Longridge Golf Club, in
Longridge
Longridge is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. It is situated north-east of the city of Preston, at the western end of Longridge Fell, a long ridge above the River Ribble. Its nearest neigh ...
, England, was founded around 1915,
[ making it one of the oldest golf clubs in the county of ]Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
. Situated on Longridge Fell
Longridge Fell is the most southerly fell in England, near the town of Longridge, Lancashire. It lies at the southern end of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. As its name suggests, it takes the form of a long ridge which r ...
's Forty Acre Lane, the elevation of the clubhouse is , which is about 400 feet below that of the fell's peak. It is a par 70, 5,904-yard course.
Course
The course became eighteen holes, from its original nine, in 1971.[ Four of these holes (1, 2, 17 and 18) are located on the southern side of Forty Acre Lane and run north–south or south–north; the other fourteen, on the northern side of the road, follow the ridge of the fell, allowing for largely 180-degree views of not only the immediate West Lancashire area (most prominently the Vale of Chipping) but also into the ]Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales is an upland area of the Pennines in the Historic counties of England, historic county of Yorkshire, England, most of it in the Yorkshire Dales National Park created in 1954.
The Dales comprise river valleys and the hills ri ...
to the northeast.
History
Preston Cycling Club, who were looking for a new home, merged with the already established golf club on 17 March 1917.["History of Longridge Golf Club & Preston Cycling Club"]
– Longridge Golf Club It was known as Preston Cycling Club and Longridge Golf Club until the 1960s, and the golf club's logo still references this connection.[
]
Gallery
File:Longridge Golf Course Clubhouse.jpg, The clubhouse, Fell Barn,"Have a go at... Golf"
– ''Lancashire Evening Post
The ''Lancashire Evening Post'' is a daily newspaper based in Fulwood, a suburb of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. According to the British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one of th ...
'', 9 November 2017 pictured in 2006
File:Longridge_golf_course_4_2019.jpg, One of the four greens on the southern section of the course
File:Longridge_golf_course_2019.jpg, Looking south towards Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...
File:Longridge_golf_course_2_2019.jpg, A view from the northern side of Forty Acre Lane across the Vale of Chipping to Parlick
Parlick (also known as Parlick Pike) is an approximately cone-shaped steep-sided hill at the extreme south of the main range of Bowland fells in Lancashire, England. Its bog-free sides make it more popular with walkers than the shallow boggy h ...
and Fair Snape Fell
Fair Snape Fell is one of the larger hills in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, England. It occupies a position in the very south of the main range of fells, alongside and just to the north of Parlick, to which it is joined by a ridge. The m ...
File:Longridge_golf_course_3_2019.jpg, Towards the Yorkshire Dales
References
External links
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Score card and hole layout
- SkyGolf
Longridge Golf Club
– Visit Lancashire
Golf clubs and courses in Lancashire
Longridge
1915 establishments in England
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