Charnwood Forest Golf Club is the oldest golf club in Leicestershire and in 2015 will celebrate its 125th anniversary.

Charnwood was originally part of the Beaumanor Estate situated in Old Woodhouse, near Loughborough, Leicestershire and began life as a “Grace and Favour” club, thanks to the generosity of the Estate owner, Mrs Perry Herrick. She gave her approval for the land around the Hangingstone Rocks to be used as a golf course and the first members, from 1890 onwards, were local gentry including eminent professional men and women. Upon the breakup of the Estate in 1946 by Colonel Ashton Curzon-Howe, the golf club bought its 77 acre course for £2,570.