Hovenden Park Golf Club

The Park golf course was created in 1911 at the time Hovenden House was built. Hovenden was the family home of Arthur Hovenden Worth, the founder of AH Worth and Company Limited. The Park golf course covering a total area of thirty eight acres is today still owned by the Worth family who have over the decades developed the course to offer challenges to golfers of all standards, whilst enjoying its mature landscape and varied wildlife. Golf has been played at Hovenden for over 25 years. Mr Tony Worth was the driving force in designing the course with two senior members of the Hunstanton Golf Club, John Piccaver and Alan Oakes. Through the trees they managed to find room for 9 holes; 6 par threes and 3 par fours. Initially the golfers shared the course with sheep, but, because of the success of the course, the mix of golfers and livestock was never going to work in the long term. About 18 years ago, the golfers won and the sheep were moved on!