Thorpeness Golf Club & Hotel

Thorpeness Golf Club & Hotel on Suffolk’s Heritage Coast

Tucked away on the Suffolk Heritage Coast just a stone’s throw from the sea, The Thorpeness Golf Club & Hotel has one of the finest golf courses in Suffolk designed by five-times Open Champion James Braid.

Celebrating its centenary this year, the par 70, 18-hole course is also regarded as one of the finest coastal heathland golf courses in Britain. Heather, gorse, pine and silver birch trees grow alongside with rare birdsong and the tang of sea salt in the air.

Book one of the 36 comfortable, first and second floor rooms and you can be on the course in under five minutes; some have views of the golf course and putting green, while others look out over the gardens or Meare boating lake.

There’s a range of dining areas with menus to suit all tastes from classic dishes, grills and seasonal seafood in Ogilvie’s ‘tee view’ restaurant to traditional bar food and open sandwiches in Braid’s Bar, where wood panelled walls are furnished with club memorabilia.  Light bites and afternoon tea are also served in the lounge, and out on the terrace and Meare side garden on finer days.

Created by Glencairn Stuart, the fairytale Thorpeness holiday village also features a windmill, the much photographed House in the Clouds 70ft high cottage, Country Club event venue, tennis courts, a green, The Dolphin pub and village store. The popular coastal resort of Aldeburgh is just two miles away.

Dogs are welcome to stay with their owners in the hotel (extra), they can also sit alongside them while dining in Braid’s Bar.