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Horton Golf Club is a member-run Community Amateur Sports Club at Henfield in West Sussex. Its present course has nine greens but 18 separate tees and is maintained substantially by the membership rather than by the conventional staffing model of a commercial golf club. The organisation dates to 1974, when a club was established on part of the Shoreham Cement Works estate; the Horton name derives from that original site.
When the cement works decided to sell the land in 1991, members sought a replacement and secured three fields behind Henfield Business Park. Members themselves designed the holes, built greens and tees, dug ponds for water and planted trees, with farmer John White assisting in establishing grass. Twenty founder members each contributed £50 toward basic machinery and equipment.
The course is an 18-hole parkland golf course. The course originally opened in 1974. It is a private members-only club. On-site facilities include Clubhouse.
Horton began in 1974 on part of the Shoreham Cement Works estate. Its membership included cement-works employees and golfers from the surrounding community. Limited resources led the founders to establish an artisan model in which members themselves maintained the course and administered the club.
When the cement works decided to sell the original course land in 1991, members approached local farmers in search of a new home. Three fields behind Henfield Business Park became available. Farmer John White helped grass the property, while members determined the routing, built tees and greens, excavated ponds to provide water and planted trees.
A temporary building previously used during construction of a Worthing library was donated for use as a clubhouse.
Horton remains a Community Amateur Sports Club whose members contribute to course and facility upkeep. The present layout uses nine greens with 18 tees and holes and has more than 120 members according to the club's published history.
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