Mannings Heath Golf & Wine Estate
 Mannings Heath Clubhouse | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 51°03′08″N 0°16′24″W / 51.052179°N 0.273444°W |
| Location | Hammerpond Road, Mannings Heath, Horsham, West Sussex, England, RH13 6PG |
| Established | 1914 |
| Owned by | Benguela Collection Penny Streeter |
| Total holes | 27 |
| Events hosted | PGA EuroPro Tour |
| Website | www.manningsheath.com |
| Waterfall Course - 18 Hole | |
| Designed by | Harry Colt |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,683 yards |
| Kingfisher Course - 9 Hole | |
| Designed by | Harry Colt |
| Par | 36 |
| Length | 3,314 yards |
Mannings Heath Golf & Wine Estate is located in Mannings Heath, Horsham in the south of England. The 500 acre parkland site includes two golf courses and a vineyard.
The estate was acquired by Penny Streeter OBE in 2016 and is a division of The Benguela Collection, a wine producer and hospitality group in the United Kingdom and South Africa.[1]
Mannings Heath hosts PGA EuroPro tours.[2]
History
[edit]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 Hawkhurst Gang's murders.[3]
Mannings Heath was opened as a golf course in 1914, after having been designed by the 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.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "County's newest vineyard 'launched' at Mannings Heath". West Sussex County Times. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "PGA EuroPro Tour schedule announced for 2017". nationalclubgolfer.com. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Chatterton, E. Keble (2008). King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 (Chapter V). Leonaur Ltd. ISBN 978-1846774072.
- ^ Meeting Minutes from the Meeting of Nuthurst Parish Council, 6 April 2005, retrieved 18 May 2017
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