Royal Musselburgh Golf Club

Royal Musselburgh is the sixth oldest golf club in the world, founded in 1774, and it wears its history well. The clubhouse alone is worth the visit: Prestongrange House, a grand historic building that once belonged to the monks of Newbattle Abbey, now overlooking a James Braid parkland course laid out close to the Forth shore.

The course runs to 6,237 yards, a manageable and enjoyable test rather than a brute, which makes it one of the better choices in the county for mixed-ability groups. The club leans into its informal atmosphere, from the relaxed dress code to golf day packages built around proper meals in the clubhouse. The Telegraph once named it the most venerable golf course in Scotland in a search for the country's most characterful clubs, and between the setting, the history and the welcome, it is hard to argue.