This course is in our GSPro library — pull it up in any bay and play it wall to wall.

"Pairs with the Melbourne Course at the same estate for a two-course English country-house session."

Brocket Hall's second course arrived at the turn of the century, named for Lord Palmerston — the last prime minister to die in office — and designed by Donald Steel with Martin Ebert. Where the Melbourne plays with the River Lea, the Palmerston never touches water: its hazards are the estate's ancient woodland of rare hornbeam, Scots and Corsican pine, and 500-year-old oaks, backed by fiendishly placed bunkers and large, rolling greens. A par 73 regularly rated among the better parkland tests in England.

Golfers who prefer woodland strategy to water carries, and anyone doing the classic Brocket Hall 36-hole day across both courses.

No single postcard hole — the identity is cumulative: corridors carved through 500-year-old oaks, deep strategic bunkering, and large rolling greens that make its par 73 feel thoroughly earned.

No water at all, which helps — but centuries-old trees close the corridors and the big undulating greens are honest three-putt territory. Playable if you keep it in front of you.

Confirmed in GSPro on the public course list (2026 build) alongside its Melbourne sibling — a rare chance to play a full 36-hole estate day in one bay session.

Same door as the Melbourne: a private members' estate selling visitor green fees and society days, with Hall stay-and-play packages the easiest route in.