Southwick Park

Hampshire's landscape shifts from chalk downland to ancient woodland as you move south toward the coast, and Southwick Park sits within that transition — part of a historic estate village that carries one of the more remarkable footnotes in British military history. The village of Southwick is where Eisenhower and Montgomery finalized the plans for the D-Day landings in 1944, and that weight of place lingers in the surrounding countryside even today.

The course itself occupies the kind of mature, estate parkland that Hampshire does quietly well: established trees, undulating ground, and a setting that feels genuinely removed from the noise of the wider region. A par of 69 tells you this leans toward a shorter, more strategic test rather than a power game — the kind of layout where placement and course management matter more than raw distance.

Southwick Park is a private members' club, which means the atmosphere tends toward the traditional and unhurried. For visitors who do gain access, the combination of real historical surroundings and solid parkland golf makes it a more layered experience than most.