It was Braid originally, and was extensively redone about a decade ago by Swan. Not sure exactly what has prompted them to get M&E in now; obviously they are local.
Three holes in the park; the rest across the road on the chalk down. Holes 3-6 are in a nice valley, then you cross over the fifth and the seventh is a fairly severely uphill tee shot that takes you out onto the open down.
It's quite nice, without being truly outstanding. I remember playing it in the very hot summer of 2007, with the native rough very high. I was playing with Nick Bayly of Golf News, and we put quite a lot of balls in the hay. Tramping out of the rough towards the end of the round after another fruitless search, Nick said to me: "You know, I've never been so grateful as I am now that I have a hundred dozen free golf balls back at the office."
The club pioneered the 'points membership' scheme, so you can join for very little, though it will obviously cost you more if you play regularly. Not that it will matter to you, but they have these stupid half-timbered 'Woody' golf carts that are done up to look like Morris Minor Travellers. I heard recently that someone connected with the new JCB course thought they were great; I hope to God someone else puts their foot down on that...