Hawkstone Park (Hawkstone)
There is also a six hole par three academy course on site making this one of the most popular venues in Shropshire.
Both of the main courses offer something slightly different.
The older of the two layouts, the 'Hawkstone' is a peaceful, tree-lined course which after an 'up and down' start wanders around the historic Hawkstone Follies. And it is the holes just after the turn that come close to these fascinating cliffs, crags and caves that are also the best on the course.
The front nine will test virtually every part of your game with no easy holes with the seventh being the toughest. There are a few blind drives where placement is required rather than length, this is especially the case the first and eighth where the fairway falls away from you at around the 200 yard mark. The first half of the courses closes with its best hole, the impressive downhill par three ninth with a tricky green, bunkers to avoid and out-of-bounds close to the putting surface.
The back nine starts with a par five that is played towards the follies through a valley before the next hole is played alongside them and the short par three 12th hits towards them. Holes 13 through 17 are where a good score can be made with four relatively short par fours and a par five comprising the quintet. The final hole returns to the unusual clubhouse.
