Dunstable Downs Golf Club

Dunstable Downs oozes history and Mrs W and I had the immense good fortune to be in the company of two of its greatest enthusiasts.

So, while we had a fabulous game, we were told of its dramatic background and current ambition – to become best in Bedfordshire, one of the most acclaimed downland courses in Britain and ranked in England’s top 100 by 2025.

The team will not fail through lack of effort and enterprise.

Recent work has included a major irrigation project which is already bearing fruit with some of the most consistent fairways we have played this year.

This has been done in parallel with sand trap refurbishment through DURAbunker, a company which creates revetted bunkers using layers of Polypropylene and Styrene Butadiene Rubber tiles, pre-impregnated with sand.

The changes at Dunstable Downs have been instituted from the front door.

Service levels in the pro’s shop and smart clubhouse are high before moving on to the course where the course manager, brought in from Woburn, has significantly upped the ante.

The first hole is an example of his forward-thinking in developing this James Braid course.

The changes at Dunstable Downs have been instituted from the front door.

Service levels in the pro’s shop and smart clubhouse are high before moving on to the course where the course manager, brought in from Woburn, has significantly upped the ante.

The first hole is an example of his forward-thinking in developing this James Braid course.

A meadow to the right of the fairway is being encouraged, in collaboration with the Royal Society Of Protection of Birds, with an eye to reintroducing skylarks formerly well-known in the area.

As our hosts explained, there have been many changes to the course since Braid’s day for myriad reasons.

But his design combined with modern technological advances and impressive customer service standards provides the recipe for one of England’s up-and-coming courses.

Dunstable Downs on our 36-hole day. Yes it goes up and down!

Tremendous course with a very friendly staff. All the compliments!

Course is great and was very well maintained (there was a captain's match

the day after). Real golf with enough challenges. Go there! DDGC.

By the way, a James Braid-course is never bad choice...