North East Golf, Reviewed

8 courses ranked, Updated 4 October 2026

Fairways North

County Durham, Northumberland, Teesside

Best golf courses on Teesside

Teesside golf runs from the links at Seaton Carew and Hartlepool on the north side of the river to Saltburn on the south. Seaton Carew and Hartlepool hosted the English Amateur Championships between them in 2024, and Wynyard hosted the Seve Trophy in 2005.

Here’s every Teesside course I’ve reviewed, best first.

  1. 1

    Seaton Carew, Micklem

    County Durham££££ £60 to £115 midweek in summer, priced by demand

    Founded in 1874, reshaped by Alister MacKenzie, and played among the dunes at the mouth of the Tees with a nuclear power station on the skyline. The best golf course I have played.

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    9.0
  2. 2

    Wynyard, Wellington Course

    County Durham££££ £80 from May to October, £65 from November to April

    Martin Hawtree's Wellington Course hosted the Seve Trophy in 2005 and still plays like a championship venue. Thirty years on, is it the best inland test in the North East?

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    7.9
  3. 3

    Billingham

    County Durham££ £35 midweek, £40 at weekends (summer 2026)

    A really good course and a friendly club, played in a team scramble on the winter layout. The town council built it in the 1960s, and there’s a good story behind how it got built.

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    7.8

Green fee bands A visitor round midweek in summer. £ under £30 ££ £30 to £49 £££ £50 to £69 ££££ £70 to £99 £££££ £100 and over