Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club (JH Taylor)

Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club (JH Taylor) occupies a stretch of royal parkland in Richmond, south-west London, tucked within a bend of the River Thames alongside the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. The course owes much of its character to JH Taylor, five-times Open Champion and the club's celebrated professional, who reshaped the landscape into one of Surrey's finest parkland layouts. Golf has been played here since 1892, and the course retains a sense of history at every turn — most visibly in the views toward the 18th-century King's Observatory and the Kew Gardens Pagoda. Playing to par 69 over 6,360 yards from the black tees, the course presents a genuine test for golfers of all levels across its 18 holes. Rated 4.6 by Hole19 golfers, it is well regarded by those who have made the trip.