The Course

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A Brief History

Ruddington Grange has an interesting history and was originally a large mansion built and occupied in 1828 by Charles Paget, a local landowner, JP, High Sheriff and eventually, Liberal MP for Nottingham.  He was killed in a freak accident, along with his wife Filey, in 1873.

Ruddington Grange was then sold to Sir Thomas Isaac Birkin, who owned the famous Birkin Lace Company in Nottingham.  During his ownership, ‘The Grange’ was made famous locally for its monkeys which used to roam around the house, not to mention Sir Thomas’s two famous sons of motorsport - Archie and Tim.  Archie was killed during practice for the 1927 Isle of Man TT Races and Tim, who won the Le Mans race in 1931, died in 1933 after developing septicaemia from a burn on his arm caused by the exhaust pipe of his car.

In the 1930's, The Grange was occupied by Frank Bowden, founder of Raleigh Industries, who then sold it to Thomas Farr, founder of the famous Nottingham Brewery, Home Ales.  Thomas Farr went on to demolish the big house, replace it with a bungalow and ran the estate as a stud for his Race Horses.  He died in 1970 and the house stood empty for seven years until Jack Johnson, a local property developer, bought it for his home and to develop the surrounding buildings.  In 1987, he approached Mr. John Small, a Committee Member of the English Golf Union, to enquire as to how much land was required to build an 18-hole golf course.

And so, Ruddington Grange Golf Course was born......