Lobden Golf Club
Lobden Moor
Whitworth
OL12 8XJ
Tel: 01706 343228
Lobden Golf Club
Founded 17th May 1888
The Course
The clubhouse stands at 298m (975ft) above sea level and is
subject to strong winds throughout the year.
The subtleties of the course on Lobden have been a genuine golfing
challenge for many years.
Although the course has changed substantially over this time the
essential ingredients have remained unchanged. Nestled high in the
South Pennines, Lobden is an unforgiving track, exposed to
persistent westerly winds, with rough a plenty.
To play this course well will require an empathy with the style of
golf appreciated and adopted by the grandfathers of the game.
The highest point of the course is on Rushy Hill 315m (1025ft) from
where tremendous views may be had over a number of counties. The
hill is the last in it's particular chain, all to the south being
lowland. Looking south, the hills of the Peak District can be seen
on most days, and on a very clear day it is said that you can expect
to see Bleaklow a moorland area north of the Snake Pass, one of the
bleakest areas in the Pennines. Bleaklow Hill reaches 633m (2060ft),
Kinder Edge (Derbyshire), The Crich War Memorial on Crich Hill
(Derbyshire), Shutlingsloe 506m (also known as the the Matterhorn of
the Peak District), Helsby Tor (Cheshire) and the hills of Clwyd &
Snowdonia National Park (Wales). The giant Jodrell Bank Telescope
near Macclesfield on the edge of the Peak District can be seen, as
can the aeroplanes going in and out of Manchester Airport, and the
tallest residential building in Europe, the 47-storey Beetham Tower
in Central Manchester can also be seen from the 6th tee.
With the aid of binoculars you can pick out Manchester United's
Football Ground at Old Trafford and Manchester City's ground, The
City of Manchester Stadium. To the right of Old Trafford, if the sun
is in the right place, the shining curved surfaces of the the Lowry
building at Salford Quays can be seen.
To the west you can see the 309m (1015 ft) high transmitter on the
456m (1498ft) Winter Hill near Bolton. To the right of this and
closer is Knowl Hill 419m and Rooley Moor Road.
To the east are the South Pennines, the A58 Littleborough to Halifax
road snakes up the hillside to the White House Inn. Gritstone
outcrops of Blackstone Edge can be seen where the Pennine Way
follows the bleak Blackstone Edge Moor and further right to the
communications mast at Windy Hill where the Pennine Way crosses the
M62. Further to the right high on the moors at 1,750 feat above sea
level lies the Holme Moss radio transmitter near Holmfirth.
To the north of the 6th Tee is Hogshead Law Hill in the distance
with Brown Wardle 400m , Middle Hill and Hades Hill 432m. Turning
north-east is the Long Causeway leading up between Ramsden Hill and
Crook Moor
The link below provides a map of the course, and alternatively, the links to the right of this page detail each hole
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