Opening 1914 Phone +44 1403 210228 | Developer Harry Colt | |
Location Hammerpond Road,
Mannings Heath,
Horsham, West Sussex, SO21 2LT Owner Penny Streeter A24 Group Ltd Address Hammerpond Rd, Mannings Heath, Horsham RH13 6PG, United Kingdom Similar South Lodge Hotel, Tilgate Forest Golf Course, West Sussex Golf Club, Slinfold Golf & Country Profiles | ||
Mannings heath golf club top 100 golf courses of england
Mannings Heath is golf course and hotel in Mannings Heath, Horsham in the south of England.
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The land the course sits on was used in the 18th century as a meeting point for smugglers. In the late 1740s, its Hawkin's Pond was the scene of one of the notorious Hawkhurst Gang's most brutal murders .
Mannings Heath was opened as a golf course in 1914, after having been designed by the world-famous English architect Harry Colt. Almost immediately after the course was laid, the land was seized for agricultural purposes to aid the war effort during World War I. The effects of war were felt again during World War II, when a Handley Page Halifax Bomber crashed on the golf course on 17 February 1945. The site has an official plaque memorial to commemorate the loss of life .
It is also a noteworthy early example of a golf course employing formal trade exchange pricing via its 'Town's Section' subscription, where craftsmen worked on the course instead of paying subscriptions.