Sheppey adventure golf works begin
Published
Monday 14 April, 2025
Updated
Monday 14 April, 2025
Scorpions, a clocktower and a well-known seal will be testing golfer’s skills later this year, as construction tees off on the new Isle of Sheppey themed adventure golf course.
The course has been designed with input from local people and is being installed alongside the soon-to-be extended and improved leisure centre at Beachfields, as part of Swale Borough Council’s Sheerness Revival project.
The exciting new course features 18 holes celebrating the unique heritage and landmarks of the Island.
The council actively sought ideas from local school children and the wider community to help shape the final designs, ensuring the course truly reflects local pride.
Community feedback led to some brilliant changes from the council’s initial concepts.
Following a popular suggestion, a planned whale feature has become "Sammy the Seal" – a tribute to the friendly seal who became a familiar sight around the Island.
Another suggestion, from a pupil at Rose Street Primary School, has led to the swapping of a lighthouse design for a model of the historic High Street clock tower.
Students from EKC Secondary School proposed scorpion obstacles along with representation of the blue town wallfor one hole – their tails will provide a fun challenge at the end of the course!
Local input also inspired the design of the service hut, which will now resemble the iconic beach huts lining Sheppey's coastline.
Many other public suggestions were already part of the plans, confirming the designs resonate with local heritage.
Anyone looking for a fun activity for all the family will be able to putt their way through Sheppey’s unique identity with holes featuring:
- Hole 1 ship bollards
- Hole 2 an elevated wave and Sammy the Seal sat on a rock
- Hole 3 a ship funnel
- Hole 4 the Sheerness Clock Tower
- Hole 5 torpedoes and artillery shells
- Hole 6 the bow of the SS Montgomery with its masts
- Hole 7 a pterodactyl
- Hole 8 a whirlpool
- Hole 9 shipping compass
- Hole 10 a ships wheel
- Hole 11 fossil ammonite
- Hole 12 an anchor
- Hole 13 the Kingsferry Bridge
- Hole 14 the stern of the SS Montgomery sticking out the water
- Hole 15 the Minster Abbey Gatehouse
- Hole 16 a buoy
- Hole 17 a Wright plane, highlighting the early aviation history on the island
- Hole 18 scorpion tales and a representation of the wall in Blue Town
This new adventure golf course is expected to open in late July and will revive a legacy at Beachfields, which has been a destination for leisure since the 1840’s and even hosted a previous course.
It forms just one part of the major improvements planned for the Beachfields site under the Sheerness Revival project.
This wider regeneration includes modernising and expanding the GP practice, renovating the gym, creating a dedicated space for local charity Sheppey Matters, and installing exciting Adventure Play and Tag Active facilities.
The council also plans to add a new café, a free outdoor gym, and improve accessibility throughout the public space.
This project brings back adventure golf to Beachfields, enhancing the leisure facilities available for residents and visitors, celebrating the Isle of Sheppey, and contributing to a revitalised Sheerness.
