SPORTING PROPERTY
A sporting chance
THERE’S A HEALTHY DEMAND FOR HOMES WHICH OFFER SPORTING ACTIVITIES ON THE DOORSTEP, FROM GOLF AND PADEL TENNIS TO OUTDOOR SWIMMING, WRITES ALEXANDRA GOSS
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PHOTOGRAPH: ALAMY
hile many of us were only too pleased to give up the Zoom quizzes and sourdough starters we took up during lockdowns, others have stuck faithfully to their pandemic pastimes. And for growing numbers of Londoners, their new hobby is now dictating where they choose to live. Golf soared in popularity during the pandemic, in part because it could be practised safely outdoors when indoor sports were banned. Some 5.2m people played on a nine- or 18-hole golf course
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