Europe’s biggest golf academy to open in Greenwich in june

The largest driving range and golf academy in Europe is set to form part of one of the most ambitious new housing and leisure developments currently being built in London.

The £5 billion, 25-year project, which will include the construction of 10,000 new homes, restaurants, business centres and parks on a 190-acre site reclaimed from marshland on the Greenwich Peninsula, is expected to transform the South East corner of the capital.

The Greenwich Peninsula Driving Range, which is due to open in June, will look out towards the west of the peninsula, with views over the Thames towards Tower Bridge. The range is a joint venture between the peninsula’s Hong Kong developer Knight Dragon and N1GOLF.

Founded in 2007, N1 Golf already operates a dozen driving ranges around the UK, and its owner, PGA Professional Declan Malone, is confident that the sheer number of local residents, and the excellent transport links will make the range the busiest in the Europe.

Facilities at the academy will include a 60-bay, two-tier floodlit driving range; a 3,000 square foot retail outlet; and a restaurant with a wine school. The range, which will be open seven days a week up until 10pm, will be 320 yards long and feature eight target greens.

The range will be located next to Greenwich Underground station, and only a two-minute tube ride from Canary Wharf.

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