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{{Short description|Hotel and country club complex in England}}
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The '''Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club''' is a [[hotel]] and [[country club]] complex in [[England]]. It is located {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} to the east of [[Birmingham Airport]] in [[Warwickshire]]. In October 2023, it was acquired by [[Blackstone Inc.]] to be operated under their [[Warner Leisure Hotels]] brand. I was previously operated by [[Marriott Hotels & Resorts]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Howard |first1=Tom |title=Blackstone buys two UK country clubs from Abu Dhabi wealth fund |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/blackstone-buys-two-uk-country-clubs-from-abu-dhabi-wealth-fund-dxkpw5f3j |access-date=11 April 2024 |work=The Times |date=2 October 2023}}</ref>
The Forest of Arden has two [[golf course]]s, the Arden and the Aylesford, both of which were designed by [[Donald Steel]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/Golf/courses/searchresults/UK/Midlands/Warwickshire/Marriott-Forest-of-Arden-Hotel--Country-Club-Arden-Course/|title=Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club (Arden Course)|work=Today's Golfer|publisher=Bauer Consumer Media|accessdate=2009-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426182346/http://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/Golf/courses/searchresults/UK/Midlands/Warwickshire/Marriott-Forest-of-Arden-Hotel--Country-Club-Arden-Course|archive-date=2009-04-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a golf academy. The Arden is the championship course, and has been the venue for many prestigious tournaments, including [[PGA European Tour|European Tour]] events, the [[British Masters]] on three occasions, and the [[English Open]] four times between 1993 and 1996.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/europeantour/2405041/Europes-finest-fight-to-be-king-of-the-forest.html |title=Europe's finest fight to be king of the forest |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=1 June 2003 |accessdate=2009-05-20 | location=London | first=Lewine | last=Mair}}</ref>
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==External links==
*{{official|https://www.forestofardenhotel.com/}}
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