Lewes Golf Club
A chalk downland par 71 about 20 minutes from Brighton that the club says stays firm almost 365 days a year. Golfers rate the views and warn about hills and wind.
Prices read from visitors.brsgolf.com on . Golfers: 3.9 out of 5 from 120 Golfshake reviews. How this page was made.
Lewes Golf Club is outside Brighton & Hove, about 20 minutes' drive from central Brighton (our estimate, not a routed journey). We list it because golfers here drive, and a page that pretends otherwise is no use to you. See all nearby options.
What it's like
A downland par 71 course founded in 1896 in the South Downs National Park, on Chapel Hill above Lewes. The club says its fairways, tees and main greens stay firm almost 365 days a year, and calls it a Top 100 Fine Running course in England. It also has a driving range and a short-game area. Access is a narrow, steep lane with a 7ft width limit and a 7.5 ton weight limit, signed from the Tesco roundabout.
Best for
- Winter downland golf on chalk
- Views over the Downs
Skip if
- You don't want hills and wind
- You're towing or driving something wide (the access lane has a 7ft width limit)
Green fees and prices
checked 31 Oct 2026| Option | When | Price | £ per hole | Source, checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green fee | ||||
| Visitor 18 holes, weekday (winter, Mon tee sheet) | Weekday, Winter | £45 | £2.50 | visitors.brsgolf.com 31 Oct 2026 |
| Visitor 18 holes, weekend (Sat tee sheet) | Weekend, Winter | £55 | £3.06 | visitors.brsgolf.com 31 Oct 2026 |
Online off-peak deals can be cheaper than the club's own rates. Resold tee times on marketplaces such as GolfNow are not the club's rate and are never shown here.
What golfers say
21 quotes read, collected 31 Oct 2026- 3.9 / 53.9 out of 5 from 120 Golfshake reviews, checked October 2026
- 4.2 / 54.2 out of 5 from 32 GolfPass reviews, checked October 2026
The short version
Golfshake shows 3.9 from 120 reviews. Three reviewers (2023 to 2025) praise the views as "tremendous", "stunning" and "outstanding". Four say wind is constant, and three describe the hills, one saying they "would recommend a trolley". Greens split opinion, and staff are praised.
- Views and setting
- Wind and weather
- Walking and hills
- Greens
- Staff and service
- Course condition
- Parking and access
Views and setting
Three reviewers (2023 to 2025) praise the views as "tremendous", "stunning" and "outstanding".
3 cited quotes, with sources
“The views from all areas of the course are tremendous. Just a shame that the greens were not a match to them.”
“Very hilly & windy, stunning views, would be extremely challenging when the weather is not fair.”
“An undulating course with small greens and outstanding views. The wind will always be a factor here.”
Wind and weather
Four reviewers (2023 to 2025) say wind is a constant: "there is always wind", "Very hilly & windy", "The wind will always be a factor", and cross winds that make it "really difficult".
4 cited quotes, with sources
“the wind directions and cross winds on certain holes make playing really difficult”
“Be prepared for the wind, it wasnt a windy day but being so high up means there is always wind.”
“Very hilly & windy, stunning views, would be extremely challenging when the weather is not fair.”
“An undulating course with small greens and outstanding views. The wind will always be a factor here.”
Walking and hills
Three reviewers (2024 to 2025) describe a hilly course: "Very hilly", "longish walks between tees", and "quite up and down" so they "would recommend a trolley".
3 cited quotes, with sources
“It is very hilly and there are some longish walks between tees.”
“it is quite up and down so would recommend a trolley, we walked it but were pretty tired at the end of it.”
“Very hilly & windy, stunning views, would be extremely challenging when the weather is not fair.”
Greens
Reviewers split on the greens: "Quick true greens" (December 2025) and "immaculate" (April 2024), against "very tricky to stop the ball on" (July 2024), "not a match" for the views (May 2025), "very average to be kind" (August 2025) and greens that "had recently been sanded" and "were not as good as they could have been" (March 2025).
6 cited quotes, with sources
“Quick true greens, fairways defined, Bunker not many but well maintained.”
“The tees were awful ( i can live with that) the fairways had preferred lies and needed it as they were poor and the greeens were very average to be kind.”
“The views from all areas of the course are tremendous. Just a shame that the greens were not a match to them.”
“The greens had recently been sanded and were not as good as they could have been.”
“One critism is the greens were very tricky to stop the ball on.”
“Greens, fairways and teeboxes are immaculate.”
Staff and service
Four reviewers (2023 to 2025) praise the staff: "extremely friendly and accommodating", "very hospitable" in the pro shop and clubhouse, "Excellent service by pro and catering staff", and a pro shop guy who was "super helpful".
4 cited quotes, with sources
“Guy in the pro shop was super helpful”
“Staff extremely friendly and accommodating.”
“very hospitable in both the pro shop and clubhouse mind you driving to the clubhouse is an experience up a very narrow steep hill.”
“Excellent service by pro and catering staff.”
Course condition
Two reviewers (2024) call the course "immaculate", one "despite the rain"; a GolfPass reviewer (August 2025) says the tees were "awful" and the fairways "poor".
3 cited quotes, with sources
“The tees were awful ( i can live with that) the fairways had preferred lies and needed it as they were poor and the greeens were very average to be kind.”
“Greens, fairways and teeboxes are immaculate.”
“Course in immaculate condition despite the rain on the day and week before.”
Parking and access
Two reviewers (2024 and 2025) mention the approach: a "very narrow steep hill" up to the clubhouse and a "tiny narrow lane" that "is signposted".
2 cited quotes, with sources
“Access is up a tiny narrow lane but is signposted.”
“very hospitable in both the pro shop and clubhouse mind you driving to the clubhouse is an experience up a very narrow steep hill.”
More quotes that did not make a theme (3)
“Only issue for me were the tees. A bit bumpy but definitely prefer them to winter tees.”
“a little bit of a strange layout which might put me off playing on a busy day as a lot of crisscrossing.”
“Given how easy it is to get on and pace of play, I would definitely come back.”
How to read this. Quotes are short, exact and linked; the summaries are ours and use only what is quoted. Opinions are not facts: fees and rules above come from the club itself. Older than five years is labelled. We do not publish our own star rating. How we gather and summarise feedback.
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Tees, ratings and slope
| Tee | Played by | Season | Course rating | Slope | Par | Yards | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| white | men | all | 70.6 | 132 | 71 | lewesgolfclub.co.uk 31 Oct 2026 | |
| yellow | men | all | 69.4 | 129 | 71 | lewesgolfclub.co.uk 31 Oct 2026 | |
| red | women | all | 72.3 | 124 | 71 | lewesgolfclub.co.uk 31 Oct 2026 |
The course
- Type
- Downland
- Established
- 1896
- Setting
- rolling hills, undulating greens protected by bunkers and slopes
Facilities
yes · no · not statedGetting there
Address. Chapel Hill, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2BB
From central Brighton. About 20 minutes by car (our estimate).
Finding it. Up the narrow, steep Chapel Hill lane above Lewes; signed from the Tesco roundabout source
Hours. Clubhouse 7am-6pm daily from 1 April 2026; kitchen Mon-Fri 8am-4pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm; bar closes 17:45 source
Website. lewesgolfclub.co.uk
Why a Brighton golfer would drive here
It is about 20 minutes away and visitors of all abilities are welcome, booking on BRS. The club doesn't publish a rate table. On its public tee sheet we saw £45 for 18 holes on a Monday and £55 on a Saturday. Practice facilities are for members, green-fee visitors and people having lessons.
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How this page was made
Prices, rules and facilities come from the venue's own pages, read on ; each row above links to the page it came from. Values marked derived are our arithmetic on those prices. What golfers say is quoted from public reviews with source, date and link; the summaries are ours. We do not publish our own star rating. Not affiliated with Lewes Golf Club.
Pages we read (7)
- lewesgolfclub.co.uk/home checked 31 Oct 2026
- lewesgolfclub.co.uk/visitors checked 31 Oct 2026
- lewesgolfclub.co.uk/the-course checked 31 Oct 2026
- lewesgolfclub.co.uk/about-us checked 31 Oct 2026
- lewesgolfclub.co.uk/contact-and-more checked 31 Oct 2026
- visitors.brsgolf.com/lewes#/course/1 checked 31 Oct 2026
- lewesgolfclub.co.uk/_files/ugd/66925b_b091d7d9c2204a00acf7c45f23090e6b.pdf checked 31 Oct 2026
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