Indoor Mini Golf at Ballerz Clubhouse in Farnham

There's an indoor minigolf course at Ballerz Clubhouse in Farnham, Surrey.

Ballerz Clubhouse opened in August 2023. The venue is home to a 9-hole indoor mini golf course.

Check out the Ballerz Clubhouse website for more information.

It's another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Globetrotters Winter Whimsy at Camping World, Horsham

A new Christmas-themed Mini Golf course will be set up at Camping World in Horsham, Surrey in November and December.

Globetrotters Winter Whimsy will be a 9-hole course themed on famous landmarks from around the world, decorated with a festive-theme.

Find out more on the Globetrotters Mini Golf website.

Mini Golf at Ballerz Clubhouse in Farnham

There's a new indoor Mini Golf course in Farnham, Surrey.

The 9-hole indoor Mini Golf course at Ballerz Clubhouse in Farnham is an adults-only venue.

Check out the Ballerz Clubhouse website for more information.

It's another new venue for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Minigolf at The Light in Redhill, Surrey

There's a new 10-hole movie-themed minigolf course at The Light in Redhill, Surrey.

The new minigolf course at the entertainment venue is planned to open on Friday 23rd June.

Visit The Light Redhill website for more information.

Adventure Golf at Lightwater Country Park in Surrey

A new Adventure Golf course is being created at Lightwater Country Park in Surrey.

The team behind Dinton Adventure Golf and Wardown Adventure Golf in Luton are creating a wildlife-themed Adventure Golf layout at Lightwater Country Park in Surrey.

It'll be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New minigolf course at Lammas Park in Staines

Lammas Recreation Ground in Staines is getting a new minigolf course.

The adventure golf course at Lammas Recreation Ground in Staines-upon-Thames is in the process of being replaced with a new minigolf course.

We played the old 18-hole adventure golf course there back when it was new in 2009! It was the 117th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We also competed in the London Open minigolf tournament on the layout that year. I was the runner-up in the event.

The new minigolf course at Lammas Recreation Ground in Staines is being created by the team at UrbanCrazy.

Junglemania Adventure Golf in Farnham

A look at the new Junglemania Adventure Golf course in Farnham, Surrey.

Last month our friend, minigolf rival and fellow crazy golf adventurer Matt Dodd let us know about a new course opening near to him. The course is now open and he's been along for a round.

Junglemania Adventure Golf is an 18-hole jungle-themed course at Bowenhurst Lane in Farnham, Surrey.

The course has some long holes

What's in the box?

I like the elephant effect on this hole. That looks like a tricky crossing straight to the cup too

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

Matt and Helen Dodd and their family have visited hundreds of courses on their travels. There are a number of courses they have played that we haven't got to yet, and vice versa. Together we've almost been to them all!

Matt tells me that the course plays very well and has a number of obstacles and hole designs he hadn't seen before on his travels.

We're looking forward to a future visit and a 'friendly' competitive round against Matt and Helen on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Junglemania Adventure Golf opening in Farnham this July

A new Adventure Golf course is opening in Farnham, Surrey next month.

A big thanks go to my friend and fellow minigolf fanatic Matt Dodd for letting me know about the new 18-hole Junglemania Adventure Golf course opening in Farnham, Surrey on the 23rd of July.

Visit the Junglemania Adventure Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.

It's another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we're next down in Surrey. We haven't played a jungle theme for a while.

Minigolf in Stoke Park, Guildford, May 2016

A look at Stoke Park's Crazy Golf course in Guildford, May 2016.

We played the minigolf course at Stoke Park in Guildford, Surrey on National Miniature Golf Day 2016.

It's a Swedish Felt B-Run Minigolf course.

The 18-hole minigolf course was the 399th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf in Woking Park, May 2016

A look at Woking Park's Crazy Golf course, May 2016.

We played the Crazy Golf course at Woking Park in Woking, Surrey on National Miniature Golf Day 2016.

It was a felted version of an Eternit Miniature Golf course.

The 9-hole minigolf course was the 398th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at The Grove Park in Carshalton, Surrey

A look at the Crazy Golf course at The Grove Park in Carshalton.

Many thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Seth Thomas for sending me a snap of the Crazy Golf course at The Grove Park in Carshalton, Surrey. He photographed the course while he was out on his daily exercise.

Crazy Golf course at The Grove Park in Carshalton

Obviously the course is closed during the lockdown.

We visited the 9-hole course late in the day on a Sunday in March 2013. It was closed then too.

It was the 527th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 948 courses since September 2006.

The course was home to a Humpty

The course once appeared in an episode of British police procedural drama The Bill.

Putting Green at Allen House Grounds in Guildford

Not playing the Putting Green at Allen House Grounds in Guildford, Surrey.

On a visit to Guildford, Surrey back in April 2012 my friend and minigolf rival Oliver 'The Machine' Florence competed in a number of sports and games. One of those wasn't playing Putting at Allen House Grounds as the course was not yet open for the season.

The Jabberwocky Maze at Allen House Grounds in Guildford was 'open'

Mini Golf at Sandown Park Golf Centre in Surrey

A look at the new Adventure Golf course at Sandown Park Golf Centre in Surrey.

Many thanks to my mate, minigolf rival and blogger Oliver 'The Machine' Florence for these snaps of the horse-themed Adventure Golf course at Sandown Park Golf Centre, taken during a round against Richard 'Michael Skaggs' Skeggs.

I've never seen a tee-off area like this before!

I'm looking forward to playing a round there on my Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

What a huge minigolf loop-di-loop

The minigolf course at Sandown Park Golf Centre looks like it'd be a nice spot to play the biannual Surrey Invitational Tournament on.

Adventure Golf at Topgolf Surrey

There's a new Adventure Golf course opening at Topgolf Surrey.

Topgolf Surrey in Addlestone is home to a brand new Adventure Golf course. The 14-hole minigolf course is opening on 11th May.

You can see a overview of the course in this video from Topgolf.



Prices are £6 for adults and £5 for under 16s. More information about the course is on the Topgolf Surrey website.

When we lived in Luton one of our closest minigolf courses was the Adventure Golf course at Topgolf Watford. That one was the 8th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We're now up to 810 courses!

The Gazeway 'All-Weather' Miniature Golf Course

Finding out about The Gazeway 'All-Weather' Miniature Golf Course from a minigolf postcard.

Emily and I enjoy a good mystery and after Emily found a great old minigolf postcard while browsing at the Room at the Top antique shop in Stockport Market's Produce Hall we had another bit of minigolf history to research.

The undated and postally unused card shows Room at The Gazeway 'All-Weather' Miniature Golf Course. A quick online search for this term returned no results!

The reverse of the postcard was no help

Luckily after a bit more digging we found details of the course in a 1930 issue of The Graphic magazine.

The Gazeway 'All-Weather' Miniature Golf Course was created by the company W.H. Gaze in 1930 and was located in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. The course was part of an old house on Portsmouth Road which the firm modernised, refurbished and furnished to showcase what the business did.

The company had its own miniature golf section, overseen by Mr H. C. Gaze and the Kingston-on-Thames course was created by a Captain G. B. Mallett - himself responsible for minigolf courses in Vancouver and Los Angeles.

Dating from 1930 the Gazeway 'All-Weather' Miniature Golf Course was one of the earliest artificial layouts in the UK. The first Crazy Golf course in England was created in Skegness in 1926.

At the time miniature golf was experiencing a boom period as the latest craze took hold. Portable and temporary courses could be found popping up in a number of different locations, including on the roof at Selfridges in London.

As is so often the case, history repeats itself and we're currently experiencing a high level of new course openings, as well as refurbishment of old courses and enjoyment of the more than 600 layouts in the UK.

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Crazy Golf in Stoke Park, Guildford

Back in 2008 the Crazy Golf course in Guildford's Stoke Park became the 75th course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Last weekend it also became the 399th played. It has certainly changed a lot - even since my last visit in 2012.

The Swedish Felt B-Run course used to be a 12-hole layout. It's now a full 18-holes, and has a very different playing surface - with astroturf 'grass' and raised 'bunkers'. Quite different indeed.

Check out the photos of the new 18-hole Crazy Golf course layout below.

The new 18th hole

The course was built by City Golf Europe

It's a very tricky layout

This hole was nigh on impossible to play!

This one was trickier now it has thicker 'grass'

The longest hole on the course

A loop-di-loop with felt on the outside of the obstacle!

Another very difficult hole to play

The Stoke Park Minigolf course is in a very nice setting. It's worth a play - but don't expect to get a low score!

Our visit this time was as part of the Surrey Invitational Minigolf Tournament that took place on National Miniature Golf Day 2016!

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Woking Park Crazy Golf course

In April 2012 I visited the Woking Park Crazy Golf course and Putting Green near the town's leisure centre. On the 14th May 2016 I actually got to play the course.

This time my visit was part of the Surrey Invitational Minigolf Tournament that took place on National Miniature Golf Day and the 9-hole Eternit Miniature Golf course became the 398th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Emily putts out on the snakey hole

On target in Woking

  

  

Sadly the Putting Green is no longer there.



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