In 1930 miners crawled well over two miles to safety after being trapped in a local pit.

Stood on the 2^nd tee, the spire of St John’s Church, Clifton gives a good line for your drive.

One of the coal seams which run under Willow Valley was given the name Better Bed.

The coal from local mines was transported along a road that ran near to the 3^rd tee.

Doles Lane is the lane that runs behind the 12^th green and it was also the name of a local pit.

In the early 19^th century the Luddites passed close to the 4^th hole on their way to attack a local mill.

From 1300 the name of Agnes Tyngle appears regularly in local court records for illegal brewing.

The distance at which Derek Ibbotson, a member of Willow Valley Golf, once held the World Record.

In the early 18^th century Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, travelled extensively in this area.

Blakelaw was a local hamlet that disappeared when the M62 Motorway was built in the late 60’s.

The Armytage Arms Inn, named after a local land owning family, is close to the 15^th green.

A local legend has a dragon inhabiting a wood just outside the hamlet of Blakelaw.

Aim straight like the arrow of local legend Robin Hood, to land safely on the 16^th green.

The 8^th fairway leads towards Hartshead where Patrick Bronte was vicar in the early 19^th century.

The golf course covers an area known as High Moor. Highmoor Lane runs along the 17^th fairway.

The course is situated close to the M62 motorway, "almost halfway" between Liverpool and Hull.

Safely home to the Clubhouse officially opened by the late Sir Donald Thompson, local M.P. in 1995.