The Wiltshire Hotel, Golf & Country Club - Lakes Course

Played today excellent course will be back, great value for money only negative would be needs to more clear where tee is for each hole

Booked at late notice; golf shop shut on arrival and had to report to hotel reception to get scorecard and notify of our arrival. Told we MUST wear a paper wristband when playing as paying guests. Why? Because management says so !!!

Didn’t stop for a drink, went to pub instead

Despite the mixed recent reviews, we played here for the first time this weekend. The course far exceeded our expectations! Excellent layout, with some challenging holes. Greens were in decent condition, with some very quick, even in November. The course was lush with the recent rain and mild conditions. Excellent value for money and would happily play here again.

Would have been excellent all the way but 3 weeks ago they treated the greens, and unfortunately it looks like they haven’t been touched since, but much better price so value for money!! Just sort the greens out and we all might join as we live the course and layout

Visited the Wiltshire around 2 months ago and gave it 4 stars, however this time left rather impressed at recent developments on the course, one member told me they held a European Junior day the week before and it was easy to see this was true. For £25 will definitely be back, I just hope they keep the pricing the same.

The course was really good, especially as they hollotined the greens but you wouldn’t have know as they rolled really well and true. Unfortunately at £50 a round just a little too steep, especially when the staff are rude as they’re only interested in the hotel customers. Shame because if there was more care the course would be rammed, but it was empty!!

Course was deserted and we soon discovered why.

Course has a great layout but needs a considerable amount of work to bring back to a playable standard.

Fairways are reasonable, greens and tees are appalling and in need of proper maintenance.

Clubhouse feels a bit tired no one in the pro shop and bar staff turned up eventually.

Not worth the £33 pp ‘hot deal’ that we paid and wouldn’t return or recommend.

Challenging golf round with some very tricky holes and greens.

Recovering quickly after the recent drought conditions

Me and a friend paid £40 each to play during Winter when there was some rain but not much for a little while - it was around March time. We'd both traveled a fair while to get to the course, it was well out of the way for both of us.

Anyways, we turned up to the course with no prior notice of course condition or anything, even when we checked in there was no mention so we thought ok great. How wrong I was to think that...it was honestly the worst I'd ever seen when we got onto the course. The first tee box was an absolute mud bath, not a blade of grass in sight, from there it just got worse. Huge puddles of water on the fairways, balls getting plugged on the fairways and lost, it was better to play from the rough (which suits my game).

Anyways, a few holes in we decided to call it, went back to the clubhouse, and told them it was just unplayable and certainly not something you'd expect for £40. I was given the contact for the GM who was just an absolute delight to talk to. Here's how the convo went:

'The course was unplayable, we had to to stop a few holes in.' To which the GM reply was 'If the course was unplayable then our greenskeeper would have deemed it so and we would have closed the course.'

This GM had also on the phone he wasn't a golfer and had no idea what was deemed as playable.

I was completely stunned by this response. I explained to the GM that we were from some time away and we wouldn't plan to be back that way, to which his response was ok there's nothing I can help you with.

Imagine a business not offering you services that you as a customer have rightfully paid for and then keeping your money.

As far as customer service goes this was also the worst I've ever experienced, probably anywhere. Complete shambles. Scamworthy.

A word of advice, unless you want absolutely awful course conditions and completely terrible customer service go and find somewhere else to spend your hard-earned money to enjoy golf.

Well maintained sny red tee markers!! Easy to navigate!! Loved it!

Potential could be a great course but unfortunately it's being neglected.

Way over priced,

Very poor condition, doesn't worth half of the price for the round

Upon arriving at The Wiltshire I was greeted in the main reception by a helpful young gentleman putting me in the director of the head pro who make check in simple and off we went on our round. Luckily the weather was great and after completing the first couple of holes and ventured out on the 4th the mass amounts of countryside was quite the spectacle. After finishing the round we headed to the bar and albeit it a little quiet could see had just gone under refurbishment. Other aspects require a little attention but overall a great day out and will hope to return again one day.

On arrival, no food available at all - so we left for a cafe a couple of miles away. Upon return no one was available to meet us in reception. Pro shop non existent as far as I could tell. So we just went to the first tee and played. The course itself is pretty good, the greens run true and well.. half way up the first a man in a buggy chased after us and asked us to wear a band on our wrists…. Never did this this once he had gone, as they were annoying when swinging a golf club. Course is worth playing, bunkers were poor with very gritty, thin levels of sand. We left straight after as the round took 4 1/2 hours for a 3 ball - we followed a society that had no thought of letting anyone through. Fortunately the sun was out, but otherwise we may have walked off earlier. Shame really, no atmosphere and no welcome in the building spoilt this trip out.

No proshop just hotel check in desk so make sure your stocked up before you arrive.

£20 - £25 course chrging over the top as its a hotel. Needs a lot of tlc on course. Tee boxes not cut well, greens very patchy and slow. Go a foot off the fairway and your in your pocket for a new ball, bunkers terrible, hard sand with a lot of stone chips in them. Though some good holes with a decent scoring chance.

Today I played a round at The lakes. The course itself isnt bad. The fairways are good and greens are ok. I understand keeping a course like this is hard work and the staff do a good job. I was on my round with a friend and saw three gents push from finishing the 4th hole to the 8th. I was coming off the 7th and onto the 8th. I persumed they would give way as I was a two ball and they were a three, Elderly and slow. They were the rudest members I have ever met, one in particular swearing, Threatening and lying saying they hadnt cut the course and they they were in a competetion. Clearly that member believes he is he only ones that can enjoy a round of golf. Avoid the course. Maybe the member in questions should re-read the code of ethics and not be a digrace and an embarassment to the club. I wont be going back. Dont waste your money going here. There are plenty of courses in Wiltshire. Avoid this one.

Lots of interesting holes. Course layout is excellent.

Driving range is in a poor condition as are the practice nets. Overall, could be a top quality golf experience with a like more effort.

Course shouldn’t have been open, ground was so wet we lost balls of the tee from shots that hit the fairway. Greens slow, fairways boggy and sloppy. Tees poorly maintained, muddy. £30 was a rip off.