Banstead Downs Golf Club

England, United Kingdom

Touched by J.H. Taylor and James Braid, Banstead Downs Golf Club was inaugurated in 1890 and this natural, recently extended, 6,581-yard, lie-of-the-land course is routed over free draining chalk downland.

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Banstead Downs Golf Club

England SM2 7DD, United Kingdom

bansteaddowns.co.uk + 44 (0) 208 642 2284

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Banstead Downs Golf Club

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May. 11, 2026

3.5

Mid-Am Tourist

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I’ve always had a soft spot for ‘older’ golf courses.

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Banstead Downs, founded in 1890 is no different. I think it’s those quirky design features of yesteryear that would seem out of place on many courses that give this era of design such character. The original layout has been tweaked over the years with J.H. Taylor and James Braid providing the p...

Best holes: 5, 17, 16

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Mar. 1, 2026

Stephen Russell

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I have played Banstead Downs many times and the course is tough.

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The fairways are narrow in places and finding the fairway is the key to a good score. Many of the greens have Braid ‘false fronts’. The SSSI chalk downland upon which it sits, makes it hard and fast in the summer and fantastically well drained in the winter. Temporary greens and course closures are ...

Best holes: 4, 15, 17

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May. 21, 2024

Tim Lloyd

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A course on the up.

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The greenkeeping staff have done some great work over the winter clearing out a lot of the bushes and brambles under the trees as well as taking some trees out. Visually the natural downland comes to the fore more on a few holes with previously hidden mounds now in view allowing the player to play f...

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Aug. 15, 2022

3.5

James Bloomer

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It has a very busy and rather noisy A-road going through it.

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Crossing that is cardio in more ways than, and you are obliged to do it twice. It is not pretty by any stretch, and there are no standout holes.And yet, for all of that, and in a summer so dry the fairways were dustbowls, the timeless nature of the architecture here still holds this course, for me, ...

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Jul. 16, 2022

Mark Howson

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I played here with my wife a few weeks back and to be honest I was a little bit disappointed.

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The course layout is fairly bland and the condition was not so great. I know the weather has been super hot but the fairways were really scorched and in places bare. Greens were in better condition and everyone we meet at the club was very friendly which I always thinks makes the experience of playi...

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Feb. 23, 2022

2.5

Craig Robinson

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I thought that the greens were excellent, one of the best I've played this winter and the course on the whole was in good shape, so praise to the greenskeepers.

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But i wasn't that impressed with the course. Apart from 17th there was no standout holes, and after a while it just became repetitive.Thought the course was designed poorly. In my opinion i feel the course would flow and feel better if the 16th was the 1st , with the 1st becoming the 4th and the cou...

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Sep. 24, 2021

Matt Collings

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I thoroughly enjoyed my recent round at Banstead Downs with a friend who is a new member.

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The quality of the turf is testament to the great down land the course is built on, I thought the bunkering was superb in terms of the variety of shapes, their style/look and positioning in terms of strategy and perspective. Greens had just been hollow tined but it’s easy to see they would be fun gr...

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Oct. 13, 2020

3.5

Tim Elliott

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We played Banstead Downs on a wet October day, but despite the conditions the honest nature of the course shone through and we had a good time.

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The word ‘Downs’ in its title would indicate a golf course of elevation changes but in fact it is remarkably flat and set on chalk downland. It is hard how to exactly describe nature of the course, it is not true parkland, heathland or woodland......probably a mixture of all three.Course maintenance...

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Dec. 3, 2019

4.5

John Heseltine

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Banstead Downs Golf Course is more than 125 years old, and occupies a superb elevated position based on chalk.

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I have been a member for most of the past 8 years. The course is an excellent test (especially off the Whites, which have been set back into the trees on several holes), and features an interesting amount of undulation. Almost all holes are fully tree lined, providing complete isolation from the res...

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