Hawkstone Park Hotel, Golf & Country Club

Not one complaint from the group of 22

Hotel was nice - room was good. Bar was quite busy and could have done with more staff on whilst there was a wedding happening. Had a top time at Hawkstone and would definitely recommend.

Since the refurbishment the bedroom - ensuite accommodation is very comfortable, if not a little small... and for ladies, somewhat grey! The restaurant is very light and the menu was excellent for the money. Our two complaints were the understaffing, particularly at dinner on Tues 3rd. There were over 50 men in the room and only 3 staff plus bar man so there was a lot of rushing around. Also the level of noise was very difficult. We would like to see these society venues considering this issue (The Vale was the same earlier in the summer) and offer a quieter area to eat. We are encouraged to see the building work in progress as the existing Clubhouse building is grim, with no atmosphere in the bar-eating area and a Pro-Shop that closes early in the afternoon. Overall we enjoyed the visit.

The hotel was amazing, the staff were really helpful and the rooms were fantastic. The only problem was that they still had the pool/snookers tables advertised when in fact they had been removed from the hotel. So just a pre-warning for anybody visiting that getting a taxi into Shrewsbury is probably the best option.

Great accommodation and excellent staff

Rooms recently refurbished to an excellent standard also the dining room which is first class. All the staff were very helpful and very pleasant nothing was to much trouble.

Great staff. Good, plentiful wholesome food.

The rooms have been refurbished recently, though some of this appears cosmetic and may not last long. The room was tidy enough (though we did get a free upgrade to a suite), there was plenty of hot water, towel rail did'nt work. The resteraunt / bar area is airy and pleasant. The staff were friendly and helpful. Food was good, breakfast was basic, not a huge choice but what there was was hot and nice.Overall a good hotel for a golf course, though may not be your cup-of-tea if only visiting the area.

Nicely refurbished in the last few years. Caters very well for groups and conferences - less likely to be a venue for a romantic trip for two. Double room was large, comfortable and well-equipped. Evening fare on the DBB booking was fine but limited. Very good breakfast. superb setting.

First room was rather small but we were offered an upgrade to a family room which was lovely. Food in the restaurant was only okay but the service was excellent from friendly, attentive staff.

Both courses were superb but the Hotel wasn't great - Bar shut at 12pm - No good to no one

Good clean hotel and very a good restaurant. Staff were very helpful and efficient. Would certainly go again.

Good food good room great value for money

Great stay a misunderstanding with one restaurant member of staff very very rude indeed

Hotel rooms were modern and very pleasing

Excellent dinner/ breakfast; rooms clean, well presented, overall very good, drinks very expensive over £5 a pint!

Staff were very helpful & friendly both at breakfast & evening meal Guys very happy with the tv being set up for the football match

Hotel is in the countryside not near any other amenities.The rooms look as if they have been refurbished and are very clean and comfortable.Food was very good particularly the evening meal.staff very friendly.The one area of disappointment was that there was nothing to do in the evening.As a group we entertained ourselves but there was no communal tv / no sky sports and no sports fascilities i. e snooker table.The golf clubhouse which did have some fascilities closed at 530pm.We were told they were building a specific sports area and there is some construction work going on. Wether it was the time of year but the golf club house which is very nice seemed to be under used for some reason.The pro shop was well stocked and the reception we had very good.We changed our tee off times on the second day and this wasn’t a problem .Changing rooms were very clean in general we had a very good stay

We were a party of six staying for one night plus two rounds of golf. Hotel: Initially we were all put in the annex accommodation. Here the rooms were very small. You might say ‘how much room do you need for one night’? But the twin beds were very close together, and had the weather been wet, there would have been very little room for two people to dry their clothing. Because the toilet flush mechanism was broken, the reception staff moved two of us to a room in the main building, (why hadn’t the cleaner reported this fault?). This room was of a size I would have expected and quite comfortable. However the floorboards were very creeky and after ninety minutes in bed someone came into the room above and then spent over an hour walking about which kept me awake until 1:30am (Not Premier Inn standard). The tap for the hand basin was loose on its mount. Considering the whole hotel was fully refurbish not long ago, (and at first impressions looks very smart) I am surprised at how quickly it has deteriorated. Food: One of us had burger and chips from the Bar Menu, very nice. Another had steak from the À la carte Menu, very nice. The rest of us went for the fixed menu of £20 for two courses this was ok but the roast beef was tough, the roast pork was dried out and the potatoes tasteless. At breakfast, the staff were not very attentive, I had to ask for tea and coffee. The buffet selection was on the poor side, there were no boiled or scrambled eggs only fried, the tomatoes were shrivelled up and the fried bread looked like bread rolls from the night before which had been sliced and fried. Drinks: In the Golf Centre the drinks are VERY expensive. A pint of bitter £4.90 and non-alcoholic Beck Blue £7 for a pint (2 bottles). Extortionate! In the hotel bar the prices were still high but more what you would expect in a hotel. Golf: The Pro-shop was adequate and seamed to have everything that you may have forgotten and left at home. The staff were friendly. The courses were very good especially considering the hammering they must take from visitors. Quite a few of the fairways could have done with a mow as they were a bit slow. The greens were very good, the speed and angles made you think hard about every putt. Overall impression: We all said we would love to play there again. However most of us said the hotel side would put us off staying there.

All the renovations seem now to be complete to a very modern standard. Food was very acceptable, all staff very helpful. We were all very pleased.

Hawkstone Park Hotel has been upgraded since last year and the place looks great..we had a great night there and would recommend Hawkstone to anyone.

Excellent stay with very friendly staff from reception to restaurant to bar staff. Hotel restaurant and all rooms have had a significant investment since our last visit and really looks fantastic. Will be back next year for sure.

Hawkstone Park has two very nice golf courses, both of which were in superb condition, with undulating fairways and excellent greens, even though it was difficult to hold them.

All staff members were very friendly and the prices within the complex were just about the average for such a place.

This venue is truly great value for money so thanks to YGT for all their input & organisation; so easy to deal with.

I would recommend this to everyone.

Thanks for a wonderful golf break at Hawkstone Park. It was hard to chose which course was the best as both courses were the best we’ve played so far. The greens and fairways were 9/10 with the rough on the Championship Course a little too long but that didn’t spoil the day as the rest of the course was so good.

Food in the hotel was very good, the rooms were basic but very clean and that’s all you need.

Price of a pint or 2 was a bit on the steep side but all in all would go again and would recommend a golf break at Hawkstone Park to all levels of golfers.

Everything up to the day of travel was easy to organise (group of 16 golfers). A couple of phone calls to YGT and enquiries were quickly and efficiently dealt with.
 
The Hawkstone Park golf break consisted of 18 holes on the Hawstone Course, which is a truly fabulous course. It’s a little undulating and set within an entirely natural setting; challenging, yet a very playable course.

Check-in at the hotel was professional, the dinner menu had a good variety of dishes to choose from and the food was of a high standard. The hotel rooms were of a good standard too and comfortable.
 
Day two started with a buffet style breakfast and again the food was good. Then it was off to play the Championship Course. This is another nice course and challenging with tight fairways on the front nine and plenty of water on the back.
 
Overall, both courses were great to play and the facilities at the clubhouse, hotel and pro shop were all good too.
 
If I had a niggle then food at the clubhouse was very expensive but I would prefer to end on the positive notes this break deserves. The facilities were great, fun was had by all and it’s pretty good value too.
 
The guys want to have a similar outing next year so cannot wait to see what's on offer.

Our trip to Hawkstone Park went really well as we were lucky with having good weather on both days and I would like to thank the your golf travel team for making it so easy - this at least the third time I have used you and I've been pleased every time.

All of my group were pleased with the overall cost of the golf break...most thought that the price was just for the golf and room only, not dinner, B&B!!

We were also lucky in that the hotel chose to give most of my group individual rooms rather than having to share - I guess they were not full on that Thursday.

I think everyone preferred the Hawkstone Course to the Championship Course although both were good and presented a reasonable challenge to all handicaps.

OK...we had one niggle and that was the price of a pint. Went to the bar in the clubhouse to order 4 pints, supplied a £20 note and got 80p change! Drinking anywhere else is pretty much out of the question unless you want a 10 mile round trip...and designated drivers.

On the whole, it's a venue I would recommend at this price but would advise bookers to be aware of the price for drinks.

Not much longer on the card than the "Park" course, but played longer! Lot of water and wet in places. Greens faster than those on the Park course. LOT of uncollected grass cuttings on the fairways. Little or no sand in the fairway bunkers - apart from the stones, they played like bare ground. Ladies' tees felt like they were an afterthought - more often than not, tucked away to the side of the fairways. "Championship" course??? Perhaps in name....

Probably one of the nicest settings for a golf course. Helps if you know your way around.... directions to next tee would be helpful in places. Bunkers - a lot of stones! We played ~1pm on Monday - had the course to ourselves!!

All 22 of our group enjoyed

another top golf course, fantastic views, challenging and greens are excellent

The course is top notch, challenging but very enjoyable. I would definitely play again given the chance. Course is in great conditions and some lovely views.

We found the blind holes testing!... but thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of a completely different type of course. A bit of wet around but nothing that got in our way. Signage still a problem in parts along with measure posts. Portaloo issue as above.

We very much enjoyed the wide fairways and the immaculate, if difficult, greens. The signage and distance markers were not always apparent. The portaloo needs shooting!.... it was disgusting. From a ladies' point of view we need separate facilities from the men. We do not understand why a venue which provides for loads of societies, playing in 3s or 4s use a scorecard which cannot accommodate clearly more than 2 scores. We suggest that this urgently needs amending.

Again an amazing course with some beautiful views. The groundsmen have done a fantastic job!

Amazing course, fist time playing there so my friend and I found it very difficult!

Very enjoyable great course in excellent condition

Testing course in breezy conditions

The championship course was just as good as the Hawkstone course

The course itself was excellent but the weather was not

Great course, one of my favourites. Only one gripe, playing shots , green keeper cutting fairways continued to driver closer and closer to us.

Great condition, pace was great.

not as challenging as the Championship, too many blind holes for my liking, but nice views and well worth playing

Considering the weather the course was in good condition, challenging holes, perhaps too much rough to lose your ball in (yes, i know you should'nt go in there) - would play again

Shorter than the Championship but also challenging, with OOB or water threatening the wayward drive on several holes. Lots of blind drives - green not visible form the tee on about half the holes. Stunning scenery. Greens in great condition. (The course where Sandy Lyle learned his craft, his father being the club pro.

Several greens had been hollow-tined which was a shame. Interesting challenge, with nice variety of holes - lots of water (Significantly in play on 8 holes, from memory) and sand, and a few steep hills to overcome, notably on the impossibly difficult 4th and closing hole, the latter being bit of a struggle at the end of a long round!

We played as a two ball and Tee’d off at 08:50 with nobody in front of us and finished in 3 hours 15 minutes. Big society behind us but we never saw them again. The course was in excellent condition, same as the Hawkstone, and we definitely will visit again. Just hope we get lucky with the tee times. Good holiday golf course and worth a visit.

Long round again due to many societies on the course. We were a two ball and would have appreciated benches on the tees for the many waits. Never offered a wave through and waited on every shot watching so-so golfers, some who are not really good enough to play these harder courses. We have come to expect this on now on these types of course.

Greens were magnificent and very quick - Great course layout and surroundings

Very good although the greens were slow

Unfortunately we played after very heavy rain for 2 days therefore we did not play the course at its best. We played the championship course twice as it drained better than the Hawkstone course but it was still very wet in places.

Interesting

Due to the weather no run on course made it long

Fantastic

Great time

very delightful course with plenty of challenges

enjoyed playing this course

Better course, greens again too hard, could not hold ball on greens, course condition very good.

Good layout, too many blind holes; greens a bit hard, difficult to hold greens.

Golf was good until the thunder lightning storm Would love to come back & complete both of the courses

Longer than the Hawkestone course lots of water in play on back 9 and some large bunkers.The ground was wetter than the previous course with quite a few boggy areas .Long pull up the 18th hole after just completing previous holes

Fairly flat course with some interesting holes some stunning scenery on back nine in good condition for time of year and weather we had had a few days before travelling

We played the Hawkstone Course twice. Considering the summer drought, the Course was in very good condition.

The better of the 2 courses both in layout and condition. greens had been spiked but were still good considering.we love this course so I have nothing but praise for the course its self but the halfway hut could do good business if it was staffed.

This was our 3rd visit to Hawkstone and it is a big favourite of ours. its plenty difficult enough for all grades of golfer without being severe on the ball supply which is why we love it.greens were a bit bumpy but overall good.we played preferred lies as there were some bare patches due to the very hot summer.

A more difficult course than Hawkstone with several holes around the lake and some tight driving holes. Some great bunkering and greens quicker than Hawkstone. The two courses complimented each other well. Will be back next year for sure.

Front eight is good with some decent holes but the course come into its own on the back 9 around the follies and back to the clubhouse. Greens really pure and I never fail to be impressed. Good course on fantastic land.