Best Golf Courses Near London Underground Tube Stations
Living just an hour from the capital, I have been lucky enough to play most of the best golf courses near the London Underground as well as plenty of its hidden gems. For this guide, we decided that the course should be within a mile of its nearest station, and therefore an easy walk or just an inexpensive taxi ride away from the first tee.
According to Transport for London, the network has 272 stations serving its 11 lines, and it covers an area from Heathrow in the west across to Upminster in the east with the majority on the north side of The Thames.
In simply alphabetic order, this is an introduction to some of the best and most enjoyable courses (not always the same thing!) that I have played and am happy to recommend.
Ealing
Looking back from behind the twelfth green at Ealing, a reachable par 5
(Image credit: Ealing Golf Club)
- Tube Station Perivale, Central Line
- Founded 1912
- Architect James Braid, Harry Colt
- GF £70 Mon-Fri
- Par 70, 6,201 yards
- Contact Ealing Golf Club
Making for remarkably easy walking but far from easy golf, the parkland course at Ealing is well bunkered and has the River Brent coming into play at frequent and sometimes unexpected intervals. It was designed by James Braid and then Harry Colt, and aside from its pristine greens, it is the river that defines Ealing’s character.
It first comes into play at the sharp dogleg 4th where you must position your tee shot perfectly before pitching to a green around which the water makes a hairpin turn. There are five par 3s, three of them quite long, as well as three par 5s which provide the most realistic birdie opportunities. The course twists and turns all the way, and the key to scoring well is to keep the ball straight off the tee.
Finchley
The par-5 thirteenth at Finchley with the Underground very much overground beyond
(Image credit: Geoff Ellis – golfworking.co.uk)
- Tube Station Mill Hill East, Northern Line
- Founded 1929
- Architect James Braid
- GF £48 Mon-Fri afternoons, £65 Weekend from 14:00
- Par 72, 6,302 yards
- Contact Finchley Golf Club
The parkland layout at Finchley runs round the attractive Victorian mansion of Nether Court which serves as its clubhouse. The holes run either side of Lovers Lane and are mainly lined by mature, attractive and very varied trees. It is a course with plenty of fun, with risk-reward present in the form of driveable par 4s and just-about reachable par 5s.
As at Ealing, there is a premium on straight driving as…
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