St. Cleres Hall Golf Club

Couldnt disagree more with the last person. I play there on a regular basis, and have played many many courses in the area in the past. Overall, i am very pleased with the course. IT IS well kept, greens ARE great (spotless!), and the range balls are in my opinion are very good, and any poor shots not being down to the balls, but down the my technique! The greenstaff are also very helpful and polite, as are the bar staff and pro shop team.
A highly recommended round!

A Ramshackle collection of facilities, range is poor, range balls are atrocious. Course is bably kept, greens are shocking and unplayable.
Dont play it!!

23/06/08: I pay and play St Cleres on a regular basis. The course has improved during the past few years. Greens and Tees are now in excellent condition. The ongoing work to bring the bunkers up to standard is noticable.Staff in the Clubhouse where te menu has been improved greatly and the Pro Shop are always helpful. I would recommend to all that this course should be visited at any time of the year.

I play the golf course on a regular basis; the lay out is basically good and challenging.
Value for money is average like many public courses in the area.
Facilities are lacking, changing rooms bad, toilet facilities again bad, car park is dirt when wet you are covered in mud, when dry you are covered in dust.
The clubhouse when open is poor, if you should play late afternoon and then want a drink and some food then forget it. You need to visit the local chippy. you may get a drink if the bar is still open.
Taking the lay out and the added wind the course catches the best golfer, it as the potential to be one of the best courses in Essex if it was managed.
IE; greens and fairways cut, teeing area’s levelled and maintained, the added insult to put up signs that the area is protected to save cutting grass.
The management must be made aware that all the long grass and waste area’s slows play.

you say each year that you will be doing the bunkers,but you have not yet.when are you going to start.and i thing you should have boxes on the tees,to repair divets yours darren collins member of three years

Played the course yesterday, 8/01/2005, for the first time in 4 months. I must congratulate the green keepers for producing an excellent course. The fairways were well kept and the greens were in excellent condition. I played of the yellow tees which were freshly prepared areas away from the main tees, and although it was blowing a gale the course played superbly.
i play of 22 and found the course a challange but was still able to go around in 87.
Will play there again soon.

arrived 945 for 1015 teeoff pro shop personel
friendly informative possitive course excellentthe six par three with new pond proved tricky but fun fair ways good trim greens excellent.
all in all good value for money followed by good fare and real ale in the 18 century club house the weather was overcast recommend all to try

arrived 945 for 1015 teeoff pro shop personel
friendly informative possitive course excellentthe six par three with new pond proved tricky but fun fair ways good trim greens excellent.
all in all good value for money followed by good fare and real ale in the 18 century club house the weather was overcast recommend all to try

I have played the course a few times over the past few months (I'm not a member) and it has improved dramatically. Lots of work all over the course has really paid off. Love the 18th (shame my brother hit the ball 270 yards - into the water!). Good pub grub to finish.

Played the course in Mid-Feb on a cold Sunday morning. The course was in average condition. The tees were a piece of ground 20 or so yards in front of the ladies tees (fair enough in mid-Feb) and the fairways were pretty bare of grass. The greens were OK though except the 3rd green. Our round was unfortunately ruined by a very slow 3-ball who would not let us through and caused a massive backlog behind them. Since we played the course off the very very forward tees it would be hard to judge the holes true merits but the 3rd, 7th, 8th and 9th deserve a mention and the 18th is a good fun last hole.

Didn't think much of this course - only around 3-4 of the 18 holes had tee indicators - even those were in a very poorly state. This made it quite hard to find where the next hole was.
The shop was OK, but my playing partner says that the clubhouse is falling apart.
Admittedly, it's November, but the fairway grass was rather long. I was amused with one hole in particular (the 2nd I think) where the fairway ends on the right with an OOB. No rough at all - just straight from fairway to OOB with rough outside the OOB!!!

This is by far the worse course I have ever had the mis-fortune to play on. You have been warned. You can see it has the potential to be quite a good couse but it is so poorly kept it is a joke. It is nearly impossible to tell the difference between the fairways and the Greens. the 15th Green even has a huge Mat in the middle of it, making it impossible to putt over. How can they justify charging £20 for a round. I will not be playing there again in this lifetime.

Even though Essex has had some terrible weather this course played as good as it played in august. The greens have held up and the fairways are still dry. Catch this course on a windy day and expect to add two clubs to every shot. The practise green isn't worth a mention but the friendly welcome by down to earth members is. I played once on my own in the summer and was joined by two lads who were exceptionally friendly. A gem of a course in a clay based county.

Becoming well established and has the potential to be a very good course indeed. Good greens and fairways. A floodlit driving range has been promised for the future.
The interior of St Cleres hall itself could do with some tidying up and the practice putting green could be best described as a postage stamp!