Mannings Heath Golf & Wine Estate
Introduction '''Mannings Heath Golf & Wine Estate''' is located in Mannings Heath, Horsham in the south of England. The 500 acre parkland site includes two golf courses and a vineyard.The estate was acquired by Penny Streeter OBE in 2016 and is a division of The Benguela Collection, a wine producer and hospitality group in the United Kingdom and South Africa.Mannings Heath hosts PGA EuroPro tours.
History The land the course sits on was used in the 18th century as a meeting point for smugglers. In the late 1740s, its Hawkin's Pond was the scene of one of the Hawkhurst Gang's murders.Mannings Heath was opened as a golf course in 1914, after having been designed by the English architect Harry Colt. Almost immediately after the course was laid, the land was seized for agricultural purposes to aid the war effort during World War I. The effects of war were felt again during World War II, when a Handley Page Halifax Bomber crashed on the golf course on 17 February 1945.The site has an official plaque memorial to commemorate the loss of life.
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