Every new member is proposed by a member of at least five years’ standing who knows them well, and seconded by a second member who knows them both. The proposer writes to the Secretary. There is no application form for the candidate to fill in.
If you would like to be considered and do not yet know a member, write to the Secretary all the same. She meets a number of people each year who come to the club this way.
Two members of the committee will ask you for an afternoon round, with your proposer making the four. It is a round of golf, not an examination: they would like to see how you go about the game, keep pace and look after the course.
You then have lunch with the Secretary in the Long Room. She talks through the categories, the subscriptions and how the House runs, and answers anything you would rather not ask a member.
The committee meets four times a year and considers each candidate on the letters and on what its members have seen. The Secretary writes to you, and to your proposer, after any meeting at which your name is discussed.
The club keeps its membership near 340, so most candidates are elected to a list. It is usually around eighteen months from election to joining.
Full
£7,850 a year
Country
£4,200 a year
Intermediate
£3,900 a year
Overseas
£2,950 a year
House
£1,250 a year
Side by side
All five compared
Playing
Seven days a week with no limit on rounds. Two-ball priority, Sunday foursomes and the full competition calendar.
The House
The Long Room, the Library and the eight bedrooms at members’ rates.
Guests
Up to three guests at a time, on any day.
Entrance fee
£24,000
Annual subscription
£7,850
Or ten monthly instalments of £785.
First year in all
£31,850
Subscriptions are for 2026/27 and are payable in April, or over ten monthly instalments from April to January.
No levy has been charged since 2011.
Lockers in the men’s and ladies’ changing rooms are £120 a year.
There is no food and beverage minimum.
From first light to dusk, every day it is open. Visitors play only on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and only by arrangement.
Two-balls have the run of the course and a round takes a little over three hours. Threes and fours call them through.
The first tee is kept for foursomes until ten. Put your name on the sheet by Saturday and the Secretary’s office makes up the pairings.
Lunch in the Long Room every day, dinner on Friday and Saturday, the Library, and eight bedrooms at members’ rates.
A small number of private clubs in Britain and abroad receive Averleigh members as their own, on a letter from the Secretary.
Members may introduce up to three guests at a time, at the member’s guest rate. The rate is £120 a round from April to October and £85 in winter.
A two-ball on the tenth, before nine
Charlotte Fenwick
Secretary
Letters are just as welcome. Write to the Secretary at Averleigh Lane, near Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 6QX.
