westgate &
birchington golf club
Westgate & Birchington
GOLF CLUB
W
estgate and Birchington Golf Club is based at 176 Canterbury Road, Westgate-on-Sea in Kent on the cliff tops
between Westgate-on-Sea and Birchington. First established in 1893 they are currently led by Chairman of
the Board Tim Ingleton who is assisted by Secretary David Horton.
Over the years the club has put together
a history of which they have every right
to be proud having originally been leased
the land to start the club by Coutt’s Bank
due to it being left idle in the 1890’s after
a slowdown in building. Before that it had
been part of Westgate Farm.
This allowed for a 6 hole course to be
opened on Saturday 20th May 1893 and
by 1908 it had been expanded to 9 holes.
The next big development came in 1913
when a limited company took over the
course and carried out works to improve
the course. By 1918 when it came up for
auction it had been expanded to 18 holes
and was purchased by Arthur Read. He
was eventually succeeded by his son Ivor
Read who went on to be Club Secretary
for many years.
A new clubhouse was opened in 1924 and
at the time they also had 22 tennis courts
available to use. The club’s progress was
reflected by the fact that they also were able
to ho