Club, finding it nearly impossible for women to obtain membership of local golf clubs, decided to create her own ladies-only golf course. Using land leased from Swanston Farm, she proceeded to lay out a nine-hole course to the west of the village. She later reluctantly agreed to abolish the ladies-only rule, mainly as a result of pressure from her own members. This resulted in a rapid increase in membership which allowed the club to expand to 18 holes and to add a pavilion. By 1947, the total membership had risen to four hundred, with men outnumbering women by three to one. From 1893 to 2013, the Lothianburn Golf Club occupied land to the east of the village. One of the club's most distinguished members was Tommy Armour, who won several major championships in the 1920s and 1930s, despite being partially blinded in World War I. When the club closed in 2013, the Swanston Golf Club took over part of its course. Swanston today Today Swanston retains its feeling of isolation and remoteness. The village has no shop, café, pub, school or church and no specific visitor attractions. However it is often busy with walkers who pass through the village on their way to the Pentland Hills, particularly to the summits of Allermuir (493 m) and Caerketton (478 m). The population of the village is estimated to be 75. Swanston Farm is the largest business in the area. Since the 1970s, the farm, along with the land occupied by the two golf courses, has been in the ownership of the McClung family, who had been tenant farmers on the land since the 1930s. In the early 21st century, faced with difficult market conditions, the family took steps to diversify their activities. To that end, the farm steadings were converted to a group of self-catering holiday cottages and small commercial units. These are situated to the north of the village centre, on the west side of Swanston Road. In 2007, the McClungs opened a restaurant, known as the Brasserie, on the site of the Swanston Golf Course's clubhouse. Swanston Farm is also the base of the Edinburgh University Exmoor Pony Trekking Section, a student-run body which organises pony trekking for students and the general public. Proposed leisure complex In 2019, Hillend Leisure Ltd. (a joint venture of Swanston Farm and Advie Properties Ltd.) announced plans to build a large-scale leisure complex on