East Coast Classic Links

7 nights, 6 rounds of golf. Enjoy top level classic links golf on the beautiful Norfolk coastline.

 
 
ITINERARY
 
 
 
Day 1
Best Western Le Strange Hotel
 
 

An inviting hotel, standing on the east coast of England it faces west across the Wash. The hotel's extensive gardens overlook the sea, sweeping down to miles of sandy beach. Dining can be enjoyed in the elegant and popular restaurant or alternatively in the Ancient Mariner Inn and Galley Restaurant, adjoining the hotel. Close to Royal Sandringham and King's Lynn. Hunstanton Links and Royal West Norfolk Golf Courses are close by.

 
       
 
Day 2
Royal Cromer
 
 

Granted royal patronage by Edward Prince of Wales even before it opened in 1888, Royal Cromer is constructed from hummocky sand hills covered with gorse and bracken and seamed with grassy valleys. Situated on the impressive cliff-tops between the seaside towns of Cromer and Overstrand in northeast Norfolk, Royal Cromer juts out into the North Sea and stands over 300 feet above Cromer's beautiful sandy beaches. Backed by a varied and pleasant hinterland of rolling wooded and bracken-covered hills, it really is almost impossible to imagine a more pleasant setting in which to play golf.

 
       
 
Day 3
Hunstanton
 
 

Set along the shores of The Wash, Hunstanton provides links golf at its very best with greens that are the envy of every self-respecting club in the land. For all the many fine courses that can be found in East Anglia, where the light soil is ideal for golf, Hunstanton outranks them all. This is reflected in the substantial number championships that have been held here. The links has more than its share of intimidation, such as the cavernous bunker in front of the first tee, and another deep pit in front of the par-3 6th.

 
       
 
Day 4
Great Yarmouth & Caister
 
 
Great Yarmouth is a fine example of traditional links golf, laid out on predominantly sandy ground over 100 years ago, and famous for the quality and stability of the greens. It was laid out in its present form in 1920 when the racecourse moved from the South Denes at Yarmouth to the North Denes. The Racecourse forms part of the course acting as rough on some holes and the outer rails as an out-of-bounds. The course was recently included in Donald Steel's book 'Classic Golf Links of Great Britain and Ireland'.
 
       
 
Day 5
Sheringham Golf club
 
 

Sheringham is located high on the clifftops on an undulating thin sliver of land, wedged between the North Sea cliff edge and the North Norfolk Railway. Steam trains occasionally rattle past the course, set an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The club was originally founded in 1891with nine holes, extending to 18 holes in 1898. The best holes are undoubtedly those that run close to the edge of the cliffs. The English Ladies Close Amateur Championship has been played at Sheringham on three occasions.

 
       
 
Day 6
Royal West Norfolk
 
 

Founded in 1892, Royal West Norfolk is a classic links course. Squeezed beautifully between Brancaster Bay and the salt marshes, Royal West Norfolk truly is a peaceful golf links. The course plays on a narrow strip of links-land which gets cut off at high tide, turning it into an island.  If you are lucky enough to play the course during high tide, you are in for a treat; you feel delightfully isolated; just hearing the sound of the wind, seagulls, the clinking of stays and the flapping of boat sails. With huge sleeper-faced bunkers, fast greens and that beautiful links turf, this is a magical place.

 
       
 
Day 7
Depart