Golf Courses in London
- There are 94 active golf courses in the Greater London area;
- These courses cover a total area of 4,299 hectares;
- 1,439 hectares of these courses lie within the new London Plan H2 zone*;
- Building on the areas of golf course within the policy H2 zone could deliver more than 86,314 dwellings, providing homes for 345,257 people at a density of 60 dwellings per hectare;
- If golf courses were a borough in their own right, it would be larger than Waltham Forest (population: 276,700);
- There are 42 golf courses in the Greater London area owned by public bodies, with a combined area of 1,813 hectares;
- Of these, 576 hectares lie within the H2 policy zone (31.78% of the total), sufficient space for 34,566 dwellings, housing 138,264 people, at 60 dwellings per hectare;
- Public courses in London alone provide 702 holes. We could house 78% of Londoners currently living in temporary accommodation by reducing this number by 223.
* within 800m of a town centre boundary, station, or with a PTAL of 3 or more. See the London Plan for more details.