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Friday, November 25, 2011

Minigolf at Watford TopGolf - Major Course Improvements & Match vs. 'Rowdy' Russell Fenner

On Wednesday 23rd November 2011 I met up with old Dodgeball UK adversary 'Rowdy' Russell Fenner for a long-awaited rematch at the 18-hole Adventure Golf course at Watford TopGolf.

I've been visiting the course at TopGolf Watford since the 2nd of December 2006, when the course became the 8th ever played on me and Emily's Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. On this latest visit the first thing I noticed (after seeing the price increase to £6 a round) was the amount of changes and improvements that had been made to the course!

Photo of the Adventure Golf course at TopGolf in Watford
Photo: The 'Rocky Pines' Canoe beside the 2-hole practice Putting area

The last time I played there was in March this year, when the course had had some extra changes made to it. At the time it wasn't in the best condition (the 18th hole being particularly horrible, especially when compared to how it used to be - a well placed shot between two rocks would reward you with a hole-in-one more often than not. See here for a photo of how it looked during the changes in July 2010). However, the new modifications have made the course the most playable it has been since our first visits back in 2006, 2007 & 2008!

As well as new obstacles, the felt has been completely relaid so there are no patches or tears. Each hole has also had a sign put up and they all now carry names.

Photo: Hole 1 "Canoe Canyon"

In July 2010 I played the Watford Adventure Golf course three times and on each visit the course was different! The first of those visits on the 7th saw the course a little worn in places, but quite playable. On my visit on the 13th a lot of pieces of felt were missing!? Most noticeably on the tee-off areas! Instead of felt the area was bare concrete. On my visit on the 22nd the finishing touches had been made to the 'refurb', with new patches of felt over worn areas, aling with new tee-off areas of felt (which play incredibly slowly). But the course was in a sorry state and not much fun compared to how it had been.

So I was very pleased to see the improvements, both in the general look of the course and in the playability of it. Some new bunkers have been added, tricky rock obstacles put in place, and some of the holes have been extended and/or widened. To play the course now is very different indeed compared to 2010 and earlier this year.

Photo: Hole 2 "Ramp Rage"

Photo: A stone circle

Photo: The addition of two parallel planks add a new way to play your shots on this hole

Photo: Hole 7 "Pine Pass" has had an interesting change made to it. It used to be a great hole-in-one opportunity, however the rocks have been changed to block the path to the hole! A bit of practice and a nicely weighted shot could see Aces still drop, but it's not as easy as it used to be

Photo: Hole 13 "Cross Paths" has also been significantly changed with the addition of a third route to the hole. My shot made it to the smaller of the two entry points to the tunnel, but was slightly too strong a shot and lipped out when it reached the hole

Photo: 'Rowdy' Russell Fenner goes fishing for his ball on Hole 14

Photo: The bridge on Hole 14 as it is now. Link to how it was in 2010

Photo: The dogleg left Hole 15 has also been changed to now include a ramp & tunnel in the corner. Using a very bouncy standard course (golf) ball meant that the shot into it was not ideal. However, using a good specialist minigolf deadball may see a better result

Photo: A view of the exit ramp on Hole 15

Photo: Hole 18 "Pipe Dream"

Photo: Hole 18 "Pipe Dream" - the central obstacle

Photo of the Adventure Golf course at TopGolf in Watford
Photo: Hole 18 "Pipe Dream" - the last hole and ball collector

Photo: Hole 18 "Pipe Dream" - a view of the exit ramp from the main obstacle

In our match-up I scored a 44(+8) including holes-in-one on the 5th and 9th holes. 'Rowdy' Russell had a poor round though and scored a disappointing 55(+19), far worse than he normally plays as he usually gives me a good run for my money!

As the course is in such fine shape and with the many improvements made to it I think it's in good enough condition to once again host a British Minigolf Association Tour competition - it was the location for the London Invitational Tournament won by Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd in August 2008.

The Watford TopGolf Game Centre is located at Bushey Mill Lane, Watford Herts, WD24 7AB and is very easy to find if you follow the many Brown Signs it has had put up in the surrounding area.

Photo: Just one of the many Brown Tourist Signs pointing potential visitors TopGolf's way

In order for 'Rowdy' Russell to attempt to gain a measure of revenge for his minigolf defeat we decided to have a game of Pool.

I broke.

And with my shot managed to pot the black in the middle left hand pocket. As well as potting a red in the top right hand corner pocket.

So 'Rowdy' left with a 'win'.


After our dismal performances in the Sportingbet.com UK RPS Championships last month we decided against having a Rock Paper Scissors contest to confirm an overall winner of the evening's activity and chose to call it a draw.

TopGolf Watford can be found on facebook and twitter. TopGolf Watford Adventure Golf details online.

Previous Blog Posts About Visits to Watford TopGolf:
- 17/03/11 - Adventure Golf at Watford TopGolf - 16th March 2011
- 09/12/10 - Adventure Golf at Watford TopGolf - change to Hole 18
- 01/08/10 - Changes to the felt and mats at Watford TopGolf
- 05/02/10 - Minigolf Challenge Matches at Watford TopGolf (& course visit updates)
- 30/10/09 - Adventure Golf at Watford TopGolf
- 21/12/08 - Results of the Third Annual Watford Classic
- 04/02/08 - WHAT

Link to more information, photos and videos of other course visits on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Friday, February 05, 2010

Minigolf Challenge Matches at Watford TopGolf (& course visit updates)

On Monday 2nd February 2010 (Groundhog Day) we headed to TopGolf Watford for some Minigolf Challenge Matches versus our old Dodgeball adversary, Hatfield's 'Rowdy' Russell Fenner.

In the main competition - the Irregular Mini Golf Tour Dodgeball UK Reunion Minigolf Tournament - the three former Dodgeball UK Team Captains* faced off in an 18-hole battle in the cold and wet weather conditions.



*Dodgeball UK Teams & Captains:
Abingdon Dodgeball Alliance (ADE) - 'Stentorian' Richard Gottfried
Just Might Lose - Emily 'Nine Lives' Gottfried
Welwyn Dodgeball Warriors (WDW) - 'Rowdy' Russell Fenner

At the end of the round we were all tied on a score of 48(+12) which forced a play-off at the 18th hole to decide the winner.

In the play-off 'Rowdy' Russell was first eliminated after hitting a three, and in the second play-off round I scored a two, compared to Emily's three to win the bragging rights!

The players on the podium.

We also played two Putting Green Challenge matches while we were there, with Emily and Russell both on 9(-1) in match one, and with Emily the victor in match two, with another one-under round of 9.

The Adventure Golf course at Watford was the 8th we played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour way back in December 2006.

We've played there a number of times over the years and the course remains one of the most difficult we've played. It's still a good fun course, and the centre's facilities are good.

TopGolf Watford also has a Putting Course, which until fairly recently was a 9-hole course, but is now only 5-holes. The photos below show the difference.

9-hole Putting Green in 2006.

5-hole Putting Green in 2010.

A hole to nowhere!?
The 4th hole on the 'new' course is also incredibly short.


Details of other Irregular Mini Golf Tour competitions we have played there can be found at the links below:
http://hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/adventure-golf-at-watford-topgolf.html

http://hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2008/12/results-of-third-annual-watford-classic.html

http://hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2008/02/what.html

Photo: Christopher 'One BMGA Tour Event' Gottfried & 'Squire' Richard Gottfried line-up during a round at TopGolf Watford in April 2007.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Minigolf Challenge Match at TopGolf Watford

Results and report from the latest head-to-head Miniature Golf match-up between ‘Squire’ Richard Gottfried & ‘Rowdy’ Russell Fenner.

TopGolf Watford's Adventure Golf

On Tuesday 21st February I headed over the border into Hertfordshire to visit the TopGolf game centre in Watford and face-off against my old Dodgeball UK rival and sometimes Minigolf opponent ‘Rowdy’ Russell Fenner in a Challenge Match on the 18-hole Adventure Golf course.

Our last match-up in November 2011 had ended in victory for me with a score-line of 44-55, with Hatfield’s ‘Rowdy’ Russell hitting a few unfortunate shots to end some way off.

This time the game was to be much closer and more like some of the previous contests we’ve had at the course.

Over the front-9 I shot a 23 to Russell’s 29, but on the 10th hole an excellent fightback began from the Stevenage Borough fan as he scored a hole-in-one – the only one for either of us in the whole match.

'Rowdy' Russell Fenner playing the 10th hole at TopGolf Watford's Adventure Golf course - the scene for the match's solitary hole-in-one

Hole 11 was to prove slightly tougher though and ‘Rowdy’, a Tottenham Hotspur supporter, scored an unfortunate four on the stone circle obstacle hole.

Russell hitting his second shot on the 'green' at the stone circle 11th hole

Me playing my tee-shot on the 13th hole

With Fenner hitting a solid run of six twos on the back-9 there were just two shots in it heading into the modified and nightmarish 18th hole!

The way the final hole is now laid out means that a perfectly paced shot needs to be played as an approach to the ball connection mini-ramp and tunnel. Too light a shot, or slightly too hard, and another lay-up would be required, possibly two. Tackling the newly added, but slightly skewiff, central obstacle that contains an enclosed ramp, some netting and another exposed ramp would be the ploy of a madman and so both of us went for the lay-up safe two.

Russell was playing the even numbered holes, stepped up and nailed the two.

I stepped up, hit the tee shot, and waited. It stopped slightly shorter than Russell’s had, but not far enough that it required another lay-up. I also scored a two, which was enough to secure a victory of 46-48. Russell’s back-9 score of 19 to my 23 was very commendable indeed.

As is now tradition following a game on the Adventure Golf course we headed indoors to the warm to have a game of Pool. Russell won both games. The first seemed to take about half an hour as neither of us were playing particularly well, but to an outside onlooker they may well of thought we were playing the ‘snookers’ on purpose!

Another great evening of minigolf, looking forward to more challenge matches in warmer weather later in the year.

Photos of the TopGolf Watford Adventure Golf course prior to the game's start.





Link:
- TopGolf Watford

Previous Blog Posts:
- Minigolf at Watford TopGolf - Major Course Improvements & Match vs. 'Rowdy' Russell Fenner
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Mini Golf in Watford

A look at Mini Golf courses in Watford, Hertfordshire.


A look at Mini Golf courses in Watford, Hertfordshire

One of the first miniature golf courses we ever played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was at TopGolf in Watford. A course we returned to many times when we lived nearby.

With the popularity of minigolf booming there have been a number of new courses opening in the town, including:

There is also a Crazier Golf course being created as part of the new Boom: Battle Bar at the Atria Watford shopping centre.

The Adventure Golf course at TopGolf in Watford was the 8th played on our travels in 2006. We've now been to 982 courses.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

American Golf Adventure Golf Championship 2017

New Adventure Golf Championship launched by American Golf.


American Golf has launched a new Adventure Golf Championship tournament series, with the finals taking place at The Belfry.

Last year American Golf launched a number of free to enter American Golf Championships including the Pairs Championship, Junior Championship, Long Drive Championship, Senior Championship and Ladies Championship. This year the company is increasing the range of events and American Golf Championship titles will be contested in the American Golf Family, Par 3, Adventure Golf, Scratch and 9 Hole Individual Championships.

Playing at Pirate's Landing Adventure Golf at Trent Lock Golf Centre in Long Eaton in 2014
Playing at Pirate's Landing Adventure Golf at Trent Lock Golf Centre in Long Eaton in 2014. The course will be hosting American Golf Adventure Golf Championship Regional Qualifiers this year

The American Golf Adventure Golf Championship will see Regional Qualifying competitions held at various American Golf centres in England, Scotland and Wales, with the winners of each moving on to the American Golf Adventure Golf Championship Final to be played on the new Ryder Legends miniature golf course at The Belfry in September.

The competition is a pairs format and is open to all golfers and non-golfers and will take place on selected dates in March and April at the venues below:



For more details, tournament schedules and entry information check out the American Golf Adventure Golf Championship website.

Playing the Dragon Quest Adventure Golf course at World of Golf Croydon in 2013
Playing the Dragon Quest Adventure Golf course at World of Golf Croydon in 2013

We haven't played the Adventure Golf courses at the American Golf centres in Clydebank, Bristol or Wrexham, but have played at Croydon, Watford and Trent Lock on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The 18th hole at Top Golf Watford

The 18-hole course at Watford's Top Golf centre was one of the first we played way back in 2006.

Playing the Adventure Golf course at Top Golf in Watford on one of our many trips there when it was our local course

Back in 2009 I won the the Mini Masters and Miniature Open tournaments held on the Miniature Golf course which used to be at the Trafford Golf Centre. Part of my prize included American Golf vouchers, which I spent at Top Golf in Watford.

Minigolf winnings

Links:
- American Golf Adventure Golf Championship 2017
- American Golf Free Tournaments
- American Golf

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

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Saturday, September 26, 2020

Putt Club crazy golf opening in Watford

A new Putt Club minigolf venue is opening in Watford, Hertfordshire.

The team at Putt Club are gearing up to open the brand's second venue with a new location in Watford.

A new Putt Club crazy golf course is opening in Watford, Hertfordshire

The first Putt Club opened in Hull in January this year.

The new Putt Club in Watford is scheduled to open on the 21st October.

For more information on motorsport-themed indoor crazy golf courses visit the Putt Club website.

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Results of the Third Annual Watford Classic


Emily Gottfried today won the third annual Irregular Mini Golf Tour Watford Classic, played at the Adventure Golf course at TopGolf Watford.

In the three player strokeplay tournament Emily finished with a 36-hole total of 91 (+19) to lift the trophy for the second time in three years. Second was the defending champion Richard Gottfried with 92 (+20) and the mystery player was third with 96 (+24).

Results of previous Watford Classic tournaments:
2007 - R. Gottfried*
2006 - E. Gottfried
* After play-off






Friday, June 24, 2022

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - courses we've visited to date

Details of the courses we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.


At the Crazy Golf course in Prestatyn (photo by Seth Thomas)
At the Crazy Golf course in Prestatyn

On our travels we've seen the good, the bad and the ugly of minigolf courses, but feel that each and every one of them is worth a look in its own right.


The game of minigolf is one of fun and frustration and mixes skill and luck to tackle the obstacles set-up to trip you up and trick you as you play.


We'd like to thank course owners, operators and suppliers everywhere for building, running and maintaining miniature golf courses of all shapes, sizes and types and look forward to playing and revisiting courses for more minigolfing fun in the future.

Southend Pier Crazy Golf course
Visiting the Crazy Golf course at the end of the Pier in Southend-on-Sea

Below is the list of the 1,044 miniature golf courses visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour to date. 997 of them have been in the British Isles.

We've been able to play a total of 573 of them as many have been found to be abandoned, closed, out-of-season or derelict on our initial visit. Luckily some courses that were closed on our original visit have since been played.

We've played some of these courses many many times over as they're so good. It's interesting to return to a course years later to see what has, or hasn't, changed.

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour at the world's first Miniature Golf course
The Himalayas at St Andrews - the world's first Miniature Golf course

Please be aware that courses come and go and this list is not a 'live' list of miniature golf courses. On our travels we've found more than 300 of the 900+ courses to be unplayable for one reason or another. If you find that a course is no longer there, or has significantly changed, please let us know by leaving a comment.

All courses played 30th September 2006 - 22nd November 2023

1 Southsea (Treasure Island) - Adventure Golf (Victory Trail) - RICHARD WINS A FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE - Revisited 30th September 2011 - RICHARD WINS ANOTHER FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE! - Revisited 7th August 2015 - RICHARD WINS ANOTHER FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE!! - Revisited 30th September 2016RICHARD WINS ANOTHER FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE!!! - Revisited 19th June 2021
2 Southsea (Treasure Island) - Adventure Golf (Warrior Trail) - Revisited 30th September 2011 - Revisited 7th August 2015 - Revisited 30th September 2016 - EMILY WINS A FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE! - Revisited 19th June 2021
3 Southsea (Golf Links) - 9 Hole Par-3/Pitch & Putt - According to the British Pitch & Putt Association the course was the first in England, if not the World, to be purpose built for use by members of the public - Revisited on 9th August 2015
4 Luton (Woodside Animal Farm) - Adventure Golf - Update: 1st January 2010 - now called Crazy Golf
6 Felixstowe (Sea Front - Sea Road) - Crazy Golf - Update April 2010. Now derelict - holes removed to make up a 'new' course further along the Sea Front - see also #166 & #6a
6a (see also #166) Felixstowe (Ocean Boulevard Golf/Hollywood Holes/Grand Canyon Golf - Sea Front) - Crazy Golf - the 8-holes were formerly at the Sea Road course
9 Watford (TopGolf) - 9 Hole Putting Green - Update: 2nd February 2010 - now only a 5-hole Putting Area - see also 9b
20 Lowestoft - Adventure Golf - The easternmost minigolf course in the British Isles - Revisited in August 2021
22 Great Yarmouth (Arnold Palmer) - Minigolf 18-hole - Revisited in June 2010 - a view of the course (June 2010). Revisited in June 2011 - RICHARD WINS A FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE - a view of the course (5th June 2011)
23 Great Yarmouth (Arnold Palmer) - Minigolf 9-hole - Revisited in June 2011 - EMILY WINS A FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE
25 Great Yarmouth (Jungle Golf at the Gardens) - Crazy Golf - Update: 10th May 2009 - no longer exists, a Segway Grand Prix track is in its place
26 Great Yarmouth (Hollywood Adventure Golf, Windmill Theatre) - Indoor Adventure Golf - Update: August 2011 - replayed, now 12-holes (was 9+1 in 2007) - EMILY AND RICHARD BOTH WIN FREE GAMES ON THE BONUS HOLE
28 Warwick (St Nicholas Park) - Derelict Crazy Golf
29 Milton Keynes (Willen Lake) - Adventure Golf
30 Luton (Stockwood Park) - Mini Golf/Pitch & Putt
34 Margate (Strokes) - Adventure Golf
35 Broadstairs (Lillyputt Minigolf) - Lillyputt Minigolf (Arnold Palmer)
36 Margate (Palm Bay Café) Cliftonville - Crazy Golf on Grass
37 Margate (Little Oasis Crazy Golf) Cliftonville - Minigolf (Arnold Palmer) 1 of the 2 18-hole courses - 'North' Course (re-played on 9th April 2011, when we also finally managed to play the 'South' Course) - Update: May 2014
38 Letchworth Garden City - Putting Course on Grass - Update: 20th April 2010 - No longer there
40 Hastings (Seafront) - Minigolf - Update: May 2011 - Now a Pirate-themed Adventure Golf Course - See also #219 Hastings (Seafront) - Pirate Adventure Golf
43 Hastings (Planet Hastings) - Minigolf - Update: May 2011, now an Outdoor Laser Tag Arena!
50 Tampere, Finland - Beton (Concrete)
51 Tampere, Finland - Eternit (Miniaturegolf)
52 Tampere, Finland - Swedish Felt (Feltgolf)
60 Eastbourne (Treasure Island) - Adventure Golf - Update: May 2011 - Now Closed Down - Site 'For Sale' - Update: Now re-open, renovated in May 2015
66 Sandown (Isle of Wight) - Indoor Adventure Golf
67 Sandown (Isle of Wight) - Beton Crazy Golf
69 Hayling Island - Adventure Golf
70 Hoveton/Wroxham (Wroxham Barns) - Adventure Golf
73 Coventry (Allesley Park) - Crazy Golf
75 Guildford (Stoke Park) - Swedish Felt - Update: May 2016, course changed to an 18-hole layout with new playing surface. See also #399
76 Weymouth (Sea Life Centre) - Adventure Golf
77 Weymouth (Bowleaze Cove) - Crazy Golf
78 Herne Bay - Adventure Golf - Revisited in February 2022
80 Bluewater - Pro Tour Putting - Update: April 2011 - Course removed to make way for two new 18-hole Pirate Adventure Golf Courses - Played 2nd December 2011 - See also #278 and #279
82 Northglenn, Denver, Colorado, USA (Boondocks Fun Center) Caverns Mill Course - Miniature Golf - Review at The Putting Penguin here
83 Northglenn, Denver, Colorado, USA (Boondocks Fun Center) Hillbilly Hallow Course - Miniature Golf - Review at The Putting Penguin here
84 Manchester (Championship Miniature Golf at Playgolf Manchester) - Miniature Golf - Revisited 12th December 2011 - now 'Championship Miniature Golf at the Trafford Golf Centre'. Update: 2013, now closed
89 Glasgow (Victoria Park) - 9-hole Putting Green
91 Glasgow (Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Tiki Hut Trail) - Adventure Golf - EMILY WINS A FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE
94 Clacton-on-Sea (Augusta Masters) - Adventure Golf - Revisited: June 2015 - Revisited in August 2021 - now a 14-hole course
95 Blake End, near Braintree - Swedish Felt
106 Sandbanks - Crazy Golf
110 Fordingbridge (Tudor Rose Inn) - Miniature Golf - Update: October 2012 - the beer garden has had a makeover and the course is no longer there
113 Tea Green, Wandon End, Luton - Putting Green
115 Walton Hall Gardens (Warrington) - Miniature Golf
117 Staines (Lammas Park) - Adventure Golf
129 Pendine Bay - Crazy Golf
130 Saundersfoot - Crazy Golf
131 Heatherton Park, near Tenby - Adventure Golf
137 Aberdovey/Aberdyfi - Putting
138 Tywyn (Leisure Park) - Crazy Golf
143 Llandudno (Great Orme/Y Gogarth) - Rocky Pines Adventure Golf - The highest minigolf course in the British Isles - Revisited in August 2018
147 Prestatyn (Bastion Road, Central Beach) - Arnold Palmer Putting Course/Crazy Golf. Revisited in September 2014. Host venue for The Butler Cup and Holiday on the Buses Pro Tournament won by Emily. RICHARD WINS A FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE. Revisited in September 2017 - Richard wins The Butler Cup and A FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE. Revisited in September 2018
149 Oswestry (Cae Glas Park) - Eternit Minigolf
150 Southport (The Masters Putting Course) - Arnold Palmer Putting Course - RICHARD WINS A FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE - Revisited in October 2016November 2016, January 2018, October 2018 and September 2019
153 Poole (Poole Park) - Crazy Golf - Course removed and replaced in Summer 2010. See also 203
154 Poole (Poole Park) - Putting Green
155 London (Devonshire Square) - Minigolf - See also #282
157 Chelmsford (West Park) - Crazy Golf
159 West Bromwich (Sandwell Valley Park) - Crazy Golf (Eternit) - Update: 19th April 2010 - The 18-hole Eternit course has been scrapped, with a new Swedish Felt course to take its place - Update: 23rd January 2011 - A new 9-hole Swedish Felt B-Run is there now.
190 East Finchley - Garden Minigolf - The course was also the 'Landmark' 250th course location visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour (Private Course - no Public Access)
192 Newport (Tredegar Park) - Minigolf - Update: Revisited and played 25th August 2012 - now open with flags on the course and equipment to hire - Revisited in April 2015
214 Chiswick (Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre) - Crazy Golf - Update: March 2015 - course closed, area undergoing renovation
215 Margate (Little Oasis Crazy Golf) Cliftonville - Minigolf (Arnold Palmer) - 'South' Course - Update: May 2014
221 Eastbourne (Princes Park) - Grass Putting (But more like Pitch & Putt)
222 Eastbourne (Fort Fun) - Adventure Golf - RICHARD WINS A FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE
223 Rottingdean (Miniature Golf) - Grass Putting
224 Brighton (Marina) - Adventure Golf
225 Skellingthorpe (Daisy Made Ice Cream Shop & Drive-Thru) - Crazy Daisy Golf (Swedish Felt B-Run)
229 Mablethorpe (Sea Front) - Crazy Golf
239 Skegness (Bottons Pleasure Beach) - Gold Mine Adventure Golf (Adventure Putting) & Cactus Canyon River Ride - Revisited in May 2015
243 Spalding (Springfields) - Secret Garden Adventure Golf
258 Clevedon - Crazy Golf - 400th Minigolf Course Visited Overall
259 Weston-Super-Mare (Putting) - Putting - Update November 2012: Course and Miniature Railway Removed. New Adventure Golf course planned to be built on the site
264 Lowestoft (Kirkley Cliff) - Putting Green - The easternmost Putting course in the British Isles - Revisited in August 2021
267 Luton (Kent Athletic Club) - Crazy Golf
5-Year Anniversary Revisit - Portsmouth/Southsea (Treasure Island) - Adventure Golf (Victory Trail) - RICHARD WINS A FREE GAME ON THE TOP HOLE - First course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
269 Gosport (Stokes Bay) - Solent Springs Adventure Golf
272 Hunston (Chichester Golf Centre) - Swedish Felt B-Run Crazy Golf
274 Bognor Regis (Hotham Park) - Putting - Course replaced by Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf - Visited on the 4th September 2022
276 Felpham (Blakes Road) - Putting
278 Bluewater - Pirate Cove - Adventure Golf (Pirate Course) - Note: Built on the site of the Minigolf "Pro Tour Putting" course - see also #80
279 Bluewater - Pirate Cove - Adventure Golf (Smugglers Course) - Note: Built on the site of the Minigolf "Pro Tour Putting" course - see also #80
280 Manchester (Birdies Pop Up Golf) - New Business Launch Event - Pop Up Portable Minigolf Course
282 London (Alexandra Palace) - Crazy Golf - See also #155 & #155b
283 Basingstoke (Basingstoke Golf Centre) - Minigolf
284 Basingstoke (Basingstoke Golf Centre) - Putting Course
285 Forton, near Garstang (Zumo Cafe) - Crazy Golf
286 Brockhole - Crazy Golf
287 Ambleside (White Platts Recreation Ground) - Crazy Golf
288 Keswick (Hope Park) - Putting
289 Carlisle (Bitts Park) - Eternit Crazy Golf
290 Perth (Noah's Ark Golf Centre) - Adventure Golf Putting
291 Broughty Ferry, Dundee (Castle Green) - Eternit Crazy Golf
292 St Andrews (The Himalayas - St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club) - Miniature Golf - The world's first Minigolf Course
293 St Andrews (The Himalayas - St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club) - Miniature Golf
294 Dunfermline - Fife Leisure Park - Adventure Golf Island - Adventure Golf (Pirates Cove Course)
295 Dunfermline - Fife Leisure Park - Adventure Golf Island - Adventure Golf (Treasure Island Course)
296 North Berwick (East Links) - Putting Course
297 Seahouses (The Bunker) - Crazy Golf
298 London (Selfridges) - Bompas & Parr Rooftop Crazy Golf
299 West Horndon, near Brentwood (Dunton Hills Golf Course) - Miniature Golf - Revisited December 2014
300 Telford (Wonderland at Telford Town Park) - Crazy Golf - the 500th Minigolf Course Visited Overall! - Revisited in September 2020
301 Oswestry (Oswestry Games at Oswestry Leisure Centre) - Putterfingers Portable Mini Golf
302 London (Camden Town Brewery - The Brewmaster's Open) - 5-hole Temporary Mini-Golf course
303 London (Clarence Way, Camden) - Crazy Golf - Revisited in March 2019 - Revisited in February 2020
304 London (Golf Apocalypse) - Crazy Golf - Update: September 2012 - course has moved to Bristol
305 Dunstable (The Disability Resource Centre) - Mini golf - supplied by the Dunstable and District Disabled Sports (D.A.D.D.S.) Group
306 London (Tintype Gallery) - Crazee Golf Art Exhibition (and playable hole!)
307 London (Covent Garden) - Lyle & Scott Woolly Golf / Wooly Golf - 3-hole Temporary Mini-Golf course - In April 2014 Lyle & Scott hosted a special Minigolf Hole-in-One Challenge at the Carnaby Street shop in London
308 London (London Golf Show at Earls Court) - UrbanCrazy "Signature Course" - Portable Minigolf
309 Bath (Victoria Park) - Victoria Falls Adventure Golf
310 Wookey Hole - Pirate Island Adventure Golf
311 Cheddar - Cheddar Crazy Golf
312 Brean (Leisure Dome Amusement Arcade) - Indoor Crazy Golf
313 Manchester (Piccadilly) - Chrizy Golf - Indoor Christmas-themed Crazy Golf
314 Wimbledon (Wimbledon Park) - Crazy Golf
315 Beckenham, Kent (Kelsey Park) - Kelsey Park Championship Minigolf
316 Croydon, Surrey (World of Golf) - Dragon Quest Adventure Golf
317 Dudley (Westfield Merry Hill Shopping Centre) - Krazy Golf at Quest Merry Hill
318 Milton Keynes (Centre: MK) - Jurassic Golf (Felted Eternit)
319 Barnard Castle (Scar Top) - A Journey Through Teesdale Mini Golf
320 Bedford (Midland Road) - M!MS Empire Sunset Nine Hole Mini Golf - One Day Only Installation
321 Letchworth Garden City (Garden Square Shopping Centre's 'Letchworth Beside The Seaside' event) - Swedish Felt Mini Golf course - temporary course layout
322 London (Regent's Place) - UrbanCrazy 9-hole Signature Course - one-day only layout
323 London (Putt in the Park at Wandsworth Park) - Mini Golf - revisited in March 2015
324 London (London Golf Show at Earls Court) - UrbanCrazy "Signature Course" - 6-hole Portable Crazy Golf. Also played the new PongCrazy table tennis mini-golf game!
325 London (London Golf Show at Earls Court) - puttup indoor putting game - 3-hole layout
326 Burton Upon Trent (Shobnall Leisure Complex) - Crazy Golf
327 Whitby (Pleasure Island Amusement Arcade) - Indoor Pirate Adventure Golf course - revisited in August 2015, the course has changed significantly, including new holes and a reversal of the layout
328 Harrogate (Valley Gardens) - Crazy Golf
329 Blaby (Blaby Golf Centre) - Congo River Adventure Golf
330 Nottingham (The Cornerhouse) - The Lost City Adventure Golf - The Temple Trail
331 Nottingham (The Cornerhouse) - The Lost City Adventure Golf - Sacred Skull Pass
332 Long Eaton (Trent Lock Golf Centre) - 6-hole Putting Green
333 Long Eaton (Trent Lock Golf Centre) - Pirate's Landing Adventure Golf
334 Littlehampton (Harbour Park) - Sharksville Adventure Golf
335 Gillingham (Strand Leisure Park) - Wild Frontier Crazy Golf
336 Milton Keynes (thecentre:MK) - Pirate Adventure Golf
337 Romford / Chadwell Heath (Golf Kingdom) - Moby Golf adventure golf
338 Windsor (Alexandra Gardens) - Adventure Golf - a replacement for the old concrete miniature golf course (visited in May 2009) - Revisited in May 2015
339 Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland - Crazy Golf
340 Largs - Mackerston Putting Green
341 Ayr (Pirate Pete's) - Mini Championship Golf
342 Ayr (Seafront) - Crazy Golf
343 Ayr (Seafront) - Putting Green
344 Portaputt - Llanwrtyd Wells
345 Croydon (Platform Ruskin Square) - Putt Putt #2 Crazy Golf Art Installation by TURF Projects
346 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - KISS by Monster Mini Golf
347 Shoreditch, London (Swingers Crazy Golf by the Institute of Competitive Socialising) - indoor Crazy Golf
348 Prestatyn (Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Village) - Crazy Golf - revisited in September 2017 and September 2018
349 Rhyl (East Parade Bowling Club at the Wales National Crown Green Bowling Centre) - Mini Golf Grass Putting
350 Billington, near Leighton Buzzard (Mead Open Farm) - Swedish Felt B-run Crazy Golf
351 Camber Sands (Pontins Camber Sands Holiday Park) - Crazy Golf
352 Old Woking (Hoebridge Golf Centre) - Pirate Island Adventure Golf
353 Epsom (Horton Park Golf Club) - Jungle Island Adventure Golf
354 London - an UrbanCrazy minigolf hole at a wedding aboard the HMS President on the River Thames
355 Swindon (The Golfing Hole) - Indoor Adventure Golf
356 Tamworth (Castle Grounds) - Crazy Golf
357 Knaresborough (Castle Yard) - Putting
358 Castleford (Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Junction 32 Outlet Village) - Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course - Revisited in January 2020 - now Mr Mulligan's Pirate Golf
359 Castleford (Volcano Falls Adventure Golf at Xscape) - T Rex Trail Adventure Golf course - Revisited in January 2020
360 London (Efes Snooker Club, Dalston) - Plonk Golf
361 Rutland (Rutland Water Visitor Centre, Sykes Lane, near Empingham) - Mini Golf
362 Skegness (Pleasure Beach Amusements) - Pebble Beach Adventure Golf - Previously visited, but not played, in May 2011
363 Skegness (South Parade) - The Original Crazy Golf course - Previously visited, but not played, in May 2011. The location is the site of England's first-ever Crazy Golf course. Established in 1926
Extra Bonus Course Played - Luton (Tea Green Golf Club at Wandon End) - Mini Golf (refurbished) see also #111
364 (course visit 600 overall) Swanage (Santa Fe Fun Park) - Jurassic Adventure Golf
365 Lyme Regis (Lister Gardens) - Crazy Golf
366 Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth (Thorne Park Golf Centre) - Crazy Golf
367 Dawlish Warren (Funderland) - Adventure Golf
368 Teignmouth (Sea Front) - Jurassic Adventure Golf
369 Torquay (The Imperial Hotel) - Crazy Golf
370 (600th course visit in the UK) Goodrington Sands, Paignton - Beton Mini Golf
371 Looe (Looe Bowling Club, Marine Drive) - Upper Grass Putting course
372 Looe (Looe Bowling Club, Marine Drive) - Lower Grass Putting course
373 Swanpool, Falmouth (Swanpool Park) - Crazy Golf
374 Penzance (The Alexandra Inn) - pub beer garden Crazy Golf
375 St Erth (Penwith Pitch and Putt) - Crazy Golf
376 Newquay (Gilmores Golf) - Beton Crazy Mini Golf
377 Porth Island, Newquay (Krazy Golf at Newquay Football Golf) - Crazy Golf
378 (650th course visit overall) Padstow (Greens Cafe) - Crazy Golf
379 Bude (Bude Haven Recreation Ground) - Crazy Golf
380 Taunton (Vivary Park) - Mini Golf
381 Littlehampton (Norfolk Gardens) - Adventure Golf - previously visited, but not played - Revisited in April 2019 (course has been refurbished)
382 (662) Peterborough (Peterborough Minigolf at Dobbies Garden Centre) - Minigolf - Revisited in February 2020
383 (663) Bridlington (North Marine Putting Greens) - Crazy Golf
384 (666) Bridlington (Esplanade) - Treasure Island Adventure Golf and Pirate Ghost Walk
385 (545) Whitby (North Terrace) - Arnold Palmer Putting Course - first visited in March 2014
386 (668) Whitby (Pleasure Island Amusement Arcade) - Indoor Pirate Adventure Golf course - first visited in March 2014 (see 327). Since then the layout has changed significantly and now includes new holes and a reversal of many of the holes
387 (669) Southsea (Canoe Lake) - Mini Golf
Not a course visit - Luton Mini Golf Meadows - the replacement for the Crazy & Mini Golf courses in Wardown Park
388 (670) Loughborough (Charnwood Golf Complex) - Minigolf
389 (671 overall and 650th course visit in the UK) London (Battersea Park) - Putt in the Park Mini Golf
390 (672) London (Waterloo) - Birdies Crazy Golf Club
391 (674) Sheffield (Valley Centertainment) - Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Cinnamon Cove course
392 (676) Brixton, London (Plonk Golf) - Crazy Golf at the Duke of Edinburgh pub beer garden
393 (677) Singapore (LilliPutt) - Indoor Mini Golf
394 (667) Bridlington (Foreshore Sands) - Crazy Golf
396 (665) Bridlington (North Marine Putting Greens) - Putting Green #2
397 (678) Doncaster (Lakeside Shopping Village) - Crazy Golf Adventure
398 Woking (Woking Park) - Eternit Crazy Golf
399 Guildford (Stoke Park) - Swedish Felt
400 (679) Les Mielles, Jersey - Breakers Realistic Miniature Golf - further course photos
401 (682) Nottingham (New Art Exchange) - Doug Fishbone's Leisure Land Golf
402 (683) Southend on Sea (Southend Pier) - Crazy Golf
402.1 Manchester - Trade On Tap (Plumb Center and Parts Center) Hole-in-One challenge at CIH Housing 2016 Exhibition
403 (685) Stevenage (Leisure Park) - Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf - Jungle Explorers course
404 (686) Stevenage (Leisure Park) - Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf - Ocean Adventurers course
405 (689) Cromer (Cromer Putting) - Putting Green
406 (692) Mundesley (Adventure Island Golf) - Adventure Golf
407 (696) Stockport (National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline charity shop) - Mini Golf
408 (697) Liverpool (Liverpool Golf Centre) - Short Game Putting Green
409 (698) Liverpool (Liverpool Golf Centre) - Mini Golf
410 (699) Liverpool (Pier Head) - Crazy Golf
411 (700 overall and 678th in the UK) Northwich (Vickersway Park) - Crazy Golf - revisited in January 2020 and October 2021
412 (701) Northwich (Vickersway Park) - Putting Course - revisited in January 2020 and October 2021
413 (702) Warrington (Walton Hall Gardens) - Adventure Golf - built on the site of a miniature golf course that dated back to 1973. That course was the 115th played
414 (695) Cheadle (Bruntwood Park) - Pitch and Putt
415 (705) Ryde (Isle of Wight), Puckpool Park - Mini-Golf Garden
416 (709) Shanklin (Isle of Wight), Seafront - 'Arnold Palmer' Crazy Golf course - see also 63
417 (714) Formby (Formby Golf Centre) - Adventure Putting Green
418 Southport (Hesketh Park) - Crazy Golf - RICHARD WINS A FREE GAME ON THE LUCKY LAST HOLE
419 (673) Leeds (Roxy Ball Room) - Indoor Mini Golf
420 (720) Bolton (Market Place Shopping Centre) - The Lost Valley Adventure Golf at Amazonia
421 (719) Manchester (Junkyard Golf) - Pablo Crazy Golf course
422 (718) Manchester (Junkyard Golf) - Freida Crazy Golf course
423 (722) Manchester (EventCity) - Putting Edge portable mini golf course at Prolific North Live 2017
424 (724) Wrexham, Wales (Clays Golf) - Indoor Putting Green
425 (725) Wrexham, Wales (Clays Golf) - Miniature Golf course
426 (726) Wrexham, Wales (Clays Golf) - Grass Putting Green
427 (727 overall and 700th in the UK) Wigan (Haigh Woodland Park) - Adventure Golf
428 (728) Wigan (Haigh Woodland Park) - Crazy Golf
429 (729) Manchester (EventCity) - TomTom Sports Adventure Putting course at The Golf Show by American Golf
430 (730) New Brighton (King's Parade) - Championship Adventure Golf
431 (731) New Brighton (King's Parade) - Landmark Adventure Golf
432 (734 / 707 UK) Norwich (Eaton Park) - Crazy Golf
433 (738 / 711 UK) Glazebury, near Warrington (Bents Garden and Home) - Jurassic Cove Adventure Golf
434 (740) Lytham St Annes (MiniLinks) - Pennines Putting
435 (741) Lytham St Annes (St Annes Pier) - 8-hole Crazy Golf
436 Lytham St Annes (Fairhaven Lake) - Crazy Golf - originally the 4th unplayed course on our tour - Update September 2020: Course removed
437 (742) Lytham St Annes (MiniLinks) - MiniLinks Par-3
438 (743) Glossop (Manor Park) - Crazy Golf - Revisited in December 2021
439 (744) Sutton Weaver Village, near Runcorn (site of the former Sutton Fields Golf Centre) - Eternit Miniature Golf
440 (745) Cheshire Oaks (Paradise Island Adventure Golf) - Coral Cove Adventure Golf course - EMILY WON A FREE GAME ON THE LUCKY LAST HOLE
441 (750th course visited overall) Swindon (Coate Water Country Park) - Crazy Golf
442 (751) Swindon (Coate Water Country Park) - Putting Green
443 (753) Lytham (Lowther Gardens) - Crazy Golf
444 (755) London (Swingers Crazy Golf) - Lighthouse course
445 (756) London (Swingers Crazy Golf) - Windmill course
446 (757) London (Brick Lane) - Junkyard Golf - Pablo course
447 (758) London (Brick Lane) - Junkyard Golf - Bozo course
448 (759) London (Brick Lane) - Junkyard Golf - Gary course
449 (760) London (Brick Lane) - Junkyard Golf - Bruce course
450 (762) Brighouse (Wellholme Park) - Crazy Golf
451 (763) York (York Art Gallery) - Doug Fishbone's Leisure Land Golf - see also 401 - Nottingham (New Art Exchange) where a version of the course was played in 2016
452 (764) Towthorpe (York Golf Range) - Adventure Crazy Golf
453 (765) Manchester (First Street) - Junkyard Golf - Gary course - revisited March 2020
454 (766) Manchester (First Street) - Junkyard Golf - Bozo course - revisited March 2020
455 (767) Manchester (First Street) - Junkyard Golf - Pablo course - replayed March 2020
456 (768) Sutton Coldfield (The Belfry) - Ryder Legends Adventure Golf
457 (770) Dorridge (Four Ashes Golf Centre) - Adventure Golf - see also #72 for the Minigolf course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre
458 (771) Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park (Golden Putter) - Adventure Golf, Black course
459 (772) Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park (Golden Putter) - Adventure Golf, Red course
460 (774) Tamworth (Namco Funscape) - Medieval-themed Castle Adventure Golf
461 (775) Lichfield (Beacon Park) - Crazy Golf
462 (781) Rhos on Sea (Rhos Fynach) - Crazy Golf
463 (782) Abergele & Pensarn (Surfside Amusements) - Sea World Crazy Golf
464 (783) Rhyl (Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp) - Pirate Island Adventure Golf
465 (784) Cheltenham (Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf) - Neptune's Mist Adventure Golf course
466 (785) Cheltenham (Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf) - Canopy Creek Adventure Golf course
467 (786) Newnham (Elton Leisure) - Forest of Dean Adventure Golf
468 (787) Lydney - Krazy Golf Lydney - also played Crazy Golf Pool there
469 (789) Stourport on Severn (Playland) - Crazy Golf
470 (791) Stourport on Severn (Riverside Park) - Crazy Golf
471 (796) Whitley, Dewsbury (Charlotte's Ice Cream Parlour) - Crazy Golf
472 (800th course visit overall and the 31st overseas) Vasastan, Stockholm, Sweden (Swing by Golfbaren) - indoor minigolf course and speakeasy
473 (801 and 32nd overseas) Solna, Sweden (Mall of Scandinavia) - Sports World Minigolf at O'Leary's
474 (805 and 36th overseas) Täby, Sweden (Täby Centrum) - Paradise Adventure Golf, Inca course
475 (806 and 37th overseas) Täby, Sweden (Täby Centrum) - Paradise Adventure Golf, Explorers course
476 (Originally course visit 792) Manchester (Trafford Golf Centre) - Dino Falls Adventure Golf - visited to play in the first DinoFalls Masters tournament
477 (810) Manchester (Roxy Ball Room) - indoor Crazy Golf
478 (811) Southwold (Southwold Putting & Cafe on the Green) - Putting Green - new course on the old Putting Green site
479 (814) Thorpeness (Thorpeness Golf Club & Hotel) - Jiggers Miniature Golf
480 (817) Hatfield, Thorne, Doncaster (Kingswood Golf Centre) - Pirates Cove Adventure Golf
481 (818) Hatfield, Thorne, Doncaster (Kingswood Golf Centre) - Pirates Cove Adventure Golf Putting Green
482 Cleethorpes (Arnold Palmer) - Crazy Golf - originally visited in May 2011
483 Cleethorpes (Terry's Traditional) - Crazy Golf - originally visited in May 2011
484 Cleethorpes (Terry's Traditional) - Putting - originally visited in May 2011
485 (820) Grange-over-Sands (Promenade Recreation Park) - Crazy Golf
486 (821) Grange-over-Sands (Promenade Recreation Park) - Putting Course
487 (827) Ramsey, Isle of Man (Mooragh Park) - TT Putting (Crazy Golf)
488 (828) Ramsey, Isle of Man (Mooragh Park) - Putting
489 (826) Onchan, Isle of Man (Onchan Park) - Mini Golf (Pitch & Putt)
490 (825) Onchan, Isle of Man (Onchan Park) - Crazy Golf
491 (829) Cofton Hackett, Birmingham (Fletcher's Arcade) - Joe Joe Jim's Crazy Crazy Golf
492 (830) Blackpool (Graffiti Golf) - Indoor UV Adventure Golf - Revisited in September 2020, May 2021 and September 2021
493 (837) Manchester (The Printworks) - Treetop Adventure Golf - Ancient Explorer course
494 (838) Manchester (The Printworks) - Treetop Adventure Golf - Tropical Trail course - the 800th course visit in the British Isles
495 (840) Newcastle (Lane7) - Mini Golf - revisited in August 2019
496 (841) Newcastle (Mr Mulligan's Space Golf) - Inventors Hangar
497 (842) Newcastle (Mr Mulligan's Space Golf) - Lunar Crash
498 (843) Newcastle (Mr Mulligan's Space Golf) - Cosmic Storm
499 (844) Saltburn-by-the-Sea - Saltburn Minigolf
500 (845) Skelton-in-Cleveland - Holey Molies Miniature Golf - the 500th course played, the 845th visited overall and the 807th we've been to in the British Isles
501 (852) Oxford (Gravitee Adventure Golf) - Space Odyssey indoor Adventure Golf
502 (853) Oxford (Gravitee Adventure Golf) - Galactic Explorers indoor Adventure Golf
503 (855) Droylsden (One Adventure) - Rock N Golf UV Indoor Crazy Golf
504 (807) Chicago, USA (FTW Chicago) - City Golf 312 Mini Golf
505 (863) Eccleshall, Stafford (Fletcher's Garden Centre) - Crazy Golf
506 (815) Stonham Aspall (Stonham Barns) - Adventure Golf - replaced the old Crazy Golf course
507 (865) Coventry (Teezers Retro Golf & Cocktails) - indoor Crazy Golf
508 (866) Nantwich (Wyevale Bridgemere Garden Centre) - Jurassic Golf Bridgemere
509 (867) Worcester (Ravenmeadow Golf Centre) - Jungle Safari Adventure Golf
510 (873) Lymington (Lymington Golf Centre) - New Forest Adventure Golf
511 (875) Hamptworth (Hamptworth Golf Club) - Crazy Putting Challenge
512 (879) Netley, Southampton (Royal Victoria Country Park) - Crazy Golf
513 (881) Southampton (East Park) - Mini Golf - Revisited in May 2021
514 (882) Andover (Riverside Bowl) - Glo-Golf
515 (883) Sherfield on Lodden (Wyevale Garden Centre) - Tidal Bay Crazy Adventure Golf
516 (885) Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot - Pirate Cove Adventure Golf
517 (887) Fontygary Leisure Park (Rhoose) - Dragon's Quest Adventure Golf
518 (888) Betchton, Sandbach (Malkins Bank Golf Club) - Swedish Felt Crazy Golf
519 (892) Tewitfield, Carnforth (Greenlands Farm Village) - Farmyard Adventure Mini Golf
520 (900) Scarborough (North Bay) - North Bay Crazy Golf - the 900th course we've visited overall and the 861st in the British Isles
521 (901) Scarborough (South Bay, Holbeck) - Putting Green
522 (903) Leicester (Caddyshackers Crazy Golf) - indoor Crazy Golf
523 (911) Rhyl (The Palace Fun Centre) - indoor Mini Golf
524 (916) Old St. Mellons, Cardiff (Cardiff Golf Centre) - Tee-Rex Adventure Golf
525 (919) Wolsingham (Wolsingham Sports Hall) - Landmark Golf pop-up course
526 (924) Walkden (Walkden Town Centre shopping mall) - pop-up indoor Crazy Golf course
527 (925) Newcastle-Under-Lyme (The Clubhouse Stoke) - indoor Crazy Golf
528 (717) Southport (Botanic Gardens) - Crazy GolfFirst visited in November 2016
529 (859) London (Puttshack White City) - Sapphire course - Super Tech Mini Golf
530 (793) London (Swingers West End) - Big Wheel course
531 (929) Birmingham (Mr Mulligan's Space Golf) - Supernova course
532 (930) Birmingham (Mr Mulligan's Space Golf) - Asteroid course
533 (931) Birmingham (Mr Mulligan's Space Golf) - Mars Base course
534 (932) Birmingham (The Floodgate) - Pit-Pat Table Golf
535 (933) Birmingham (the 2019 Holiday Park & Resort Innovation Show at the NEC) - Marsh Industries 3-hole hole-in-one challenge minigolf course
536 (934) Halifax (Galactic Golf) - Cosmic Quest Adventure Golf course - Update September 2020: Now a closed course. Update May 2021: Now reopened
537 (938) Warrington (Superbowl) - Putters Adventure Golf
538 (900th in the British Isles and 939th overall) Kettering (New York Thunderbowl) - Pirate Adventure Golf
539 (940) Manchester (Trafford Golf Centre) - Dino Falls Adventure Golf Volcano course
540 (942) Wythall, Birmingham (That Funky Golf Place at Becketts Farm) - indoor Crazy Golf
541 (945) Hatfield, Doncaster (Sunnybank Gardens & The Yorkshire Ice Cream Farm) - Crazy Golf
542 (948) London (Coal Drops Yard) - Club Golf pop-up rave-inspired art installation Crazy Golf course
543 (955) Chorley (Escape Entertainment Venue at Market Walk) - Gator Adventure Golf
547 (961) Sandown, Isle of Wight (Sandham Gardens) - Dino Islands Adventure Golf
548 (960) Shanklin, Isle of Wight (Shanklin Seafront) - Caddy Shack Crazy Golf
551 (969) Peterborough (Glo Golf) - Glow in the Dark Minigolf
552 (970) Norwich (Boom: Battle Bar) - Crazier Golfthe 1,000th course visited by Richard, Emily & Christopher Gottfried on the combined Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
555 (984 / 945 in the British Isles) Gorleston-on-Sea (Gorleston Putting Green) - Putting Green
558 (987 overall) Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain (Forbidden Temple Park Mini Golf & Bar) - Mini Golf
559 (988 overall) Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain (Jurassic Kingdom Crazy Golf Adventure) - Adventure Golf
563 (1,016) Bournemouth (Mr Mulligan) - Adventure Golf
564 (1,020) Southend-on-Sea (Caddies Southend) - Crazy Golf - Blue Course
565 (1,021) Southend-on-Sea (Caddies Southend) - Crazy Golf - Red Course
566 (1,027) Santa Ponça, Majorca, Spain - Minigolf Miraflores

Courses visited but not played* 30th September 2006 - 30th December 2023


Derelict Miniature Golf course on Ayr seafront in Scotland
A derelict course in Ayr

1 Southend-on-Sea (Arnold Palmer Minigolf, West Course) - Derelict Minigolf - Update: 25th April 2009 - now demolished
3 Lowestoft - Kirkley Cliff Putting Green - Now played, see #264 - The easternmost Putting course in the British Isles - Revisited in August 2021
--- Brighton (Pier) - Crazy Golf - 2008 Closed for two years and now a Coconut Shy!
--- Shanklin (Isle of Wight) - Putting Course - Revisited 1st October 2016: now a Pirate Adventure Golf course
---5 Weymouth - Putting Green - Now played, see #204
6 Guildford Lido - Minigolf
--- Abingdon (Abbey Meadow) - Putting Course - Played in the 1980's, but not since the CWofMGT began in 2006
7 Margate (Little Oasis Crazy Golf) Cliftonville - Minigolf (Arnold Palmer) the 2nd 18-hole course - Update: May 2014
---8 Hemsby (Stonehenge) - BIG Mini Golf - Now played, see #174 - Revisited in August 2021
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Gorleston-on-Sea (Pop's Meadow Putting Green) - Minigolf (Arnold Palmer) - Now played, see #173 - 100th Minigolf Course Visited Overall
---12 Bedford - Putting Green - Now played, see #184
13 Dovercourt - Putting Green
20 Warrington (Orford Park) - Now flower beds!?
21 Barry Island/Ynys y Barri - Crazy Golf - Played in the late 1980's/early 1990's - Demolished for new Smuggler's Cove Adventure Golf
34 Abergwyngregyn (Aber Falls Tavern) - course unplayable, Tavern under redevelopment
35 Llanfairfechan - Crazy Golf - only holes 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 remained - no kiosk - Update: Janaury 2018
39 Blackpool (Gynn Gardens) - Crazy Golf - Closed for the season
--- Blackpool (Gynn Gardens) - Putting Course - Closed for the season
40 Blackpool (Metropole) - Crazy Golf - Closed for the season - Revisited in August 2018 - Played in May 2021
41 Leyland (Worden Park) - Mini Golf - Open weekends at 11am but was closed when we visited on a Sunday!?
42 Sandbanks - Putting Green
44 London (Clarence Way, Camden) - Crazy Golf - Residents-only course, no clubs or balls for hire - now #303 played
48 Felixstowe (Sea Front - Sea Road) - Crazy Golf - Update April 2010. Now derelict - holes removed to make up a 'new' course further along the Sea Front - see also #166 & #6a
49 Felixstowe (Sea Front) - Putting Green - Update April 2010. Now removed to make way for Donkey Rides! - See also Actual Course Visited and Played #53
50 Dunstable (Party in the Park Event) - Mini Golf Range - was advertised for the event, but not actually at the event!?
53 Brentwood (Brentwood Golf Centre/King George Playing Field) - Crazy Golf - Course only open 11am-3pm each day. Update August 2014: Course removed and replaced with a new Adventure Golf course.
62 Wendens Ambo (The Bell Pub) - Mini Golf - Did not exist despite web listing!?
65 Newport (Big Splash) - We were a week too early to play the portable course!
66 Smeeth (The Woolpack Inn) - Crazy Golf - We arrived at the pub at 11am, but it didn't open until 12pm!
67 Folkestone (The Rotunda) - Arnold Palmer Putting Course - Demolished
68 Folkestone (Seafront) - 18-holes Art Installation - three beach huts made from the old Rotunda Arnold Palmer Putting Course!!!
86 Auckland, New Zealand (Tee-Rex Alley Course) - Lilliputt Mini Golf - course 'Under Construction' on Emily's visit in November 2010
91 Basingstoke (Eastrop Park) - The Crazy Golf has been replaced by an Adventure Playground
92 Southsea (Pier) - No kiosk to pay to play!? - Revisited 1st October 2011 - Pier closed on a revisit on 9th August 2015
93 West Bromwich (Sandwell Valley Park) - Mini Golf (Swedish Felt - B-Type) - Out of Season
94 West Bromwich (Sandwell Valley Park) - Mini Golf - Believed to be a Pitch & Putt. There was a sign on a gate, but no sign of the course!?
- Luton (Old Bedford Road) - Feature Golf Lawn - £625,000 to play it!
- Aintree (Harrow Drive Playing Fields) - Crazy Golf - Dug Up!
- New Brighton (Marine Promenade) - Crazy Golf - Summer Only
- New Brighton (Kings Parade Gardens) - Mini Golf (Pitch & Putt) - Out of Season - Update May 2017: now a Footgolf course
- Wallasey (Wallasey Beach) - Miniature Golf (Pitch & Putt)
- Kowloon (Hong Kong) - Minigolf at the YMCA
- Rottingdean (Miniature Golf) - Miniature Golf
- Rodean (Mini Golf) - Mini Golf
- Not Shoreham by Sea, but Kingsway, Hove - Pitch Putt
- Mablethorpe (Queen's Park/Linda's Pavilion) - Putting - No Flags Out - Not Fully Open
- Sutton on Sea - Crazy Golf - Demolished
- Skegness (North Shore Caravan Park) - Mini Golf - Pitch & Putt - Also home to "The Pitch And Putt Inn"
- Skegness (Pebble Adventure Golf) - Adventure Golf - Closed on Visit - Revisited in May 2015
- Skegness (South Parade) - Crazy Golf - Closed on Visit - Revisited in May 2015
- Fritton (Caldecott Hall Leisure Complex) - Crazy Golf - Removed as land needed to extend Golf Course
- Fritton (Fritton Lake) - Putting (although it looks like Astroturf surface in the leaflet) - Park too busy to make a stop en route to Great Yarmouth
- Southsea (Castle Mini Golf) - Mini-Golf/Pitch & Putt - Revisited on 9th August 2015 and 30th September 2016
- Bognor Regis (Marine Park Gardens) - Putting - Closed for the season
- London (Portobello Gold Hotel) - Mini Golf on Roof Terrace - You must be a Hotel Guest booked in that room
- Erskine, Scotland (Erskine Bridge Hotel) - Mini Golf (Pitch & Putt) - Overgrown, not in use
- Loch Lomond, Scotland (Can You Experience) - Crazy Golf - Not available on day of visit as it had been removed to have a Twister fairground ride put up in its place
- Loch Lomond, Scotland (Muddy Good Fun) - Crazy Golf - Didn't realise there was a course there until I read the leaflet when I got home!
- London (Alexandra Palace) - Pitch & Putt - Closed for the Season
- London (Alexandra Palace) - Putting Course - Closed for the Season
- Bispham (Queens Road Promenade) - Crazy Golf - Demolished
- Bispham (Near Norbreck Station) - Putting Course - No longer there
- Bispham (Anchorsolme Park) - Putting Course
- Bispham (Anchorsolme Park) - Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt - Not yet open for season
- Fleetwood - Crazy Golf - Not yet open for season - Revisited in May 2021
- Fleetwood - Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt - Not yet open for season - Revisited in May 2021
- Morecambe (Happy Mount Park) - Miniature Golf - No longer there - Revisited June 2019
- Morecambe (Happy Mount Park) - Crazy Golf - Not yet open for season - Update: January 2013: Now a 16-hole Pirate Adventure Golf course - Visited June 2019
- Morecambe (Happy Mount Park) - Puttting - Not yet open for season - Revisited June 2019
- Morecambe (Morecambe Golf Club) - Putting Green - Members only club
- Bowness-on-Windermere (The Glebe) - Crazy Golf - Not yet open for season
- Bowness-on-Windermere (The Glebe) - Putting Course - Not yet open for season
- Bowness-on-Windermere (The Glebe) - Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt - Not yet open for season
- Brockhole - Putting - Not yet open for season
- Ambleside (White Platts Recreation Ground) - Putting
- Ambleside (White Platts Recreation Ground) - Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt
- Keswick (Hope Park) - Obstacle Golf
- Keswick (Hope Park) - Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt
- Maryport (The Lake District Coast Aquarium) - Swedish Felt Crazy Golf - Open Daily 10am-5pm, but we arrived at 5.10pm
- Silloth-on-Solway (The Green) - Crazy Golf - Demolished
- Helensburgh - Putting - Not yet open for season
- Bannockburn, Stirling (Brucefields Family Golf Centre) - Putting Green
- Perth (South Inch Park) - Crazy Golf - Semi-Derelict
- Perth (South Inch Park) - Putting Course - Not yet open for season
- St Andrews (St Andrews Links - Old Course) - Putting Green - Practice Putting for 'Old Course' Players Only
- St Andrews (St Andrews Links - Bruce Embankment) - Putting Green - Putting Kiosk Closed
- Kirkaldy (Jumpin Jacks Children's Adventure Play and Crazy Golf) - Adventure Golf - Open until 6pm, we arrived after 6pm
- Kirkaldy (Beveridge Park) - Putting - Not yet open for season
- Kirkaldy (Beveridge Park) - Crazy Golf - Not yet open for season
- North Berwick (The Lodge) - Crazy Golf - No longer there
- North Berwick (West Links) - Putting Course
- Gullane - Childrens Golf Course / Mini Golf / Pitch & Putt
- Dunbar (Lauderdale Park) - Crazy Golf - No longer there
- Berwick-upon-Tweed (Magdalene Fields Golf Club) - Putting Course
- Spittal (near Berwick-upon-Tweed) - The Pavilion - Crazy Golf - Not yet open for season
- Sunderland (St Marks Activity Garden, St Marks Community Association, Millfield) - Crazy Golf - Could not find staff to hire equipment from
- Woking (Woking Park) - Eternit Crazy Golf - Not yet open for season - Update: May 2016, now played - see 398
- Woking (Woking Park) - Putting Course - Not yet open for season  - Update: May 2016, area now no longer used for a Putting Course
- Worthing (Brooklands Pleasure Park) - Krazy Golf - Visited after closing time
- Littlehampton (Maltravers Park) - Putting - Followed a Brown Tourist sign there, but couldn't see the course - may have been too early in the season for the course to have been set out
- Littlehampton (Norfolk Gardens) - Pitch & Putt - Open all year round, but visited after closing time
- Littlehampton (Norfolk Gardens) - Adventure Golf - Open all year round, but visited after closing time - Played in July 2015 (course #381)
- Littlehampton (Mewsbrook Park) - Minigolf - No course found - Note: The Miniature Railway does pass through the Pitch & Putt course that sits between Norfolk Gardens & Mewsbrook Park
- Yattendon (Yattendon & Frilsham Fete) - Crazy Golf - Course advertised, but no course at the event. There was however a Christmas Tree Throwing Competition!
- Upminster (Hall Lane Miniature Golf Complex) - Miniature Golf - Course re-opened, but closed on day of visit (Open Weekends and School Holidays)
- Llandrindod Wells (Princes Avenue near Llandrindod Lake) - Crazy Golf - not open on our visit
- Llandrindod Wells (Princes Avenue near Llandrindod Lake) - Putting Course - not open on our visit
- Wigan (Haigh Country Park) - Himalayan Putting Green - Too snowy and icy to play - Update: April 2017 - course no longer there, replaced by an Adventure Golf course in 2016. The new layout was the 700th UK course we've visited
- Carshalton, Sutton (The Grove Park) - Crazy Golf - not yet open for the season
- Southbourne/Fisherman's Walk (Cafe Riva) - Putting
- Southbourne/Fisherman's Walk (Cafe Riva) - Pitch & Putt
- Walton on the Naze (Coronation Gardens) - Putting - closed due to rain
- Walton on the Naze (Coronation Gardens) - Crazy Golf (Swedish Felt Minigolf) - closed due to rain
- Burton Upon Trent (Shobnall Leisure Complex) - Pitch & Putt
St Albans, Hertfordshire (Verulamium Park) - Crazy Golf (new layout) - visited in December in very wet weather
- Whitby (North Terrace) - Arnold Palmer Putting Course - Out of Season
- Whitby (North Terrace) - Pitch & Putt Mini Golf - Out of Season
- Harrogate (Valley Gardens) - Pitch & Putt Mini Golf - Out of Season
Derby (Mundy Play Centre at Markeaton Park) - Crazy Golf - Only open at weekends out of season
- Gillingham (Strand Leisure Park) - Par 3 Miniature Golf
- Barton's Point Coastal Park, Sheerness (Isle of Sheppey) - Pitch & Putt Mini Golf
- Margate (Temporary mobile theme park) - Charged for entry to whole park and no time to visit all the attractions
- London (Clerkenwell Design Week 2014) - Course had closed early on the day we visited
- Ardrossan (Seafront) - Crazy Golf - derelict course. Although we did see people playing it with their own equipment
- Largs (Putting on the Ritz) - 18-hole Putting course - no time to play there
- Largs (Putting on the Ritz) - 18-hole Putting course #2 - no time to play there
- Largs (Mackerston Putting Green) - 18-hole Putting course - only had time to play one of the two courses. See course played #340
- Largs (Aubrey Park) - Crazy Golf - walked in the wrong direction and then ran out of time to find and play it
- Ayr (Seafront) - Derelict Minigolf
- Troon (Seafront) - Crazy Golf - closed on day of visit. It was very rainy
- Prestwick (Seafront) - Putting course - closed on day of visit. It was very rainy
- Falkirk (Callendar Park) - Crazy Golf - closed on day of visit
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - Ohana Mini Golf - closed when Emily passed by at 6am
- Castleford (Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Junction 32 Outlet Village) - Skull Cove Adventure Golf course - we only had time to play one of the two courses on the site this time - Revisited in January 2020 - now Mr Mulligan's Pirate Golf
- Castleford (Volcano Falls Adventure Golf at Xscape) - Volcano Valley Adventure Golf course - we only had time to play one of the two courses on the site this time - Revisited in January 2020
- Skegness (Lost World Adventure Park) - Indoor Jungle 3D Mini Golf - Closed down and abandoned
599 Hatfield (Galleria Outlet Shopping Centre) - Indoor Pirate Mini Golf - Course closed at 6pm (last ticket at 5.30pm)
602 Seaton - Grass Putting Green
603 Oak Mead Family Golf Centre - Grass Putting Green
604 Oak Mead Family Golf Centre - Pitch and Putt
606 Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth (Thorne Park Golf Centre) - Grass Putting Green
607 Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth (Thorne Park Golf Centre) - Pitch and Putt
608 Sidmouth (The Victoria Hotel) - Grass Putting Green
609 Sidmouth (The Belmont Hotel) - Grass Putting Green
610 Sidmouth (The Triangle / Coburg Fields) - Grass Putting Green
611 Exmouth (Seafront) - Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf
612 Exmouth (Seafront) - Grass Putting Green
613 Exmouth (The Imperial Hotel) - Grass Putting Green
615 Dawlish (Station Road) - Swedish Felt B-Run Mini Golf
618 Torquay (Torre Abbey Gardens) - Jungle Journey Adventure Golf
619 Paignton (Sea Front) - Pirates Bay Adventure Golf
620 Paignton (Junior Browns) - UV Indoor Crazy Golf - removed
622 Roundham Head, Goodrington Sands, Paignton - Pitch and Putt
623 Torquay (Torre Abbey Gardens) - Pitch and Putt
624 Dartmouth (near Higher Ferry) - Grass Putting course
625 Plymouth (The Hoe) - Grass Putting course
626 Plymouth (West Hoe Park) - Treasure Island Adventure Golf
627 St Martins (Parkdean Looe Bay Holiday Park) - Crazy Golf
630 St Austell (Kidzworld Cornwall, Stadium Retail Park) - Mini Golf
632 Falmouth (Gyllyngvase Beach) - Crazy Golf - now part of a garden
634 St Ives (Porthminster Beach) - Grass Putting course
635 St Ives (Porthmeor Beach) - Grass Putting course
637 St Erth (Penwith Pitch and Putt) - Pitch and Putt
638 Perranporth (Boating Lake) - Grass Putting course
640 Newquay (Trenance Gardens) - Crazy Golf
641 Newquay (Trenance Gardens) - Pitch and Putt
642 Newquay (Killacourt) - Grass Putting course - out of season
643 Newquay (Tolcarne Beach) - Crazy Golf - the course on the cliff has been removed
644 Newquay (Narrowcliff, near Tolcarne Beach) - Crazy Golf - the hut remains, no course evident
645 Newquay (The Headland Hotel, near Fistral Beach) - Grass Putting course
647 Mawgan Porth - Crazy Golf
648 Mawgan Porth - Pitch and Putt
649 Berryfields Holiday Park, Porthcothan Bay - Crazy Golf
651 Padstow (Green Cafe) - Grass Putting / Pitch and Putt
653 Bude (Bude Haven Recreation Ground) - Grass Putting Green 1
654 Bude (Bude Haven Recreation Ground) - Grass Putting Green 2
655 Bude (Crooklets Beach) - Pitch and Putt
656 Westward Ho! - Putting course on a signpost - not found
657 Westward Ho! (Pebble Ridge) - Pirate Adventure Golf
658 Woolacombe (The Bay Hotel) - Mini Golf (Pitch and Putt)
659 Woolacombe (Funder Island) - 15-hole Adventure Golf
660 Ilfracombe (The Promenade) - Crazy Golf
664 Bridlington (North Marine Putting Greens) - Putting Green #1 - now played, see #395
665 Bridlington (North Marine Putting Greens) - Putting Green #2 - now played, see #396
667 Bridlington (Foreshore Sands) - Crazy Golf - now played, see #394
673 Leeds (Roxy Ball Room) - Mini Golf - venue opened at 12pm, we arrived at 12pm. Mini Golf wasn't open until 4pm. See also 419 played
675 Sheffield (Valley Centertainment) - Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Shell Bay course
680 Grève d'Azette, Jersey (St. Clements Golf & Sports Centre) - Crazy Golf - no longer there
681 Grève d'Azette, Jersey (St. Clements Golf & Sports Centre) - Putting Green - closed on visit
684 Manchester (Spinningfields) - Tea Party Mini Golf - closed the day before I visited
687 Cromer (Boating Lake) - Crazy Mini Golf on Grass Putting Green
688 Sheringham - Putting Green
689 Cromer (Cromer Putting) - Putting Green
690 Cromer (The Meadow) - Pitch & Putt
691 Cromer (North Lodge Park) - Putting - course not set up
693 Great Yarmouth (Castaway Island Mini Golf) - Adventure Golf - formerly two Arnold Palmer Putting courses - Played in May 2022
694 Cheadle Hulme (Park Square office on Bird Hall Lane) - 9-hole Grass Putting course
695 Cheadle (Bruntwood Park) - Pitch and Putt
703 Warrington (Walton Hall Gardens) - Pitch and Putt
704 Ryde (Isle of Wight), Appley Park - Pitch & Putt
706 Ryde (Isle of Wight), Puckpool Park - Putting - on the sign at the park, but no sign of the course
707 Shanklin Old Town, Rylstone Gardens (Isle of Wight) - Crazy Golf - see also 65
708 Shanklin (Isle of Wight), Seafront - Pirates Cove Adventure Golf - arrived just before the last round and had to choose between playing this course, or the 'Arnold Palmer' style Crazy Golf course. We opted for the the other one. See 416
710 Blankenberge, Belgium (Leopoldpark) - Minigolf - Revisited January 2017
711 Blankenberge, Belgium (Leopoldpark) - Crazy Golf - Revisited January 2017
712 Blankenberge, Belgium (Leopoldpark) - Snookergolf - Revisited January 2017
713 Blankenberge, Belgium - Goolfy Blacklight Minigolf
715 Southport (The Southport Seafront Golf Classic) - Pitch and Putt - Revisited in September 2019
716 Telford (Telford Town Park) - Adventure Golf - Revisited in September 2020
717 Southport (Botanic Gardens) - Crazy Golf - closed for the winter - Now played, see #528. Played on Miniature Golf Day 2019
718 Manchester (Junkyard Golf) - Freida Crazy Golf course - now played, see 422
719 Manchester (Junkyard Golf) - Pablo Crazy Golf course - now played, see 421
721 Luton (Luton Hoo) - Putting Green
723 Warsaw, Poland - Time Machine Minigolf
732 (705 UK) Norwich (Norwich Family Golf Centre) - Congo Rapids Adventure Golf
733 (706 UK) Norwich (Norwich Family Golf Centre) - Putting Green
735 (708 UK) Norwich (Eaton Park) - Putting Green - see #432 for the Crazy Golf course at Eaton Park
736 (709 UK) Melton, near Woodbridge (Ufford Park Hotel) - Congo Rapids Adventure Golf
737 (710 UK) Melton, near Woodbridge (Ufford Park Hotel) - Putting Green
739 Valencia, Spain - Minigolf
743 (see also 438th played) Glossop (Manor Park) - Crazy Golf
746 Cheshire Oaks (Paradise Island Adventure Golf) - Lazy Lagoon Adventure Golf course
747 Wirral (Higher Bebington Recreation Ground) - abandoned 15-hole Crazy Golf course
748 Claverdon, Warwick (Ardencote Golf Club) - 9-hole Putting Green
749 Claverdon, Warwick (Ardencote Golf Club) - 3-hole Putting Green
752 Swindon (Coate Water Country Park) - Pitch & Putt
754 Lytham (Lowther Gardens) - Putting - course not set up
761 Oldham (Bishops Park) - Pitch and Putt - there was a bull loose between the 1st tee and the 9th hole!!!
769 Sutton Coldfield (The Belfry) - The Brabazon Practice Putting Green
773 Lea Marston (Lea Marston Hotel and Golf Centre) - 9-hole Pitch & Putt Golf course
776 Lichfield (Beacon Park) - Pitch & Putt
777 Chasewater Country Park - Crazy Golf - not open
778 Stafford (Rowley Park Stadium) - Crazy Golf - 750th course visited in the UK
779 Stafford (Wildwood Park) - Crazy Golf - no longer there
780 Digbeth, Birmingham (The Custard Factory) - Ghetto Golf - opened on the 18th October 2017 - revisited 10th November 2017 
788 Hereford (Bishops Meadow) - Putting course - not open
790 Stourport on Severn (Riverside Park) - Putting course - not open
792 Manchester (Trafford Golf Centre) - Dino Falls Adventure Golf - just a flying visit as the weather was bad
793 & 794 London (Swingers Crazy Golf - West End) - indoor Crazy Golf - the two courses are under construction. Opening in March 2018. Now played, see #529
795 Caernarfon (Coed Helen Park) - Pitch & Putt - out of season
767 Stalybridge (Stamford Park) - Crazy Golf - abandoned
798 (29th overseas) Solna, Sweden (Solna Bangolfklubb) - Eternit Miniature Golf
799 (30th overseas) Solna, Sweden (Solna Bangolfklubb) - NIFO Steel Minigolf
802 (33rd overseas) Vasastan, Stockholm, Sweden (Bangolf Vasaparken) - Swedish Felt Minigolf
803 (34th overseas) Kristineberg (Golfbaren Kristineberg) - Minigolf
804 (35th overseas) Hägersten, Sweden (Golfbaren Aspudden) - Minigolf
807 (38th overseas) Chicago, USA (For The Win) - 6-hole indoor Mini Golf - Now course played 504
808 Altrincham (Altrincham Golf Club) - 9-hole Putting Green - we went to the 19th hole instead
809 Altrincham (Altrincham Golf Club) - 6-hole Putting Green - we went to the 19th hole instead
812 Southwold - Crazy Golf
813 Thorpeness (Thorpeness Golf Club & Hotel) - Putting Green
815 Stonham Aspall (Stonham Barns) - Adventure Golf - under construction - replacing the Crazy Golf course - played in April 2019
816 Preston (Level) - Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf
819 Cleethorpes (The Signal Box Inn) - Miniature Golf course in the 'Games Room' of the Smallest Pub on the Planet
822 Leeds (Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf, Egyptian course) - indoor Adventure Golf - update November 2019: closed down
823 Leeds (Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf, Jungle course) - indoor Adventure Golf - update November 2019: closed down
824 Douglas, Isle of Man (Noble's Park) - TT Crazy Golf - course removed, now a garden and bandstand
831 Leeds (The Light) - Junkyard Golf - course 1 - under construction - now open
832 Leeds (The Light) - Junkyard Golf - course 2 - under construction - now open
833 Leeds (The Light) - Junkyard Golf - course 3 - under construction - now open
834 Llandudno (The Great Orme mountain) - Great Orme Family Golf - visited after closing time
835 Blackpool (Stanley Park) - Putting
836 Stockport (Heaton Mersey Valley Golf course at Burnage Rugby Club) - Miniature Golf / Par-3 course w/ Footgolf
837 Manchester (The Printworks) - Treetop Adventure Golf - Ancient Explorer course
838 Manchester (The Printworks) - Treetop Adventure Golf - Tropical Trail course - the 800th course visit in the British Isles
839 Rhyl (Botanical Gardens) - Putting Course
846 Seaton Carew (The Golf Dome) - Golf Trail Mini Golf - closed down
847 Liverpool (Cains Brewery) - Ghetto Golf
848 Manchester (The Range) - Indoor Putting Green
849 Oxford (Westgate Centre) - Junkyard Golf - Gary course
850 Oxford (Westgate Centre) - Junkyard Golf - Bozo course
851 Oxford (Westgate Centre) - Junkyard Golf - Pablo course
854 Grantham (Ancaster Karting) - Crazy Golf - Revisited in August 2019 - Update (July 2021): the course is no longer there
856 London, Westfield Puttshack (Amber course) - super high-tech indoor minigolf
857 London, Westfield Puttshack (Emerald course) - super high-tech indoor minigolf - now played, see #528
858 London, Westfield Puttshack (Ruby course) - super high-tech indoor minigolf
859 London, Westfield Puttshack (Sapphire course) - super high-tech indoor minigolf - Video: a look around the 'sleeping' course
860 Plonk! Golf (Shoreditch) - indoor Crazy Golf
861 Plonk! Golf (Camden) - indoor Crazy Golf - Revisited in October 2019 and February 2020
862 Out of Bounds (Rustington Golf Centre), Angmering - Adventure Golf
864 Ipswich (Hintlesham Golf Club) - Putting Green
868 Worcester (Ravenmeadow Golf Centre) - Pitch and Putt
869 Witney (The Leys Recreation Ground) - Adventure Golf
870 Southampton (Southampton City Golf Course) - Putting Green
871 Southampton (Southampton City Golf Course) - Putting Green
872 Southampton (The Outdoor Sports Centre) - Eternit Miniature Golf / Crazy Golf
874 Lymington (Macdonald Elmers Court Hotel & Resort) - Putting Course
876 Hamptworth (Hamptworth Golf Club) - Putting Green
877 Romsey (Romsey Rapids Sports Complex) - Adventure Golf
878 Hedge End, Southampton (Hedge End Golf Centre) - Viking Valley Mighty Adventures Adventure Golf - opened on 18th May 2019
880 Weston Shore, Southampton (On the Water Cafe) - Weston Shore Pitch and Putt
884 Chicago (Maggie Daley Park) - City Mini Golf
886 Porthcawl (Griffin Park) - Putting Green - not yet open for the season
889 Betchton, Sandbach (Malkins Bank Golf Club) - Putting Green
890 Crewe (Queens Park) - Mini Golf
891 Morecambe (Happy Mount Park) - 16-hole Pirate Adventure Golf
893 Barrow-in-Furness (Barrow Park) - Putting Course
894 Rampside, Barrow-in-Furness (Rampside Golf Links) - Par-3 Golf course
895 Rampside, Barrow-in-Furness (Rampside Golf Links) - Putting Green
896 Scarborough (North Bay, Sea Life Centre) - Merlin Pirate Adventure Mini Golf
897 Scarborough (Peasholm Park) - Mini Golf (Pitch & Putt)
898 Scarborough (Peasholm Park) - Putting Green
899 Scarborough (Victoria Park) - Crazy Golf
902 Fenton, Stoke (Fenton Manor Sports Complex) - Crazy Golf
904 Leicester (Highcross Shopping Centre) - Treetop Adventure Golf - Tropical Trail course
905 Leicester (Highcross Shopping Centre) - Treetop Adventure Golf - Ancient Explorer course
906 Garswood, St Helens (The Railway Hotel) - Crazy Golf
907 Rainford, St Helens (Clarkes Golf Centre) - Par-3 Golf course
908 Rainford, St Helens (Clarkes Golf Centre) - Putting Course
909 Rainford, St Helens (Clarkes Golf Centre) - Adventure Golf - we visited a week before it opened
910 Swadlincote (Eureka Park) - Crazy Golf
912 Burnley (Queens Park) - Putting
913 Church Stretton (Main Town Park) - Crazy Golf
914 Old St. Mellons, Cardiff (Cardiff Golf Centre) - Practice Putting Green
915 Old St. Mellons, Cardiff (Cardiff Golf Centre) - Pitch & Putt (also a Foot Golf and Rugby Golf course)
917 Cardiff (Treetop Adventure Golf) - Ancient Explorer course
918 Cardiff (Treetop Adventure Golf) - Tropical Trail course
920 Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne (Ghetto Golf) - indoor Crazy Golf
921 Gateshead (intu Metrocentre) - Angry Birds Adventure Golf course 1
922 Gateshead (intu Metrocentre) - Angry Birds Adventure Golf course 2
923 Grantham (Belton Woods Hotel & Country Club) - Putting Green
926 London (Puttshack Bank) - Super Tech Mini Golf - course under construction
927 London (Puttshack Bank) - Super Tech Mini Golf - course under construction
928 London (Puttshack Bank) - Super Tech Mini Golf - course under construction
933.1 Birmingham (the 2019 Family Attraction Expo at the NEC) - HM Adventure Golf modular minigolf hole
935 Halifax (Galactic Golf) - Moon Mission Adventure Golf course - Update September 2020: Now a closed course
936 Halifax (Shibden Park) - Pitch & Putt - out-of-season
937 Halifax (Shibden Park) - 4-hole Crazy Golf - out-of-season - played by friend of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Brad Shepherd in 2015
941 Manchester (Trafford Golf Centre) - Putting Green
943 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster (Elmfield Park) - Crazy Golf - out-of-season
944 Hexthorpe, Doncaster (Hexthorpe Flatts Park) - Crazy Golf - out-of-season
946 Wimblington, March (Priory Golf & Activity Centre) - Par-3 Pitch & Putt - centre being refurbished
947 Wimblington, March (Priory Golf & Activity Centre) - Adventure Golf - centre being refurbished
949 Manchester (Wythenshawe Park) - Pitch & Putt - closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic
950, 951 & 952 Rochdale (Rochdale Riverside) - Puttstars Mini Golf - three 9-hole courses Zig Zag, Slingshot and Pin Ball - visited on 28th July. Due to open in August 2020. Now played (June 2021)
953 Pendlebury, Swinton, Salford (Victoria Park) - Putting Green - not open
954 Salford (Buile Hill Park) - Pitch & Putt - not open
956 Lytham St Annes (Fairhaven Lake) - Adventure Golf - under construction - Revisited in May 2021
957 Seaton Carew - Lofty's Crazy Golf - we visited on a weekday out-of-season
959 Shanklin, Isle of Wight (Shanklin Seafront) - Jurassic Bay Adventure Golf
962 Shanklin, Isle of Wight (Shanklin Village) - Jungle Adventure Golf 
963 The Needles, Isle of Wight - Jurassic Adventure Golf
964 Ventnor - Putting Green
975 Shipley (Northcliffe Park) - Putting Course - Ticket Office was closed
980 Hazel Grove, Stockport (Jump Heaven) - Jump Heaven Adventure Golf - Course under construction. Opening March 2022
985 (946 in the British Isles) Gorleston-on-Sea (Pop's Meadow) - Crazy Golf
986 (947 in the British Isles) Great Yarmouth (Parkdean Vauxhall Holiday Park) - Adventure Golf
989 Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain (Minigolf San Antonio) - Minigolf - Abandoned
990 Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain (Mini Golf Aquarium) - Mini Golf - Abandoned
991 Teguise, Lanzarote, Spain (Calle Las Acacias) - Minigolf - Abandoned
992 Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain (Hotel Beatriz Playa & Spa) - Minigolf
1,038 Liverpool (Junkyard Golf) - Bozo course - this location at Liverpool ONE used to be home to a Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf venue (see courses played 212 & 213)
1,039 Liverpool (Junkyard Golf) - Gary course - this location at Liverpool ONE used to be home to a Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf venue (see courses played 212 & 213)
1,040 Liverpool (Junkyard Golf) - Pablo course - this location at Liverpool ONE used to be home to a Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf venue (see courses played 212 & 213)


* Due to closure, flooding, dereliction, or a number of other reasons. Some of these layouts have since been revisited and played.

Courses visited by Christopher Gottfried 2011-2024


The Minigolf course at Vista Alegre in Porto Cristo, Majorca by Nina Dukes 120415
The Minigolf course at Vista Alegre in Porto Cristo, Majorca

A1 Brighton - Crazy Golf
A2 Paignton Pier - Crazy Golf
A3 Herne Bay - Mini Golf
A4 Great Yarmouth - Windmill Theatre Indoor Crazy Golf
A5 Margate (Cliftonville) - Little Oasis Crazy Golf
A6 Newquay - Mini Golf
A7 Letoonia Golf Resort, Belek, Turkey - Minigolf
A8 Mundesley - Adventure Island Golf
A9 Ladram Bay - Crazy Golf
A10 Majorca (Vista Alegre, Porto Cristo, Mallorca) - Minigolf
A11 Sirmione, Lake Garda, Italy - Minigolf
A12 Gorleston-on-Sea (Pop's Meadow) - Crazy Golf
A13 Amsterdam, Netherlands - GlowGolf
A14 Remich, Luxembourg - Eternit Miniature Golf
A15 Nittel, Germany - Minigolf
A16 Zeltingen-Rachtig, Germany - Beton Minigolf
A17 Traben-Trarbach, Germany - Eternit Miniature Golf
A18 Kobern-Gondorf, Germany - Abenteuergolf
A19 Kobern-Gondorf, Germany - Eternit Miniature Golf
A20 Bernkastel-Kues, Germany - Minigolf
A21 Ville de Sète, France - Mini Golf - now a skatepark
A22 Lac de la Cavayère, Carcassonne, France - Mini Golf - only open in July and August
A23 Bali Mini Golf and Luwak Coffee Garden, Indonesia - Mini Golf
A24 Alnwick (The Alnwick Garden) - Forgotten Garden Adventure Golf
A25 Thorpeness (Thorpeness Golf Club & Hotel) - Jiggers Miniature Golf
A26 Cromer (Crabstix Adventure Golf) - Adventure Golf
A27 Muiderberg, Netherlands (Midgetgolfbaan De Leeuwenkuil) - Midgetgolfbaan De Leeuwenkuil
A28 Pula, Croatia (Pula Arena) - Mini Golf
A29 Gutach, Germany (Adventuregolf Gutach) - Adventure Golf
A30 Pierrefonds, France (Bar du Lac) - Le Mini Golf
A31 Earnley (Medmerry Park Holiday Village) - Crazy Golf
A32 Norwich (Savage Golf) - Crazy Golf
A33 Lenwade, Norwich (Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure) - Jurassic Putt Crazy Golf
A34 Thetford, Norfolk (Center Parcs Elvedon Forest) - Adventure Golf - revisited in March 2022
A35 Kessingland, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Africa Alive!) - Mini Golf
A62 Southend-on-Sea (Southend Pier) - Crazy Golf

The combined total of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is now at 1,091 courses visited!



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