NCG Top 100s: England – What is the best view in English golf?

Our panel have played a lot of golf ahead of compiling the NCG Top 100s: England list – but what is the best view in English golf in their opinion?

English golf can offers up almost every view imaginable – with plenty of courses providing stunning sea views around the coastline of the country.

Move inland, and you will find even more amazing views, through glorious heather-clad holes, and even some courses with industrial backgrounds.

What do our panellists say is the best view in English golf? Several courses and views received a number of nominations on this one…

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What is the best view in England according to our panel?

A number of great golf courses around the UK received several comments from our panellists when it came to the best golfing view…

Joss Powick: The view from the 7th tee at Hindhead looking through the valley at holes 7, 8 & 9 on a sunny winters morning.

Dan Gould: Looking out from the top of Hindhead across Surrey on a clear day. 

Daniel Meredith: From clubhouse at Hindhead looking down 1 and 18

Neil White: Isle of Purbeck – 5th hole across Poole Harbour

Greg Webber: The 5th hole at the Isle of Purbeck – the views out over the Solent are magnificent

Andi White: Isle of Purbeck 5th hole – best view ever

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Pat O’Connor: The approach shot on the 9th at St George’s Hill!

Chris Healey: St George’s Hill 9th hole – views back up to the clubhouse

Craig Morrison: From the 16th at East Devon, with the Channel and the Jurassic coastline and all of England above it, or so it seems. 

Chris Griffiths: East Devon. Spectacular from the 16th tee. 

Ed Battye: 6th Tee at Royal North Devon. Heaven.

Jim Banting: 6th tee at Royal North Devon

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There were plenty of other nominations as well, and you can understand why…

Neil Gray: The view of the City of London from The Addington is pretty special now the trees have been cleared.

Neil White: 13th Cleeve Hill, I never tire of looking out over the Iron-Age fort toward Cheltenham and beyond.

Dan Murphy: From the 11th tee at Hunstanton, the rippling fairway and a distant flag are your immediate concerns – but take a moment to gaze out to sea and then follow the coastline all the way to the clubhouse.

Steve Watton: As the highest course in England, Kington offers wonderful views in all directions. The view from the par 5 14th tee to the green a long way below, framed by the hills takes some beating.

Chris Myatt: Perranporth – 3rd Tee. Perranporth has the best vistas of any English course I have played and you are first introduced to them as early as the second green and third tee.

Mike Robertson: Anywhere on the property at Royal West Norfolk.

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David Elliott: Sheringham. Stretch of holes on the front 9 along the clifftops are stunning. The back 9 is not bad either!

David Walker: 8th tee at St Enodoc looking over 16th at the beauty of Camel Bay

Steve Carroll: 13th, West Lancs – I’m a sucker for a sea view and they don’t come much better than the vista of the Irish Sea revealed from this tee.

Michael Verity: I couldn’t choose between Swinley Forest from the clubhouse down 1 & 18, everywhere you look at Cleeve Hill and the 5th tee at Hallamshire, looking over 8 & 11 and the countryside beyond

Dove Jones: The first tee at Trevose – overlooks the entire course out to Trevose Head & Constantine Bay

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