• The original 1905 golf course built by Sir William Cooper was rebuilt exactly as it was previously, but was designed to the latest STRI standards and specs.
• Nigel Mansell was the first person to play their golf course.
• Certain parts of the golf course are called Royal Whittlebury as it is part of the original royal wood.
• Oak trees on the site are over 1,000 years old and many now have preservation orders placed on them due to the unique and native Whittlebury beetle. They have fixed all the oaks and replanted all the ones previously taken down.
• Whittlewood was originally the biggest wood in England and was twice the size of Sherwood Forest.
• The land was originally used as a jousting ground for the Kings and Queens of England from 1152. It also featured a royal palace that King Henry 2nd used.
• Trees in the park are called Black Oaks and these are the hardest oaks in the UK. Many were used to build The Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar.