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I've played Kingsthorpe a number of times and always held off reviewing it because several times I'd encountered a somewhat unhelpful/snobbish attitude from the club pro. Apparently, he's now moved on, and yesterday I encountered the direct opposite. Arriving for my tee time, they had no record of my booking. Oops, I'd made it clicked the wrong day - the day previous - on the golfnow calendar.
They could see it was a genuine mistake - I explained I'd never book a Wednesday as I'm at work all day - and just said 'Ah, just go round, no problem.'
So I did, and once again enjoyed my round around the pocket-sized but attractive and challenging course tucked away in the middle of Northampton. The greens were slow, and as good as you can expect really after all the wet weather of the last month.
You can lose a fair few balls around Kingsthorpe and the steep slopes will give you a heck of a workout, but it's a lovely course with a relaxed vibe, and well worth it for the money.

Really enjoyed our round. Wide forgiving fairways (often shared with neighbouring hole) and very little rough means wild slashers like me still have a chance to score respectably and don't lose too many balls. Greens excellent for a public course and the unpretentious vibe is well-appreciated by those of us who loathe the 19th hole G&T snobbery element of what started out as (and in its mother country still largely is) a people's game. Good stuff, Delapre; will be back.