Surrey Golf Membership Prices (2026/27): 36 Clubs Compared

When I pulled together the West Sussex membership prices a few weeks back, a £2,000 annual sub felt punchy. Cross the border into Surrey and £2,000 barely gets you into the car park.

Surrey has more serious golf per square mile than almost anywhere on earth, and, unfortunately, the price to match. If your wallet is already in tears, or your other half has asked to see a spreadsheet before you sign anything... don't panic. Not every club in the county requires a remortgage and a kidney on the black market.

Prices

What a year costs (prices from club websites, November 2026)

Unless noted, figures below are for full 7-day adult membership. Lots of clubs tack on a £22 to £46 union fee or a bar card top-up at checkout, so keep an eye on the notes column before celebrating too early.

A club counts as Surrey here if it's affiliated to Surrey Golf, which takes in the London-borough clubs on the old county patch (Croydon, Kingston, Richmond, Wimbledon) and Sunningdale, just over the Berkshire line.

Club	Per year	Joining
Addington Palace2026 rates; plus union fee & club card top-up	£2,300	£1,100
Banstead Downs1 Jul; + £150 loan unit & £22 union (50% joining offer running)	£2,430	£1,500
Betchworth ParkRuns 12 months from the month you join; + £100 club card & £22.50 union; waitlist	£2,550over 40	£2,200
Bramley1 Jul; + £150 refundable loan & £22 union	£2,250over 35	£1,750
Chipstead1 Apr; 50% new-member offer; + £22 union, £10 staff fund & bar card	£1,900£950 offer	not published
Chobham1 Jun; incl. union & irrigation levy; 7-day waitlist (5-day £1,932 open)	£2,272	none
Coombe Wood+ £150 bar levy & £22 union	£2,000	£2,000
Croham HurstJoining fee applies; incl. union fees	£2,075	not published
Effingham+ £200 greens levy & £150 F&B card	£2,73035+	£3,495
Epsom1 Apr; + £27 union & insurance	£1,58533+	suspended
Foxhills1 May; two 18-hole courses plus full spa, gym & leisure	£5,675	£2,500
GuildfordJoining anniversary; + £200 bar account (£50 charge for direct debit)	£2,24036+	£1,500
Hampton Court Palace£200/month at 0% interest	£2,400	not stated
Hankley CommonEntrance is 3x to 5x sub by age; applications shut until spring 2027	£2,870	£8,610 to £14,350
Hindhead1 Apr; full, with a waiting list of about three years	£2,486	£4,972
Horton Golf ParkOr £142/month rolling	£1,540over 30	£300
HurtmoreIncl. union fee & access to two sister courses	£1,49536 to 79	£500
Kingswood1 Jun; + £27 Surrey affiliation	£2,555	£1,300
Limpsfield Chart2026 rates; + £22 affiliation	£1,360	none (while spaces last)
Lingfield Park1 May; £50 golf card credit if paid in full by 30 Apr	£1,400	not stated
London ScottishApr; 10 monthly instalments available; + £40 affiliation	£1,230	not stated
Malden1 Jun	£2,455	£3,000
Milford£174/month DD; Crown Golf (play at the group's other clubs too)	£1,914	not stated
MitchamUpdated Oct 2026	£1,430	not stated
North Downs£137.50/month DD (works out £30 cheaper than paying upfront, oddly)	£1,680	not stated
PuttenhamRolling 12 months; + £125 card & £22 union; waitlist for men	£1,95035+	£975
Pyrford Lakes£200/month at 0% interest	£2,400	not stated
Royal Automobile Club1 Jan; Woodcote Park (£2,464 club sub + £1,672 Full Golf Pass)	£4,13631+	£6,000
Shirley Park2026/27; + £46 charge	£2,004	not stated
Silvermere1 Jun; 7-day waitlist closed; upfront payment only	£1,4505-day	none
Sunningdale HeathShort Colt heathland layout next door to Sunningdale	£1,885	£471.25
Tyrrells Wood1 Apr; 6.5-day (£2,337) and 5-day (£2,030) also offered	£2,525	£2,900
West Byfleet2026/27; approx. two-year waitlist for men, accelerated for women	£2,550	£3,750
West Surrey1 May; + £500 compulsory share purchase & £22 union	£2,470	£3,250
Wimbledon Common1 Apr; + £100 bar levy & £22 affiliation	£1,240	£200
Woodcote Park1 Jun; separate members' club in Coulsdon (not the RAC)	£2,565	£2,200

(A quick note on four other clubs: Farnham, Dulwich & Sydenham Hill, Sutton Green and Hersham had no current 2026/27 prices on their sites when we checked, so we left them out rather than feed you last year's bill.)

Not published

Why the famous clubs aren't in the table

If you came here hoping to find out whether you can afford Sunningdale, Walton Heath, St George's Hill, Woking, Worplesdon, Queenwood or The Wisley, the short answer is: if you have to Google it, they probably aren't rushing you to the front of the queue.

Surrey's famous heathland belt operates on waiting lists, proposers and quiet phone calls. The Wisley is invitation-only. Royal Wimbledon requires proposers of five years' standing, and its two-year Associate route for low handicappers (12 and below for men) isn't expected to reopen to male applicants until around 2029.

Wentworth is in its own league altogether. The club publishes nothing. It takes no visitor green fees, and runs on debentures. Secondary reports from Golf Monthly and National Club Golfer put the debenture between £200,000 and £250,000, with annual dues around £20,000 on top. Neither figure is confirmed by the club, and neither, frankly, is remotely close to being a match made in heaven with my bank account.

That makes Hankley Common all the more refreshing. It sits 30th in Golf Monthly's Great Britain & Ireland rankings and still prints its numbers in plain daylight, fantastic. A full membership is £2,870 a year, plus an entrance fee: £8,610 if you're 39 or under, £11,480 in your forties, and £14,350 once you turn 50. Year one at 50-plus is £17,220, assuming applications ever reopen (the club says spring 2027, probably). At least you know where you stand before flogging the cat.

Under 30

If you're under 30

Here is where the maths stops hurting as much (for those young enough to qualify, anyway). Surrey clubs are desperate enough to stop their average member age creeping any higher that intermediate and "Colt" rates can chop 50% to 75% off both the annual sub and the joining fee.

One catch worth flagging: at the busier members' clubs (Bramley, Chobham, Guildford, Kingswood, Puttenham, West Byfleet), the under-30 categories are often closed or on a waiting list. Still, worth a look at some of these numbers compared with the adult column.

Club and age	Per year	Joining
Addington Palace
19 to 21	£1,040	£900
22 to 24	£1,265
25 to 27	£1,495
28 to 30	£1,725
Banstead Downs
18 to 19	£808	£400
20 to 23	£1,108	£500
24 to 26	£1,308	£600
27 to 29	£1,629	£700
Betchworth Park (waitlist)
18 to 39	from £510 (~£95/yr step-up from 18)	discounted for 18 to 30
Bramley (18 to 30 closed)
18 to 21	£500	£500
22 to 25	£700	£560
26 to 30	£1,225	£980
Chipstead
18 to 24	£750£675 offer	not published
25 to 30	£1,100£880 offer
Chobham (waitlist)
18 to 21	£576	none
22 to 23	£970
24 to 25	£1,346
26 to 30	£1,672
Coombe Wood (+ £100 bar levy)
18 to 23	£740	£400
24 to 28	£1,140	£600
29 to 35	£1,500	£800
Effingham
18 to 22	£410	£525
23 to 25	£875	£1,120
26 to 28	£1,340	£1,715
29 to 31	£1,800	£2,305
Epsom
18 to 22	£650	suspended
23 to 28	£1,000
29 to 32	£1,285
Foxhills
19 to 25	£2,685	£2,500
26 to 30	£3,265
Guildford (+ £75 bar account; 18 to 25 closed)
18 to 21	£515	£500
22 to 25	£660 to £965
26 to 30	£1,065 to £1,465
Hampton Court Palace
18 to 22	£660	not stated
23 to 26	£870
27 to 30	£1,260
Hankley Common
18 to 24	£1,148	£3,444
25 to 29	£1,722	£5,166
30 to 35	£2,296	£6,888
Hindhead (waiting list)
19 to 21	£527	£1,054
22 to 25	£1,005	£2,010
26 to 29	£1,406	£2,812
Hurtmore
18 to 21	£395	£200
22 to 25	£625	£250
26 to 30	£825	£350
Kingswood (waitlist)
18 to 24	£955	£239
25 to 27	£1,499	£375
28 to 30	£1,910	£478
London Scottish
18 to 25	£630	not stated
26 to 35	£930
Malden
18 to 25	£850 to £1,590	£1,050
26 to 29	£1,950	£2,000
Milford
19 to 24	£671	not stated
25 to 29	£979
Puttenham (18 to 25 waitlist)
18 to 20	£350	£175
21 to 25	£675	£337.50
26 to 28	£1,050	£525
29 to 30	£1,350	£675
Pyrford Lakes
18 to 22	£630	not stated
23 to 26	£900
27 to 30	£1,320
Sunningdale Heath
18 to 23	£600	£150
24 to 29	£880	£220
30 to 34	£1,150	£287.50
Tyrrells Wood
18 to 24	£884	£850
25 to 26	£1,263	£1,050
27 to 28	£1,641	£1,250
29 to 30	£2,020	£1,450
West Byfleet (waitlist)
18 to 22	£640	£938
23 to 25	£850	£1,250
26 to 30	£1,275 to £1,785	£1,875 to £2,625
West Surrey (+ £200 shares from 25)
18 to 24	£620	£812.50
25 to 29	£1,235	£1,625
30 to 35	£1,850	£2,437.50
Wimbledon Common (+ £100 bar levy)
18 to 25	£620	£200
26 to 30	£930
Woodcote Park
18 to 21	£1,065	£300
22 to 26	£1,440
27 to 32	£1,840

Playing Effingham at £410 a year if you're 21, or Epsom at £650 with the joining fee suspended, is outrageous value by Surrey standards. Even Woodcote Park in Coulsdon slashes its £2,200 adult entrance fee down to £300 for anyone under 35. Enjoy your twenties while your knees and club treasurers still like you.

The extras

Hidden extras (and two handy Surrey loopholes)

Headline subscriptions in Surrey rarely tell the whole story. Four things catch people out on the invoice:

Shares and "loans" on top of the joining fee. At West Surrey, full members pay £3,250 to get through the door and then have to buy £500 of £1 ordinary shares on top. Bramley and Banstead Downs both require a £150 loan unit on top of the joining fee (Bramley gives you two years to buy it, and refunds it when you leave).

Bar cards, greens levies and union fees. Effingham adds a £200 greens levy plus £150 onto a food-and-drink card (£350 before you've even teed off). Guildford takes £200 into a bar account, Coombe Wood £150, Puttenham £125, and Wimbledon Common £100 (any unspent balance on 31 March goes straight into club funds, which is one excuse to stay for another pint). Almost everywhere adds £22 to £46 for England Golf and Surrey affiliation unless they say it's bundled in, like Chobham.

The 5-day escape hatch. If your weekends are already lost to kids, work (or both), 5-day memberships dodge both the biggest bills and the longest queues. Chobham's 7-day has a waiting list, yet 5-day is open at £1,932 with zero joining fee. Silvermere has closed its 7-day waiting list completely, leaving 5-day open at £1,450 (or Mon to Wed for £900). Pine Ridge in Frimley doesn't even sell a 7-day ticket, topping out at £1,818 for Monday to Friday (£1,416 for Monday to Thursday).

The sub-£100 club loophole. Four Surrey Golf affiliated clubs don't own their courses, which makes their subs look like a typo. Richmond Park Golf Club (£60 a year, £60 joining) and White Lodge (£60 a year, £50 joining) play over the public Dukes and Princes courses in Richmond Park; Coulsdon Court charges £80 a year (£40 joining) with Saturday morning tees reserved until 10am; and Braeside plays out of Farleigh (ask them for the fees). You still pay green fees (or an operator season pass) when you play, so it isn't free golf, though compared with £47 for an independent England Golf iGolf handicap, getting proper Saturday medals and a County Card for £60 to £80 is, what some would call, a bargain.

Before you join

What to ask before you join a Surrey club

Before you fire off an enquiry form or ask two acquaintances in blazers to vouch for your character, check four things:

How does the waiting list work in practice?

In Surrey, "full" doesn't always mean full for everyone. Puttenham, Tandridge, Cuddington and West Byfleet all have male waiting lists while fast-tracking or welcoming female applicants under the Women in Golf Charter. Others shut 7-day and 18-to-25 bands while leaving 5-day or 31-to-35 wide open. Always ask about your exact bracket.

When does the subscription year reset?

Don't assume 1st of April. Epsom, Tyrrells Wood and Wimbledon Common run from April; West Surrey, Foxhills and Lingfield Park from May; Chobham, Kingswood, Malden, Silvermere and Woodcote Park from June; Banstead Downs and Bramley from July; and the RAC from January. Betchworth Park, Guildford and Puttenham run 12 months from the day you join. Most do pro-rata in year one, except Epsom, which charges a full 12 months upfront and pro-ratas year two instead.

Does paying monthly cost extra?

Get Golfing's Surrey venues (Hampton Court Palace, Pyrford Lakes and North Downs) offer 0% monthly direct debit, and at North Downs £137.50 a month bizarrely works out £30 cheaper over the year than the £1,680 annual lump sum. Elsewhere it goes the other way: Guildford charges a £50 fee for direct debit, Horton Golf Park's rolling monthly deal costs £164 more a year than paying upfront, and Silvermere and Foxhills want the whole lot on day one.

Are there any local quirks on the first tee?

Wimbledon Common is home to what London Scottish calls the oldest 18-hole course in England, shared by London Scottish and Wimbledon Common Golf Club (two separate clubhouses, £10 difference in annual subs). Because you're playing across public common land, local bylaws require golfers to wear a plain pillar-box red top so dog walkers can see you coming. Given where my driver has been going lately, hi-vis and a siren would probably be fairer.

Quick answers

FAQ

What is the cheapest golf membership in Surrey?

For unlimited 7-day golf, London Scottish (£1,230 a year) and Wimbledon Common (£1,240 a year plus £200 joining and £100 bar levy) are the cheapest published full rates in Surrey, followed by Limpsfield Chart near Oxted at £1,360 with no joining fee (nine holes, played twice off 18 different tees), Lingfield Park at £1,400 and Mitcham at £1,430. If you only want club competitions and an official handicap while paying green fees as you go, Richmond Park, White Lodge and Coulsdon Court all charge under £100 a year for club membership.

How much is average golf membership in Surrey?

Across the 35 Surrey clubs in the table that publish a full 7-day rate for 2026/27, the average annual subscription is £2,244 (or £2,083 if you strip out resort-style outliers Foxhills and the Royal Automobile Club), with a median of £2,250 before joining fees and bar levies. The true county average is higher still, because plenty of clubs keep their prices private, including almost every elite heathland course in the county.

Which Surrey golf clubs have no joining fee?

Among the clubs publishing 2026/27 figures, Chobham, Epsom (currently suspended), Limpsfield Chart (while spaces last) and Silvermere (5-day) charge no joining fee. Chipstead was also running 50% off subscriptions for new members (£950 for Full 7-day), and Banstead Downs was offering half-price joining fees (£750 instead of £1,500) at the time of checking.

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