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London Downs Golf Club is an 18-hole semi-private course in Forest, Virginia.

It plays 6,938 yards from the Blue tees, rated 73.9/140 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,938
yards (tips)
140
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES456198362508401395178596384402506191391574163428382423142334455464738594104115123134145153164174184PAROUT 3,478 YDSIN 3,460 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access
semi-private
address
London Links Drive, Forest, VA
phone
434-525-4653
elevation
892 ft derived
opened
1991
on site
driving range · lessons

37.29780, -79.30701 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 12 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

189 traced features across 8 layers for London Downs Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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189 traced features across 8 layers for London Downs Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
18
Fairways
39
Bunkers
13
Water
18
Greens
68
Tee pads
6,938yds
Blue tees
596yds
Longest hole
163yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-10-13

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlueM72693873.914034783460
WhiteM72638071.113432063174
GoldF72565072.712928122838
GoldM72565067.612628122838
RedF72496568.812124672498

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434544354453453444 72
Blue 456198362508401395178596384402506191391574163428382423 6,938
White 427163337461373380140561364365483168330548135392357396 6,380
Gold 403135306441343287113481303313457150268502120357324347 5,650
Red 3701132713413112469044927627542012622745895316287294 4,965
Handicap 591715137111381210144182166

Plan it in the Studio

Plan London Downs Golf Club hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to London Downs Golf Club's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Poplar Forest Golf Course (4.1 mi) · Colonial Hills Golf Club (5.9 mi) · Ivy Hill Golf Club (7.0 mi) · Mariners Landing Golf Country Club (20 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn VirginiaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,938 yds=85th of 347=2,345th of 12,025281st of 2,030 semi-private courses · =1,100th of 7,004 courses you can book · =2,331st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 140=44th of 257=932nd of 8,710=89th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =342nd of 4,936 courses you can book · =912th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.9=60th of 234=1,496th of 7,615=164th of 1,141 semi-private courses · =611th of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,484th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,973 yds between tees96th of 341=2,402nd of 11,523357th of 1,970 semi-private courses · =1,155th of 6,653 courses you can book · =2,357th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1991=166th of 279=6,412th of 9,368=1,055th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =3,529th of 5,526 courses you can book · =4,615th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level892 ft derived =84th of 353=4,185th of 12,437=716th of 2,089 semi-private courses · =2,717th of 7,274 courses you can book · =2,911th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Poplar Forest Golf Course

4.1 mi · Forest · public · 9 holes

Colonial Hills Golf Club

5.9 mi · Forest · public · 18 holes

Ivy Hill Golf Club

7.0 mi · Forest · semi-private · 18 holes

Boonsboro Country Club

12 mi · Lynchburg · private · 18 holes

Bedford Country Club

14 mi · Bedford · private · 9 holes

Mariners Landing Golf Country Club

20 mi · Huddleston · semi-private · 18 holes

Poplar Grove Golf Club

23 mi · Amherst · public · 18 holes

The Waterfront Country Club

24 mi · Moneta · private · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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