This is the third biennial chart release for countries in Britain and Ireland. Over the past few weeks we’ve reported on Northern Ireland and Wales and now it’s the turn of England, where we actually feature more than 500 courses across thirty-six regional listings. The 100 layouts ranked below represent the crème de la crème of a very strong golfing nation which extends to more than 1800 golf courses.

This is the 8th edition of our English Top 100, a ranking that we have published every two years since 2006. The list won't please everybody, but it’s a considered attempt to reflect the crème de la crème across the country.

Five counties in our East Midlands region – Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire – feature in this article, the first of seven English course re-ranking releases.

Having produced updated ranking lists for England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales over the last couple of months, we’ve now merged those national charts to create an all-embracing Top 100 table for Britain & Ireland.

Welcome to the latest 2018 edition of our Top 100 for England. We first published an English Top 100 more than a decade ago and this is our 7th biennial ranking list for the nation that continues to hide its golfing light under a bushel.

England’s East Midlands is the first of seven regional updates that will inform our national English rankings, our Britain and Ireland rankings and our World Top 100, all of which will be released later this year. East Midlands is not on the tourist trail, but travelling golfers have at least one course in this region on their bucket list.

Our latest English Top 100 ranking list is unveiled

Our latest Britain & Ireland Top 100 ranking list is unveiled

Nottinghamshire Best In County rankings updated

Top 100 Golf Courses updates its Top 100 rankings for England