Grip Golf vs Five Iron Golf London: Which Indoor Golf Experience Is Right for You?

Grip Golf vs Five Iron Golf at a glance

Grip Golf

Locations: Tower Bridge and Deptford Park.

Technology: Trackman 4 in every bay.

Tower Bridge: Four bays at the time of writing, alongside dedicated coaching rooms and putting facilities.

Coaching: Professional coaching.

Best known for: Practice and improvement.

Access: Tower Bridge is available 24/7 to members.

Corporate golf: Available, including structured Trackman competitions and coaching.

Five Iron Golf London

Location: Liverpool Street/Broadgate.

Technology: Trackman.

Simulator bays: Eight.

Coaching: Lessons and clinics.

Best known for: Combining golf, hospitality and entertainment.

Food and drink: Full-service bar and kitchen.

Corporate golf: A major part of the venue, with dedicated event spaces.

Information checked August 2026.

What is Five Iron Golf London?

Five Iron is an established international indoor golf and entertainment business, and its London venue follows that model.

The Broadgate site spans roughly 7,000 square feet, plus an approximately 1,000-square-foot outdoor terrace. Inside are eight Trackman simulators, access to hundreds of virtual golf courses and interactive games that go beyond golf, including football, clay pigeon shooting and zombie dodgeball.

There are lessons, clinics and leagues, plus a full-service bar and kitchen. The venue also has reservable event areas. Its Clubhouse space can accommodate groups of up to 60 and includes a dedicated simulator, dining space and a presentation screen.

In other words, Five Iron is not trying to hide the entertainment part of indoor golf. It is one of the main reasons to go.

How is Grip Golf different?

Grip Golf is designed around what happens when you practise consistently. At Tower Bridge, members use private Trackman 4 bays, dedicated coaching rooms and a Wellputt putting studio. Trackman data saves to your account so each session can build on the previous one.

At Deptford Park, the emphasis shifts even further towards coaching, with private Trackman bays, putting facilities and beginner programmes.

There is no attempt to recreate a sports bar. That makes Grip Golf less suited to some occasions and more suited to others.

A 20-person office social? Five Iron's scale, food and entertainment are obviously relevant. Forty-five minutes working on launch conditions before the office? Grip Golf was built around exactly that sort of visit.

Which is better for practice?

Both give you Trackman, which means both can provide excellent practice. The difference is the environment.

Five Iron's eight simulators sit inside a larger hospitality venue. That gives it energy and makes the space work for groups as well as individual golfers.

Grip Golf's private bays deliberately reduce what is happening around you. Neither environment automatically makes you hit better shots.

But golfers know which one helps them concentrate. If you like some atmosphere around a session, Five Iron may feel more natural. If you want the bay to function almost like a private training room, Grip Golf is closer to that model.

Which is better for coaching?

Five Iron offers lessons and clinics alongside its simulator rentals. Grip Golf puts coaching at the centre of the business. Professional coaches work across its studios using Trackman and video, with dedicated coaching spaces and programmes ranging from complete beginners to experienced players.

The real advantage of any indoor coaching set-up is repetition. A lesson tells you what to change.

Practice is where you actually change it. Grip Golf's membership structure is designed to make those independent sessions easy to repeat between lessons.

The access difference

Five Iron's location is extremely strong. It sits at 1 Finsbury Avenue, steps from Liverpool Street Station and the Elizabeth line. For the thousands of people working around Broadgate, that convenience is difficult to ignore.

Grip Golf Tower Bridge is further south-east at St Katharine Docks, close to Tower Hill and Tower Gateway.

But Grip Golf has a different access advantage: Tower Bridge is open 24/7 to members. You do not need to shape practice around staffed venue hours. Members book through the app and use personal access codes.

Five Iron may be closer to your desk. Grip Golf may be open at the exact moment your diary finally gives you 45 minutes.

For a regular golfer, both forms of convenience matter.

Which is better for social and corporate golf?

Five Iron's London venue was clearly designed with this market in mind. Full-service food and drink, interactive games, large event spaces and the Broadgate location make it a natural option for parties, client entertaining and company events.

Grip Golf also runs corporate golf, including private studio hire, Trackman competitions, professional coaching and events for groups of 12 to 60.

The tone is different. Five Iron can accommodate an event where golf is one part of a broader entertainment experience.

Grip Golf works particularly well when you want golf itself to be the activity, whether that is a coached team clinic, tournament or private Trackman session.

What about membership?

Five Iron launched in London with a limited £199 Founding Membership tier, according to its July opening announcement. As a newly opened venue, its long-term London membership structure may continue to evolve, so check current terms before comparing.

Grip Golf's established memberships currently start at £80 per month. Gold at £120 includes unlimited off-peak practice and eight peak sessions each month. Platinum at £160 includes unlimited on- and off-peak practice within published usage limits and access to both London studios.

If you are calculating value largely by how much quality practice you can get each month, Grip Golf's membership structure is designed around that calculation.

Grip Golf or Five Iron Golf: which should you choose?

Choose Five Iron Golf London if you want a lively Broadgate venue where Trackman golf sits alongside food, drink, interactive entertainment, leagues and events.

Choose Grip Golf if your main objective is to practise frequently, work with a coach and track your golf over time in a private environment.

There will be plenty of golfers who use both. A social round after work and a focused training session are not competing needs. They are different occasions.

The mistake would be assuming that every indoor golf venue is selling the same thing because there is a Trackman screen at the end of the bay.

Try Grip Golf before you choose

Grip Golf offers a free 30-minute Trackman trial with a professional coach at Tower Bridge or Deptford Park.

If you are curious about Five Iron, go there too. The best way to understand this particular comparison is to experience both environments. One is deliberately energetic and hospitality-led. The other is deliberately calm and practice-led.

You will probably know fairly quickly which one you want for your Tuesday morning 7-iron session.