{"id":800923,"date":"2026-10-13T05:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T05:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800923\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T05:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T05:28:09","slug":"new-felixstowe-golf-clubhouse-with-cafe-set-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800923\/","title":{"rendered":"New Felixstowe golf clubhouse with cafe set to open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/25603808.felixstowe-ferry-golf-club-makes-clubhouse-closure-decision\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">originally planned to open the state-of-the-art facility in September<\/a>, but delays have pushed the opening to the end of the year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The multi-million-pound project and one of huge significance to Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club and the wider community.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Alongside the championship links golf course, the new clubhouse represents a major investment in the club as a community asset.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The project has faced a number of hurdles, including a lengthy planning and public consultation process, a potential judicial process, and the impacts of the pandemic and rising construction costs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ipswich-based SEH Construction began work on the clubhouse in January.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The new building <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/26154340.new-1880-cafe-will-part-felixstowe-ferry-golf-club\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">will feature a sloped, living roof and is designed to support the long-term<\/a> future of the club while making golf more accessible to the broader community.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The new 1,020 sqm clubhouse at the club in Ferry Road will also include public toilets.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The development also includes five new homes, named Balfour Place, which will have views of the sea and golf course.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mick Thomas, chair of Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club, said in January: &#8220;We are delighted to be building a new state-of-the-art clubhouse.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We are incredibly proud of our heritage as the fifth oldest club in England and with nearly 150 years of golf played here, we are looking forward to having a clubhouse that meets the modern needs of everyone, including the wider community.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club had originally planned to open the state-of-the-art facility in September, but delays have pushed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-800923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}