Wilpshire

It had been over a decade since my first visit to Luffenham Heath, and returning last week — this time in the firm, fast conditions I'd always promised myself I'd come back for — only confirmed what I suspected on the drive home all those years ago: this is one of the finest inland courses in the Midlands, and a thoroughly rewarding day's golf in England's smallest county.

Brancepeth Castle is an exhilarating parkland/woodland course played across good turf on the outskirts of Durham.