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3.9
168 Reviews (168)
5 Stars
57
4 Stars
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3 Stars
23
2 Stars
11
1 Stars
14
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.2
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.5
Amenities
3.5
80.9%
Recommend this course
131 out of 168 reviews
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4.3
6 Reviews (6)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.8
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
5.0
100.0%
Recommend this course
6 out of 6 reviews
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4.1
20 Reviews (20)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
3
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Conditions
3.8
Value
4.4
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.6
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.4
85.0%
Recommend this course
17 out of 20 reviews
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Course Highlights
The quirky layout featuring Niddrie Castle as a centerpiece offers a genuinely challenging and varied 18-hole experience that keeps visitors coming back. Welcoming staff and smooth pace of play consistently enhance the round, making this an affordable hidden gem worth discovering.

About

Holes 18
Type
Style Parkland
Par 70
Length 5914 yards
Slope 126
Rating 69.4

Niddry Castle Golf Club offers 18 holes of par-70 golf over 5,914 yards, providing a good course for all levels and ability of player. Magnificent vistas provide a glimpse of the Pentland Hills, and the holes all offer their own unique tests and hazards - plus there's a castle smack-dab in the middle. If you can control your shots and manage a solid golf course, then this patch of parkland ought to be on your itinerary for any golf trip to Scotland.

Fire away at Cannons Drive, the Niddry Castle Golf Club's 198-yard par-3 first hole, featuring a green that slopes away. The long hole is the sixth, Castle View, a par-5 524-yarder - pick right or left of the fairway at the tee to avoid sticking yourself behind a large tree for the second shot. Gan Hame, the 18th hole, a par 4 that measures 404 yards, provides a superb finishing hole, with an elevated tee shot to a fairway that features trees on both sides.

If you're going in winter, when the club sees fewer players, Niddry Castle Golf Club offers golf-and-coffee specials.

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Course Details

Year Built 1982
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Pull-carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, JCB
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Locker Rooms
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Reviews

3.9
168 Reviews (168)
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5.0
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Plays A few times a week
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5.0
Previously Played

Excellent well maintained course

Tricky first nine and interesting seeing nine. Course in excellent order. Small clubhouse with excellent food. God value for money

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Perfect weather
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lovely family course

a beautiful course very friendly, a challenge for all handicap levels Green's are amazing. Nice clubhouse, with a warm welcome

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 1
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Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Worth a visit.

Beautuful views, rather quirky but a little messy. A lot of overlapping holes and a fee silly holes. worth a visit, requires local knowledge to miss hazards. a bit overpriced eveb with discount (£14).

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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DAVC

Lovely course, tight opening 6 the course opens up and gives a longer open holes. Would recommend if asked

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Wells worth a visit

Great course some very challenging holes

I've been a few times and enjoyed the course every time

Really recommend paying a visit

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Lovely setting

Good round in the wind. Fairways and rough very good. Greens little compacted and consequently fast. Played competition 2 days later and sighed up for another. Will definitely be back

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great hospitality, golf and food!

Niddry Castle Golf Course is a wee hidden gem. The staff and members are friendly and we were treated to a sensational steak pie on our return.

The Course is made up of 9 old holes and 9 built more recently. The old holes have more personality but the whole course, whilst not being terribly long, is tricky and testing, and a straight ball is required to avoid the course's many hazards.

All 18 full greens were in play, and I have seldom played truer and well managed parkland greens at this time of year. Well done to the green keeping staff. Although there has been a lot of rain over the last week, very few parts of the course felt too wet underfoot.

An excellent day out and we will return to Niddry Castle over the summer to sample more of the delicious steak pies, and the warm welcoming atmosphere!! Thank you!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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