Strathendrick Golf Club

Eighteen holes carved into rolling Lowland terrain about thirty minutes north of Glasgow, Strathendrick sits quietly between Stirling and Loch Lomond. This is proper golf country - the kind of course where you'll spot heather on the rough and get genuine views across the Forth Valley without the crowds you'd find at the championship layouts.

The course itself is well-maintained parkland, fairly forgiving if you're not a scratch golfer but interesting enough to keep you thinking. What strikes you straightaway is how much the terrain moves - there are climbs and dips throughout that add character rather than frustration. Allow a solid four hours for a full round unless you're in a four-ball dawdling over every shot.

You'll want to ring ahead about membership requirements and green fees beforehand, as the club doesn't make its rates immediately obvious online. Worth doing before you visit rather than turning up and finding you need a handicap certificate or a member to vouch for you.

For a golf-focused park holiday, it pairs nicely with Milarrochy Bay just five miles away - that's proper campsite territory with proper views of Loch Lomond. Play a round at Strathendrick in the morning, then head to the loch for the afternoon. Not a course that'll exhaust your legs, so you could easily slip in nine holes before heading somewhere else in the Stirling area. Die-hard golfers will get their money's worth. Casual players might find it a bit niche.