Annual subscription 2026

[nickjdavis]

£400 for a junior?

My current place it's £60 for 18 and under, I'm going back to my old club next season and it's £34 for 18 and under there.

It does seem excessive on the face of it and other clubs in the area are cheaper.

But....although we don't have a lot of younger members, by comparison to days gone by, we have significantly more then ever....and the average age of a male member has dropped from around 60 to 56 since I last looked about 2 or 3 years ago.

However, due to our location stuck out in the countryside with no direct public transport links, I don't think we are ever going to have a significant junior membership....indeed, when a lot of the safeguarding regulations started appearing in the early 2000's, the then owner largely had little interest in encouraging juniors to join.

 

[simsini]

5.8% increase from April to £1,850. Not too bad considering were are the best course in Maidstone and the surrounding area. Some members had feared it would be higher.

 

[KenL]

58% increase from April to £1,850. Not too bad considering were are the best course in Maidstone and the surrounding area. Some members had feared it would be higher.

58% increase.

 

[simsini]

58% increase.

I missed the decimal point, I've updated my post now.

 

[OnTour]

2026 £1058.50 up from £998.75 - 9 hole course only investment 2025 was solar panels not sure how the course improved for the install

+£60 toying moving again only been back a year, mainly due to poor chipping the ongoing 30yr issue.

 

[Viewer]

5.8% increase from April to £1,850. Not too bad considering were are the best course in Maidstone and the surrounding area. Some members had feared it would be higher.

Tudor Park ?!

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Tudor Park ?!

Bearsted! I only know that as my brother and nephew are members there and we spoke earlier and he told me Thats what he’s paying

 

[Viewer]

Kings Hill must be Maidstone and has to be better ?

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Kings Hill must be Maidstone and has to be better ?

Depends what you’re looking for in a course. Not played it in a while Kingshill always had superb practice facilities, but whenever I’ve played it I’ve always found the course to be a little bit dull and uninspiring. Don’t get me started on the clubhouse is as sterile as an operating theatre with less atmosphere!

Plus I wouldn’t ckass Kingshill as Maidstone in area but that’s me being geographically pedantic

 

[Bratty]

Depends what you’re looking for in a course. Not played it in a while Kingshill always had superb practice facilities, but whenever I’ve played it I’ve always found the course to be a little bit dull and uninspiring. Don’t hell the clubhouse is as strike as an operating theatre with less atmosphere!

Plus I wouldn’t ckass Kingshill as Maidstone in area but that’s me being geographically pedantic

If you gave me the choice of Bearsted or King's Hill to join, I'd choose Bearsted every time, mainly for the reasons above.
KH has some really good holes and drains quite well, but it feels like a slog every time I play it.
And yes, that clubhouse!