Best Golf Courses in Barking, Greater london (2025)

Rating: 5 / 5

Visited as a guest at a wedding reception. What a fantastic venue! Great facilities, attentive staff and situated in an idyllic setting with great views over Epping Forest. Highly recommended.

Rating: 4 / 5

Really lovely course, well kept. Would of given 5 stars if bunkers were proper sand. Most are dirt. Very challenging course, narrow fairways. Greens are perfect. They spray them to make them look extra green. Very hilly course so you have to be fit if walking! Buggies available. Good choice of food extensive menu. Staff all round are friendly and helpful. Definitely be playing here again.

Rating: 5 / 5

Great course, not too long and not too narrow, but still a decent challenge, especially if you don't get your drive away or if you don't know your yardages with your irons. Greens in decent shape given that we played towards the end of October after a week of rain. Good little hut serving bacon/sausage baps and hot/cold drinks. Great views of the ever growing London skyline from the holes at the highest point of the course (and the club house). Also saw a giant mushroom! 😀

Rating: 5 / 5

The Club on the top of the hill, has a good view, I like it! Fairways good , greens a little fast.

Rating: 5 / 5

Great place. The staff at the cafe will help you with whatever you need.

Rating: 5 / 5

Had our wedding reception here. 100% would recommend micky and her team were amazing and the food delicious

Rating: 4 / 5

Had a meal with friends and a few drinks. Food was very nice, drinks good and service top notch.

Rating: 5 / 5

Played on the excellent Heritage course in the Pro Am. A very challenging course with some interesting holes. The condition cannot be faulted in any way (maybe the rough a little high 😆). Lovely clubhouse and friendly staff. A great experience.

Rating: 5 / 5

I played at Cranham Golf Course for the first time this week and I was very impressed. This is a beautifully designed course offering plenty of challenges in the way of water hazards, fairway and greenside bunkers, dog legs and two-tiered greens. You cannot fault the course conditions. The tee boxes are in great condition. The fairways were well cut and the rough is fairly light, with barely any deep rough. The greens are fast and beautifully kept. On the final hole you are met with a challenging but beautiful par 3 with an island green. The course offers 7 par 3s, 9 par 4s, and 2 par 5s. The course would be good for high handicappers, but also enjoyable for all levels. I will definitely be back for more golf at Cranham ⛳

Rating: 5 / 5

Not the most challenging course out there, but exceptionally well maintained and great drainage - an excellent winter course and great for high handicappers looking for some practice.

Rating: 5 / 5

Best kept communal course I know of. Very good for beginners but with enough challenge for low handicappers, and very cheap in comparison. The 18th island hole is a great way to finish it off.

Rating: 5 / 5

Love this course. Superb condition, hazards well placed, challenging greens with good speed, very well priced. A short course that allows you to score (I mentally add 10 to my score to compare it to a “full” course, i.e 5800-6200 yards) but probably one of the best in the south Essex area. I would always choose Cranham for my rounds, with Epping and Toot Hill as other contenders. Wanstead is overpriced, Hainault is too busy and in too bad condition, Theydon Bois rarely in good condition, Woolston Manor great fun but busy. 18th signature hole is a highlight, even if they do dye the water! If there was a negative, it would be the open and tight nature of the holes means you’re often at risk from wayward shots (yours or theirs!). Overall 5/5 - hidden gem that may be too short for the longer hitters but provides great fun for the typical weekend hacker.

Rating: 4 / 5

While visiting the Central Park, came across the Golf & Putt Green next to the Car Park and Adventure Play Area! There is a very beautiful well-maintained garden with many different types of plants including few mature trees in front of the Kiosk. There is a stunning custom-made swing hanging from a large trunk of the tree! A boat becomes a play area for children under the shade of the tree! Mesmerising winds and chirping of birds make this place an imaginary heaven! There are chairs and tables for you to busk in the sun and enjoy the peaceful surroundings! Kiosk does serve hot drinks and snacks! I visited them after COVID19 Lockdown restrictions were relaxed and the Pitch & Putt Green was working on resuming full operation! The people at the Kiosk were very friendly and welcoming! We had a great chat and and enjoyed the natural beauty! Public Toilets next to the Kiosk were closed due to COVID-19 Restrictions at that time! If there wasn't any sign of the Golf - this place can easily be identified as a Peaceful Ornamental Garden!

Rating: 5 / 5

I had my first golf experience at Central Park Golf Pitch & Putt Green with my cousins, and it was really good! The course was fun and beginner-friendly, making it perfect for our group. The staff were welcoming and helpful, ensuring we had everything we needed. We had a great time enjoying the outdoors and sharing some laughs. I highly recommend this place for anyone looking to try golf for the first time!

Rating: 5 / 5

We chose to have our wedding reception at Royal Blackheath in April. What an amazing venue we chose! Staff were fantastic throughout the whole process and on the day, the food was superb and we couldn't have asked for more. I can't recommend it highly enough. Thank you RBGC!

Rating: 4 / 5

It's nice to treat yourself to the elegant and stately surroundings for Sunday Lunch. I did feel, however, that it wasn't as good the first time round. The actual roast beef lunch seemed if was of the pre prepared variety that most pub restaurants do. The beef was passable but may have been not freshly carved. The accompanying vegetables were nothing of note. I hope I'm wrong as it's a good venue to eat, albeit a tad on the pricey side, but that's to be expected.

Rating: 4 / 5

A golf course with a royal status. Wasn't the longest or the most challenging course that I played so far, but it very well maintained. Has a classic club house that server fantastic food. Probably give higher recommend to the restaurant than the course.😅 It's a been there done that course, as it's not easily accessible. (Private course)

Rating: 5 / 5

One of the best parkland courses in Essex I have played. Wish I had booked a tee time there years ago and not put it off this long. Conditions were not far off perfect and was joined on the back nine by an employee (Clyde) which would have given this 6 stars if possible. Will be back soon.

Rating: 4 / 5

Nice club in very posh surroundings especially the great number of homes that back onto the course which means many a stray shot can be found in someone's garden! The course is will kept and has a fair variety of holes many of which require good tee shots to prevent being blocked out. Recommended. Only issue was the temporary green for which no yardage was given.

Rating: 4 / 5

Friendly welcome as a visitor. Worth getting there early as the breakfast items are excellent. Course in good conditions all round, on the day we played I felt some mowing was overdue but the excellent greens rolled very true, got out of all bunkers first time so either them or me are very good. Sadly no towels on the Monday we played. Clubhouse modern, light and airy. Halfway houses super ( lovely Jess served us brilliantly). Recommend a visit.

Rating: 4 / 5

Even in mid autumn this course delivers! Amazing greens and reasonably dry fairways ensure a great round every time! Green fees are very reasonable and the bar prices are spot on!

Rating: 4 / 5

Lovely public run course and well priced. The greens are kept in great condition by the staff. Friendly staff and well stocked golf shop. Good food on offer and bar facilities are available to use. Driving range well priced compared to some other local ranges. Played there several times and it’s a good place to test your skills.

Rating: 5 / 5

Lovely place to play Golf extremely good value for money, greens where good, 2 faults the tee boxes where not the best and little more signage and yardage sticks would of helped The lady behind the desk was polite and the Breakfast wrap was a winner winner. Highly recommend.

Rating: 5 / 5

Great, little par 68 track for the money. Friendly and welcoming club. Would like to return in better weather.

Rating: 5 / 5

Really nice course, quite challenging in places but still fun for beginners

Rating: 5 / 5

Interesting driving range, into a lake (see picture). Well kept pay and play 9 hole, sort of heathland feel to it. Certainly worth a visit. Nice breakfasts too.

Rating: 5 / 5

Reasonably priced for golf and alcohol. Modern alcohol served with plenty of variety. Alcohol free fruit flavoured cider also available. Billiards table. Once you've let your stress out by bashing a load of balls into the lake you can have a few pints and a game... Great place, hadn't been for ten years but will becoming more regularly now