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Championship Course

Burnham and Berrow Golf Club

Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England
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18 holesPar 716,802 yds78.5/141

About this course

The Championship Course at Burnham and Berrow Golf Club occupies a stretch of linksland on the Somerset coast near the Bristol Channel, where the club was established in 1890. Harry Colt redesigned the course in the 1920s, creating the routing that largely defines the layout today. The links sits on classic duneland terrain with natural undulations, ridges, and valleys characteristic of England's southwest coast. The sandy soil provides firm, fast-running conditions, and the course plays through corridors of dunes with views across the estuary toward Wales. The routing moves through varied terrain, with several holes playing along elevated ground and others set in lower-lying areas among the dune formations. The greens feature the subtle contours and strategic bunkering typical of Colt's work, rewarding accurate approach play and thoughtful course management. Wind from the Bristol Channel influences play throughout the round, changing the character of holes depending on conditions. The course has hosted numerous regional and national amateur championships over the decades, including English Amateur and British Amateur qualifying. Burnham and Berrow maintains traditional links golf values, with a members' club atmosphere that has evolved over more than a century. The club also operates the shorter Channel Course, but the Championship layout remains the primary test and the venue for competitive events. The setting combines the natural beauty of the Somerset coastline with the strategic demands of golden-age links architecture.

Quick facts

Location
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England
Access
Public
Year built
1891
Holes
18
Par
71
Length
6,802 yards
Difficulty
78.5/141
Course Vaults score
8.5

Getting there

Most visitors to Burnham and Berrow Golf Club arrive via Bristol Airport, roughly an hour's drive southwest across the Somerset Levels - a landscape of flat, reclaimed marshland that gradually gives way to glimpses of the Bristol Channel. The final approach follows the coast road into Burnham-on-Sea, where the town's Victorian seafront yields abruptly to the wild, windswept linksland that has defined this corner of England since 1890. For those seeking discretion, private aviation can be arranged into nearby regional airfields, though the journey's true reward lies in that last turn toward the dunes, where the clubhouse sits low and unassuming against one of the finest stretches of natural golfing ground in the British Isles.

FAQ

Common questions about Championship at Burnham and Berrow Golf Club

Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.

Championship at Burnham and Berrow Golf Club has a Course Vaults score of 8.5 out of 10 based on 11 logged golfers.

Championship was designed by Harry S. Colt.

Yes. Championship at Burnham and Berrow Golf Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.

Par at Championship is 71.

Championship plays 6,802 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.

The slope rating at Championship is 141.

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