Braeside Golf Club

About the club

Braeside Golf Club was established in 1947, at Beckenham Place Park in the London Borough of Lewisham. The course is an 18-hole, 5,722 yard par 69 public course, on which more players have been introduced to golf than any other in London. For many years, the course featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the 'most played public golf course in Europe'. The course meanders around Beckenham Place Park enjoying fine views and affords a good test of golf as players attempt to keep to the tree-lined fairways. A stream crosses the course, coming into play strategically on 5 holes. At the centre of the course is the Grade 2* Listed Beckenham Place Mansion where the pro shop, club areas, changing room and café/bar are located. The original course, the Foxgrove Golf Club, was laid out as a nine-hole course. This was expanded to 18 holes after the acquisition of the park and mansion by the London County Council in 1927. Beckenham Place Park has been a public park since that time.