Adventure Golf at Shibden Park in Halifax

There are plans for a new Adventure Golf course at Shibden Park in Halifax.

A 12-hole woodland-themed Adventure Golf is planned to be created at Shibden Park in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

It'll be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, but not a new location.

We've visited the Pitch & Putt course at Shibden Park, along with the incredibly unique 4-hole abandoned Crazy Golf course there!

Lost minigolf courses - Galactic Golf in Halifax, West Yorkshire

Galactic Golf in Halifax, West Yorkshire has closed. (Update: May 2021 - the venue has now reopened).

We were sad to find out that Galactic Golf in Halifax closed its doors for the final time on Saturday. The business was a victim of the coronavirus pandemic.

We played at the two course, 36-hole indoor space-themed centre last November. The courses were were the 934th and 935th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Galactic Golf was part of the Electric Bowl in the town. That business is continuing.

Galactic Golf in Halifax

A visit to Galactic Golf in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

On Saturday we visited Halifax to play at Galactic Golf.

The venue is home to two space-themed indoor adventure golf courses - the Cosmic Quest and Moon Mission.

We both scored 45 in our round on the 18-hole Cosmic Quest course.

The Galactic Golf courses in Halifax were the 934th and 935th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The Cosmic Quest layout was the 536th course played on our travels.

Check out the Galactic Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.

The UV section of the Moon Mission course

Pitch & Putt and Crazy Golf at Shibden Park in Halifax

A look at the Pitch & Putt and Crazy Golf courses at Shibden Park in Halifax.

We visited Halifax in West Yorkshire for the first time on Saturday. We've been meaning to go there since we moved north in 2016 and finally found some time to a look round. We really liked the town and are looking forward to a return visit.

While there we played at the new Galactic Golf indoor adventure golf. Once we'd wandered around the town centre we drove out via Shibden Park where we knew there was a four-hole(!) Crazy Golf course.

The entrance to the two miniature golf courses

Up these steps is the strangest Crazy Golf course we've ever seen

Our friend and minigolf rival Brad Shepherd had played the course in 2015 and we were intrigued by the layout.

It certainly looks a lot different now to the summer of 2015!

Unplayable

Shibden Park is a nice spot and we enjoyed our walk round it. We also found it's home to a miniature railway.

As the park is quite large and we didn't fancy a wild goose chase looking for the Crazy Golf course I called Brad and he told me the course was next to a Pitch & Putt course. Another bonus.

Unfortunately as it's currently out of season neither the Pitch & Putt or Crazy Golf was playable on this occasion.

The Pitch & Putt course

But the Crazy Golf was certainly a sight to behold!

Blimey!

It looked like a minigolf course graveyard

The Pitch and Putt course at Shibden Park was the 936th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The Crazy Golf course the 937th.

Hole 1

Hole 2 is there

Hole 3

Hole 4

A closer look at an obstacle

One of the best worst course visits we've made in the last thirteen years

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Shibden Park Miniature Railway in Halifax

A visit to the Shibden Miniature Railway at Shibden Park in Halifax.

While in Halifax on Saturday we visited Shibden Park to check out the Pitch & Putt and Crazy Golf courses there.

As a nice bonus we also found the park is home to a miniature railway.

We're looking forward to a return visit to ride the railway in the summer.

Visit the Shibden Park Miniature Railway Facebook Page for more information and opening times.

We also saw The Shibden Express while at the park. What a fine park bench.

There was a nice tree trunk bench in the park too. It'd been carved in the shape of a viaduct and tunnel, including a train.

Merrie England in Halifax

We had never heard of the Merrie England coffee shop brand until a visit to Huddersfield in May this year.

It's a chain with branches in Huddersfield, Halifax and Brighouse.

We were in Halifax for the first time on Saturday and we spotted the shop on our wander round the town.

Merrie England in Halifax

Galactic Golf in Halifax

A new indoor Crazy Golf course recently opened in Halifax - Galactic Golf.

Galactic Golf has two space themed 18-hole courses

Check out the Galactic Golf website for more info.

It's another course we'll have to visit on our never-ending quest to visit every minigolf course in the UK. When we began in 2006 there were 600 courses. To date we've visited 853, including 38 courses overseas.

Luckily, it's not a million miles from us and we'll have to swing by when we're next in the area.

Shibden Park Crazy Golf course

Many thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd for sending along these photos of the 4-hole(!) Crazy Golf course at Shibden Park in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

The course costs 50p a go - for which you get to play the four-holes three times each.

Brad's a frugal sort of character and wasn't swayed by the price of a round, so I've no idea what the course plays like. If we're up that way we'll swing by to have a look and a quick play on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.