The eighteenth at Averleigh: a striped fairway running straight up to the green beneath the Georgian House, framed by cedars
The eighteenth at Averleigh: a striped fairway running straight up to the green beneath the Georgian House, framed by cedars

Eighteen holes,
one House

Est. 1897

Est. 1897

A private members’ club in the High Weald

A private members’ club in the High Weald

The course today

The course today

Open

Open

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·

greens

greens

10.5 ft

10.5 ft

Averleigh has 340 members, one course and one House. It was laid out in 1897 across a Georgian park in the High Weald, and it has never tried to be any larger.

Two members walking down a striped fairway in the morning, one carrying a leather pencil bag

The course is walked. Two-balls have the run of it, a round takes a little over three hours, and foursomes go out first on Sunday mornings.

Lunch is served in the Long Room every day of the year but Christmas, and the House keeps eight bedrooms for members and their guests.

A white flag in the hole on a dewy green, a ball resting a foot from the cup, cedars and the House behind

Eighteen holes around the House

Eighteen holes around the House

Two loops of nine through the old park, west and east of the lime avenue. The eighteenth comes home straight up the middle, to the front door.

6,931 yards · 

Par 71 · 

Out 3,373 · 

In 3,558

Aerial plan of the Averleigh estate and its eighteen holes

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Blue

White

Red

The Cedars

Par

4

Yards

473

Index

5

Off the terrace and away from the House. The ground falls left toward the cedars, so hold your drive into the upslope on the right.

Edward Lang, Head Professional

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Par 4

02

Par 3

03

Par 5

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Par 4

05

Par 3

06

Par 4

07

Par 4

08

Par 4

09

Par 4

10

Par 4

11

Par 3

12

Par 5

13

Par 4

14

Par 4

15

Par 4

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Par 4

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Par 3

18

Par 5

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Par 4

02

Par 3

03

Par 5

04

Par 4

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Par 3

06

Par 4

07

Par 4

08

Par 4

09

Par 4

10

Par 4

11

Par 3

12

Par 5

13

Par 4

14

Par 4

15

Par 4

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Par 4

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Par 3

18

Par 5

The first tee at Averleigh in early sun, a bench and tee sign at the side, the fairway falling away between oaks and cedars

The first tee, from the terrace steps

Visiting golf, by arrangement

Visiting golf, by arrangement

Visitors with a handicap index of 24 or better are welcome on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Lunch in the Long Room is part of the day.

Visitor days

Tuesday

10.20 to 14.00

Wednesday

10.20 to 14.00

Thursday

10.20 to 14.00

Summer rate, with lunch

£325

Winter rate, with lunch

£210

The Secretary’s office confirms every request by email within one working day.

Membership, by introduction

Membership, by introduction

There is no application form. New members are proposed by a member, meet the club over a round and a lunch, and are elected by the committee.

There is no application form. New members are proposed by a member, meet the club over a round and a lunch, and are elected by the committee.

01

Proposed

By a member of five years’ standing, with a seconder who knows you both.

02

Played

An afternoon round with two members of the committee.

03

Lunch

With the Secretary in the Long Room, to talk about the club.

04

Elected

At the committee’s quarterly meeting. The list is usually eighteen months.

Subscriptions for 2026/27, payable in April or over ten months.

The Long Room laid for lunch, white linen and roses beneath tall sash windows onto the park

The House

Lunch in the Long Room every day, dinner on Friday and Saturday, a library where telephones stay in pockets, and eight bedrooms from £240 a night.

Lunch

Dinner

The Terrace

Potted Rye Bay shrimps, brown toast

£14

Roast rib of Sussex beef, Yorkshire pudding

£32

Dover sole, brown butter, capers

£44

Club sandwich, the House way

£18

Treacle tart, clotted cream

£11

The Golf Studio

Edward Lang and his assistant teach on the practice ground and in the studio beside the first tee, from a first lesson to fitting a new set.

Lesson, 45 minutes

£95

Playing lesson, nine holes

£240

Five lessons

£425

Club fitting, with the lesson

£150

A lesson on the practice ground: the professional watches a member hold her finish beneath a cedar
The open iron gates of Averleigh between stone piers, the gravel drive running up a lime avenue to the House in morning mist

Members and their guests

Members and their guests

Introductions are made through a member. If you do not yet know one, the Secretary will be glad to hear from you.

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