Bedford & County Golf Club

At a glance

Bedford & County Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course in Bedford, Bedfordshire. It plays to a par of 70. Par is the number of shots an expert needs for the round. The club dates back to 1912.

We hold the address, a map pin, the club website and a phone number. However, we do not yet hold its length and green fees.

About Bedford & County Golf Club

Bedford & County Golf Club was founded in 1912, making it one of the older established clubs in Bedfordshire, and it operates as a private members' club rather than a pay-and-play or resort-style operation. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, sitting on the River Great Ouse in the flatter, agricultural belt of the East of England, with the club's mature course reflecting more than a century of continuous development on the same ground since its Edwardian-era founding. Bedfordshire itself is a smaller county wedged between the clay vales of the Midlands and the chalk of the Chilterns to the south, and Bedford's position on the Ouse places the club within a landscape of river meadows and gently rolling farmland rather than hill country. A 1912 founding date places the club firmly in the pre-First World War wave of English golf club formation, when many county towns established their own members' courses as the sport grew beyond its Scottish and coastal origins. Over a century on, it remains a private-members institution in a county with a comparatively modest number of long-established clubs.

Where to find it

The address is Green Lane, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 6ET. It is about 15 miles from Milton Keynes. It is about 26 miles from Cambridge. Those are straight-line distances. The sidebar links to the club website and lists its phone number. The map below marks the course, so you can check the route first.

Check the club website for tee times, because visitor rules differ by club. Ask for the current green fee, since we do not list one. Pack a waterproof layer, because UK weather changes fast.