IT'S MAGIC HOUR AS HEYTHROP PARK SHOWS NEW PHOTOS

Early springtime isn’t always the best time to photograph a golf course, but rural Oxfordshire golf destination Heythrop Park Resort is already looking marvellous and ready for the forthcoming season.

New photographs from Magic Hour Golf, taken earlier this week, show many views of the resort’s picturesque golf course which have never been captured before.

Photographer Andy Hiseman took the shots on a late-afternoon visit to the resort, which celebrates its fifth anniversary in 2014.

“Like most clubs we are hard at work preparing the golf course for the forthcoming season” said Tim Good, Director of Golf, Leisure and Spa at Heythrop Park Resort.

”However, these photos show that our Bainbridge golf course is already in fine shape, and hopefully these new images will encourage golfers to come and tackle its many unique challenges this spring”.

The resort, which features a 7,088 Par 72 golf course, plus the elegant De Vere Heythrop Park hotel and the stylish Crowne Plaza Heythrop Park Hotel, has announced 2014 green fee prices of £30 during the week, and £40 after 11am at the weekends.

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The Bainbridge Course at Heythrop Park was redesigned in 2009 by Tom MacKenzie, the golf course architect responsible for many Open Championship venues. The 7088 yard Par 72 course weaves throughout the 440-acre Heythrop estate and provides an exciting challenge for all golfers. The 18 hole course meanders over ridges and through valleys which are studded with ancient woodland, lakes and streams. The course is quintessentially English and has several signature holes, notably the 6th hole where the green nestles besides a fishing lake, the 14th which sweeps leftwards around an ancient woodland, and the closing hole which is straight as a die and has the impressive Heythrop Park mansion house as its backdrop.

Heythrop Park Resort is a unique venue set in 440 acres of stunning Oxfordshire Countryside. Dating back to 1710 this quintessential English country estate seamlessly combines elegance with style and boasts over 350 rooms at two individual hotels: the elegant DeVere Heythrop Park Hotel and the stylish Crowne Plaza Hotel. The Resort also offers a championship 18 hole standard golf course, health club & spa together with state-of-the-art conference facilities.

Whether you need a venue for a golf day, a conference, a special occasion, a group tour, a weekend getaway or a fairy-tale wedding, Heythrop Park Resort has something for everyone. Just 90 minutes from the heart of London, and easily accessible from Bristol, Birmingham and the Midlands, we are located on the edge of the Cotswolds with Oxford on our doorstep. Heythrop Park Resort is also the perfect base to explore England’s countryside, or to visit attractions such as Blenheim Palace, Cotswold Wildlife Park and the picturesque Cotswold Villages of Burford & Chipping Norton.