DISTANCE FROM HOLIDAY COTTAGES: 18 miles
TYPE OF COURSE: Championship Parkland
HOLES: 18
LENGTH: 6754 yds
WEBSITE: www.fairwoodpark.com

“A beautiful championship course on the Gower Peninsula”

After hosting the Welsh Professional Championship in 1990 and 1991 Fairwood became a popular ‘must play’ course. The mostly flat ground allows for attacking play, with no surprise uphill or downhill treks. Although not a short course, Fairwood is ideal for golfers with walking difficulties with the parkland ground pleasantly contoured with wide-open fairways and a number of lakes, introduced recently to catch errant balls. The club has also planted some 10,000 trees.

Relatively unknown even to many Welsh golfers before the first Championship was held there in 1990, Fairwood gained prominence quickly after the huge media coverage and accompanying sunshine attracted many spectators. The clubhouse, a former RAF hospital during World War II, welcomes visitors, and the 135 acre course has an extensive practice area, with nets, a practice bunker, green, and an excellent putting area.

Fairwood is easy to locate, off Blackhills Lane in Upper Killay opposite Swansea Airport.

GOLF COURSES LOCAL TO OUR HOLIDAY COTTAGES

Allt Y Graban Golf Club - Parkland
Ashburnham Golf Club - Links
Clyne Golf Club - Moorland
Earlswood Golf Club - Natural Downland
Fairwood Park Golf Club - Flat Championship Parkland
Garnant Park Golf Club - Rolling Parkland
Glynneath Golf Club - Parkland/Woodland
Gower Golf Club - Parkland
INCO Golf Club - Flat Parkland
Lakeside Golf Club - Flat Parkland
Langland Bay Golf Club - Seaside Parkland
Machynys Golf Club - Nicklaus Designed Links
Morriston Golf Club - Parkland
Neath Golf Club - Parkland/Mountainous/Heathland
Palleg Golf Club - Meadowlands
Pennard Golf Club - Links
Pontardawe Golf Club - Mountainous
Swansea Bay Golf Club - Links

Swansea Valley Holiday Cottages are ideally placed to offer superb opportunities for a huge range of activities from birdwatching to mountain biking to surfing to sea fishing.

Brecon Beacons National Park and the Gower Coastline are both wonderful natural adventure activity playgrounds. Few places in Europe can boast a mountain wilderness and a coastline designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within 30 miles of each other. In addition to a wide range of outdoor pursuits, the Swansea area boasts an extensive range of indoor leisure facilities for visitors.

Why not take advantage of some of the best surfing beaches in Europe for your activity package? The opportunity to try such varying activities as surfing and canyoning provides much excitiement and sets it apart from other traditional destinations to make it a memorable experience.