Hellidon Lakes Golf & Spa Hotel - Red Course

Played as a two ball on a quiet afternoon. The first impressions of this course are of a well maintained facility with some impressive signature holes.

Despite the recent abysmal weather the fairways were generally dry and free of mud and the greens were in great condition, although a little slower than might have been expected.

Only a couple of temporary tees and no temporary greens - not bad for this time of year and after all the rain.

In summary, a very nice course and with sufficient challenge for most golfers.

bit boggy due to the recent bad weather , very hilly course but very nice, would like to play again in the summer.

A nice course though you will need winter wheels very soon as parts are getting very slippery. Prefer the main 18 holes to the back nine with the other nine holes. The bar is ok but dead as members have a separate bar so not many use it, waited a long time for someone to serve but dealt with us well. Will play again for the course.

Tough hilly and very interesting holes. Need to be fit if you are walking round

Some of the holes are very testing a slight miss hit is punished with the ball rolling down the hill
The greens are fast and have some tricky slopes
The course is in excellent condition Lovely tee boxes and carpet greens

Overall challenging course with quick undulating greens . You know you have walked this course but for £12 via Tee off times I think it's great value. We didn't use the bar afterwards so cannot comment on its off course hospitality. Pro shop staff were very helpful.

This course was in immaculate conditions, greens were good but a little slow. Every hazard appears in the right place a well thought out course.

We normaly have coffe and a bacon roll before we play most courses but a simple bacon sandwich was not available at first. the only option offered was a bacon, flat mushroom, tomato and cheese roll price £7.75. The VERY helpful lady went to see the manager on our behalf and then offered a simple bacon roll at £3.50, great, until it went in the till it became £5.50! (They went up this week, inflation?) FORGET IT we are golfers not corporate people on company accounts
The staff were helpful and the course was in very good condition. Better sand and more of it in bunkers would help.
Went to the local pub for a beer as food prices made us think the drinks would be too expensive!

First time here. Hellidon lakes would appear to be actually three 9 holes courses that can be combined in different ways. We played "Lakes" and then "Valley" which seemed to be the golfing equivalent of a "game of two halves". Starting at hole 10 for the Lakes course we were impressed by the overall quality of the course, beautiful surroundings, challenging greens, clearly maintained to a high standard with a number of cunning features that gave the impression that this had been well designed. It also became clear pretty quickly that we were going to get fit on this course, to say it was "up hill and down dale" would be an understatement, a swiss passport and some crampons would have not gone amiss at times. The last par three hole, across the valley and water to a green on the side of a hill, was challenging to say the least, providing much entertainment to the guests in the hotel complex bar above overlooking one's vein attempts to get a ball over and for it to remain in the same postcode without rolling down the hill.
The valley course, holes 1-9, was a stark contrast, whilst by no means unacceptable it was clearly maintained to a different standard. Noticeably the signage and maintenance of the course was completely different. An on course guide, similar to those provided on the Lakes course, as to the water feature in front of hole three (Marston) would have been useful for example. Hole 7 was entitled "Fecknoe" which is presumably what a golfer of Irish decent might say when driving the ball slightly right and thus into the water. There is another nine hole course called "Hellidon" here and I would like to experience that next time along with the lakes and leave out "Valley". If Lakes and Hellidon are at the same standard, this will provide an excellent days golf.

Lovely welcome in pro shop from friendly staff, enjoyed the course, quite hilly in places. Some interesting holes. Greens are very challenging and excellent short game is needed to score very well. Course management is important. After the round had a drink in the terrace bar. Members very friendly and warm and the captain even came over and asked how we found the experience - a very nice touch as too many cluba in my humble opinion are too "stuffy".