Bellingham opened its own golf course in 1893 on old agricultural land, still partitioned at the time of illustration on the 1890s Ordnance Survey. The first course reputedly 9 holes, though 18 hole matches were against local opposition - most notably Hexham on several occasions.

The course was met with glowing favour thanks to its lush greenery away from the dingy smoke and pollution over in the industrial towns. A piece in the Hexham Courant in 1907 noted it commanded "views of heather clad hills and wooded valleys which are hardly to be equalled and certainly not to be surpassed anywhere in England." It was covered with good, springy turf with hazards that make it quite certain that a bad shot will receive its proper punishment. The course was contained within a huge walled field which formed an "ever constant menace to a sliced ball, whilst a ravine with a brook at the bottom runs practically right across the course and its twistings and turnings have enabled some of the greens and tees to be placed so that the player is faced with heroic carries."

The course was without a club house for some time, though fundraising efforts were undertaken in the 1900s to improve the course. It was marked as an entirely new course, with an opening ceremony in the June of 1906. The holes were fully rearranged with the course better, longer and more sporting. It was again rearranged in 1914 just before WWI.

The club remains open today with central facilities at the old Bogle Hole farm.