View of the 18th Fairway, from the Tee, Beckenham Place Park Public Golf course, Lewisham
Beckenham Place Golf Club took over the course from the Foxgrove Golf Club in 1932. An 18-hole undulating woodland pay and play public course. The Mansion House that overlooked the course was formerly owned by the Cator family. There was much sadness and controversy when Lewisham Council decided to close the public course in November 2017. The Council put in place the following draft master-plan for the area. “Our vision for the largest park in the borough is to restore its natural heritage features, enhance facilities and activities so that it attracts a wider range of visitors. To achieve this, Mayor and Cabinet made the decision to close the golf course in Beckenham Place Park, which took up a third of the park area.” Thanks to Christoph Meister for his help in supplying some of the images below. Christoph also recalls "When I had my first golf lesson there in 1989 it was one of the busiest golf course in the with up to 50,000 players per year. Since then the number of golfers at Beckenham Park has decreased and Lewisham Council reckons there would be more people using the park if there was no golf course. From my memory I can only state that there is enough space in the park for both golfers and non-golfing visitors.
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Location: Beckenham Place Park, Lewisham
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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