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Arnside Golf Club, Cumbria. (1906 - WW2)

Founded 1906.

Professionals; J Brooks, 1906/7; R Thomson, 1907/8; R Hodkinson, 1908-1913; George Bailey, 1913-1921.

Report on a proposed golf course in April 1900.

 

Arnside Golf Club, Cumbria. Report on a proposed golf course in April 1900.

Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser Friday 27 April 1900. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Report on the opening of the course in June 1906.

 

Arnside Golf Club, Arnside Knott Course. Report on the opening of the course in June 1906.

 

Arnside Golf Club, Arnside Knott Course. Report on the opening of the course in June 1906.

 

Arnside Golf Club, Arnside Knott Course. Report on the opening of the course in June 1906.

Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer Thursday 7 June 1906. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Result of a match against Hest Bank (now defunct) in June 1909.

 

Arnside Golf Club, Cumbria. Result of a match played in June 1909.

Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser Friday 25 June 1909. Public domain.

 

In 1914 the secretary was B T Hudson, Whitbarrow House, Arnside and  the professional George Bailey.  A 9-hole course with a membership of 96. There was no entry fee. Subs for gents were £1/1/0 and ladies 10/6. Visitors’ fees were 1/- a day, 3/6 a week and 10/6 a month. Sunday play was not allowed. The station at Arnside was ¾ mile away. J W Mitchell took over as secretary sometime during 1914.

The Ordnance Survey Map below shows the Golf Links And Club House at the time of WW1.

 

Arnside Golf Club, Arnside Knott Course. O.S. Map showing the Golf Links and Club House at the time of WW1.

O.S. Map Revised 1912; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1920}.

 

Competition result from April 1937.

 

Arnside Golf Club, Arnside Knott Course. Competition result from April 1937.

Lancaster Guardian Friday 23 April 1937. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

 

Arnside Golf Club disappeared at the time of WW2.

Following WW2 Arnside Knott was acquired for the National Trust.

 

The Arnside Golf Club course and clubhouse.

Ruskin Series Postcard showing the course and pavilion. Authors Collection.

 

Location of the Arnside Golf Club course.

Location of the course in 1920.