Out on the links, in the shelter of the low dunes, there’s a great feeling of…
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