Prestonfield Golf Club

Prestonfield Golf Club is set in beautiful parkland within the heart of Scotland’s capital city, and is located a mere one and a half miles from the bustle of Princes Street. It lies in the lee of the volcanic mass of Arthurs Seat amidst spectacular scenery of historical significance. It is bound by Holyrood Park and the bird sanctuary of Duddingston Loch to the north, the Braid Burn and Peffermill Mansion House to the east and the grounds of Prestonfield House to the south. Priestfield as Prestonfield was once known was first recorded in a Royal charter of 1153, but the present Mansion House only dates back to 1687 when it was built by Sir James Dick, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh to replace an earlier building destroyed by fire. The club was established in 1920 as the Edinburgh Civil Service Golf Club and the course was extended in both 1928 and 1933 by acquisition of additional land.