dunstanburgh castle golf cours

Name

dunstanburgh castle golf cours

Legal name

Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Course

Website

https://dunstanburgh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Golf Course and Country Club Services

NAICS

Golf Courses and Country Clubs (713910), Golf Courses and Country Clubs (71391)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAKAEAD

Golf Courses & Golf Facilities

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Sports Venues & Facilities (Stadiums, Arenas, Tracks, Complexes)

SECONDARYIMAIAIAH

Athletic Field & Golf Course Groundskeeping

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Industrial Services & Facility Operations/Landscaping, Groundskeeping & Snow Removal

SECONDARYCRAMAGAF

Golf Gloves, Headwear & Accessories Retail

Consumer Products & Retail/Sporting Goods & Outdoor Retail/Golf Equipment & Apparel Retail

SECONDARYTHAGAAAH

Golf & Leisure Full-Service Hotels

Travel & Hospitality/Lodging & Accommodation/Hotels (Full-Service)

Keywords

• Links golf course
• Golf club membership
• Turf contracting services
• Clubhouse catering
• Golf event hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Embleton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Green Fees: Primary revenue stream from visiting golfers playing 18-hole rounds. Pricing varies by season (summer/winter), day of week (weekday/weekend), and player category (adult/junior). Food and beverage packages can be bundled with green fees.
2. Club Membership: Annual course membership providing priority booking (14 days advance via BRS), guest discount privileges, James Braid Association access (300+ courses at discounted rates), and 10% food and beverage discount. Currently at capacity with a waiting list.
3. Food & Beverage (Clubhouse): Catering and bar revenue from the clubhouse serving golfers, members, and the general public. Full breakfast, lunch, and evening menu plus drinks. Spacious beer garden. Versatile function spaces for events.
4. Golf Equipment Rental: Revenue from hiring buggies (£26/round or £30/day), electric trolleys (£15/round), and pull trolleys (£4.50/round). Buggy and trolley reservations required in advance.
5. Function & Event Hire: Clubhouse and outdoor space available for corporate meetings, golf days, birthday parties, and wedding receptions. Three packages offered (Bronze, Silver, Gold) with minimum 15 guests. Includes catering options from buffet menus.
6. Dunstanburgh Turf Contracting: Greenkeeping contracting services offered to other golf clubs and sports facilities across the North East of England. Services include GPS spraying (from £500/day + consumables), hollow coring (£500 + tines), over-seeding (from £350 + seed), Imants Shockwave (from £475), top dressing (from £350), and terra raking (from £250). Discounts for multiple jobs.
7. Pro Shop & Merchandise: Golf shop selling logo merchandise including ball markers (£7), pitch mark repairers (£11.95), accessory pouches (£10.95), hats (£24), and parking tickets. Also offers gift vouchers (from £10-£20) redeemable against golf or food and drink.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Course operates an 18-hole traditional links golf course designed by James Braid, offering green fee access to visiting golfers, annual course memberships, clubhouse catering and bar services, golf equipment hire, function hosting for events and weddings, and a separate Dunstanburgh Turf Contracting division providing GPS-guided spraying, aeration, and turf maintenance services to other golf clubs in the North East of England.

Product overview

Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Course operates as a traditional 18-hole links golf club offering a unified experience centered around its James Braid-designed course. The core offering consists of green fee play and course membership, supplemented by add-on services including catering and bar facilities, function packages for events, golf shop merchandise, and specialized turf contracting services. Additional offerings include various golf packages combining play at partner courses (Eyemouth Golf Club, Goswick Golf Club), seasonal food deals, open competitions, and golf vouchers. The business also operates Dunstanburgh Turf Contracting as a separate greenkeeping services division serving other golf courses and sports facilities in the North East of England.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dunstanburgh Turf Contracting: Professional greenkeeping and contracting services division offering GPS precision spraying, aeration, over-seeding, top dressing and other turf maintenance services for golf courses and sports fields in the North East of England
• The Lilburn Club
• Coast and Castle Package

Quantifiable outcome

• Course record of 65 (-5) set during Faldo Series England North Championship, August 2021
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Eyemouth Golf ClubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint visitor package bringing together two iconic coastal courses on the east coast. The 'Coast and Castle Package' offers 18 holes at Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Course and 18 holes at Eyemouth Golf Club (Scottish Borders) for £99 per person, available 7 days a week. Bookings handled separately through each club.
• Goswick Golf ClubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for 'The Links Experience' package combining Dunstanburgh and Goswick Links courses in Northumberland. From £105 per person, available 7 days a week. Each club handles its own tee time bookings.
• James Braid AssociationcoreOthersDunstanburgh Castle Golf Course is a member of the Association of James Braid Courses, entitling members to play at over 300 James Braid-designed courses worldwide at discounted rates. This membership benefit enhances the value proposition for club members.
• National TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe greens team works closely with colleagues from The National Trust in preserving and enhancing all habitats and wildlife on the course. As custodians of some of the finest dunes and ecosystems in the North East, the course is managed with environmental stewardship as a core responsibility.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Goswick Golf Club: A traditional links course in Northumberland and a current partner of Dunstanburgh through the 'Links Experience' package. It is the most directly comparable regional peer given shared geography, links character, and joint go-to-market activity.
• Eyemouth Golf Club: Coastal Scottish Borders links course and partner in the Coast and Castle Package. Comparable scale, links terrain, and target customer (visiting golfers) to Dunstanburgh, with active cross-selling.
• Alnmouth (Foxton) Golf Club: Historic links course on the Northumberland coast near Dunstanburgh. Comparable UK regional links profile, similar seasonal green-fee and membership economics, and overlapping visitor catchment.
• Bamburgh Castle Golf Club: Another Northumberland links course with a heritage/castle-linked identity similar to Dunstanburgh's. Comparable in scale, customer mix (visiting golfers, society days), and competitive positioning within the region.
• Seahouses Golf Club: Northumberland coastal course of similar scale to Dunstanburgh, serving visiting golfers with green-fee and seasonal play. Operates in the same regional catchment and competes for the same tourist-golfer spend.
• Warkworth Golf Club: Parkland/coastal course in Northumberland with a comparable mix of membership and visitor green-fee revenue. Targets a similar socio-demographic of visiting and member golfers in the region.

Broad incumbents

• Royal Aberdeen Golf Club: Established Scottish links course and fellow James Braid Association member. Comparable heritage, links character, and visitor-golfer proposition, but at significantly larger scale and broader international recognition.
• Wentworth Club: Premium UK members' club and event venue that illustrates an upper-bound template for what a heritage links/estate club can become at scale (membership tiers, corporate events, branded merchandise). Less directly comparable in geography but a useful aspirational benchmark.

Regional players

• Close House Golf Club: Northumberland golf venue offering membership, visitor play and events. Comparable regional competitor and catchment overlap, although parkland rather than true links, making it a regional rather than direct peer.
• Slaley Hall Golf Club: North East England resort-style golf venue targeting visiting golfers, corporate groups, and stay-and-play packages. Overlaps with Dunstanburgh on event hire, corporate hospitality, and visitor tourism demand, but operates a different (inland/resort) model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Golfdunstan
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dunstanburgh-castle-golf-course

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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