Cheshunt Park

Cheshunt sits at the southern edge of Hertfordshire, where the county bleeds into Greater London through the broad, flat corridor of the Lea Valley. It's a landscape shaped as much by gravel extraction and reservoirs as by agriculture, and the public parkland courses in this part of the world tend to reflect that — open, unpretentious, and well-used by golfers who play for the game rather than the setting.

Cheshunt Park is a public parkland layout of the kind that forms the backbone of everyday golf in the Home Counties. With a par of 71, it plays slightly short of a full-length test, making it a practical choice for players at all stages of the game — accessible enough for high handicappers to enjoy their round, but still capable of rewarding careful course management from better players who don't want to simply overpower it.

The course sits within easy reach of north London, and its location means it draws a genuinely mixed golfing crowd. It's the sort of place where the game stays refreshingly democratic.