Royal Ashdown Forest golf Club's 18-hole West Course provides a true challenge to golfers of all capabilities. The course and its staff invite you to test your golfing skills on one of England's most scenic heathlandcourses. There are no bunkers, but heather, gorse and bracken abound!

Situated in the tranquility of the Ashdown Forest in the heart of Winnie the Pooh country, the course is nonetheless easily accessed via the A22 and the B2110.

Twenty years ago, the proprietors of the Ashdown Forest Golf Hotel in Forest Row managed the tee times for what was then known as the Hotel Course and is now the West Course.

In order to attract business to the hotel and, at the same time, provide a facility to aspiring golfers they formed, with the help of local golfers, a golf society called Anderida. Such was the success of the venture that it has grown over the years, surviving various hotel refurbishments and changes of hotel ownership. When the hotel was demolished in 2003, the complete management of the West Course operation moved to the parent Club. Finally gaining recognition by the EGU as affiliated to Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club, and now called Anderida Golfers, the members enjoy the facilities of the West Course and its new Clubhouse. Anderida Golfers have their own committee, run their own competitions, inter-club matches and all the usual activities of a thriving group operating an open membership policy. Being limited in the total number of members permitted at any one time, there is usually no problem for their members in booking tee times.

Opened in 1889 the West Course hosted its first major championship in 1932, the same year it was awarded the title 'Royal' in it's own right. In 1965 the course was fully restored to its present delightful layout and condition. Henry Luff, club maker and tournament professional from the Kingswood Golf Club was one of the owners of the Hotel who persuaded the Club to allow the Hotel at it's own expense, to restore the lost nine holes of the course. In 2001 the partnership with the Ashdown Forest Hotel ceased and the hotel site was sold for development. Constant and sympathetic development, which included the reconfiguration of the course in 2003, along with exeptional standards of maintenance, has ensured the course continues to be a highly popular venue for visitors.