A visit to the Southport Seafront Golf Classic Pitch & Putt course.
While in Southport on Saturday 8th October we visited the 715th course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - the Southport Seafront Golf Classic Pitch & Putt course.
The course looks very well maintained
The course can be found beside the pier and lakes and looked like a very nice miniature golf layout.
A seagull guarding his patch
Unfortunately we didn't have time for a round on this occasion.
My eagle eye spotted this GOLF sign above an old public lavvy block
A visit to Britain's Smallest Pub, The Lakeside Inn at Southport.
While on our recent day out in Southport we were walking along the prom and noticed a pub in the distance. Once we saw the sign outside declaring it to be 'Britain's Smallest Pub' we had to stop there for a drink.
Another miniature thing visited on our travels
The Lakeside Inn measures 22ft by 16ft and lays claim to being Britain's Smallest Pub.
Britain's Smallest Freestanding Pub
It's a brilliant little pub with a surprising amount of seating - mostly outside - with great views of the giant lake.
A lovely lakeside view
We'll definitely go back on our next visit to Southport.
Great views and plenty of space for a nice sit down. The Lakeside Inn at Southport is well worth a visit
A visit to England's first Municipal Links Golf course - Southport Golf Links.
As a miniature golf historian I was quite interested to walk passed Southport Municipal Golf course on our recent trip to the seaside town. Opened in 1912, the course is England's oldest municipal links course.
The Art Deco clubhouse looked marvellous
A nice touch on the outside of Southport Golf Links
As a fan of the ludicrous - especially if it's advertising something - I was overjoyed to see the BIG inflatable pumpkin outside the CW Shenton Farm Shop on Wilmslow Road on my drive into Handforth today. Marvellous to see.
The MASSIVE pumpkin was certainly eye catching
Check out this blog post that shows me photographed next to, on, or inside a number of ridiculous things.
Southport Pleasureland, the 'Happy Halloween Capital of the UK!'
We recently returned to Southport for the first time since September 2009 and we were pleasantly surprised to see that the Pleasureland theme park had reopened. Not only that, but it looked to be doing very well and they had really gone to town on the Halloween theming.
We survived the haunted maze at Southport Pleasureland
In fact they've gone so far as to declare themselves the 'Happy Halloween Capital of the UK!'
I don't think I have ever seen so many pumpkins in one place before. There are thousands of them there!
The pumpkins came in all shapes and sizes
Plenty of characters too
Some were ominously congregating
Others were on their own
There were clowns
'Sleeping' ones
And more traditional Jack-o'-lanterns
Unfortunately since our previous visit the Moroccan Adventure Golf course has been removed as the park has had extensive changes made. The area that was once home to the minigolf course is now a pathway. A shame really.
Southport is still home to plenty of other Crazy Golf options and a lot of other things to keep you entertained. We're looking forward to our next visit and keep 'em peeled for more blog posts from our trip to Southport that are coming up.
Playing the Adventure Putting Green at Formby Golf Centre.
Heading for a day out in Southport Emily did a quick search online and spotted that Formby Golf Centre had a Minigolf course - so we had to swing by for a game.
There are a lot of obstacles on hole 4
The golf centre calls the course an 'Adventure Putting Green'.
On hole 8
It's an interesting layout and had a real mix of playing surface and obstacles, drawing inspiration from regular / big golf with it's long holes and lack of borders to rebound off, but with artificial Crazy Golf obstacles placed around the course. Including plastic volcanoes on the first and second holes!
Emily on hole 2
In our match-up Emily picked up the win 26-31, although I did ace hole one.
Hole 8
It was £3.50 a round and we received a nice welcome to the course, with the man there saying we could play a few rounds if we liked.
We replayed some of the tricky holes after our scoring round to see if we could get any more holes-in-one.
On hole 7
The 9-hole Mini Golf course at Formby Golf Centre was the 417th played and 714th miniature golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.
Hole 1
The hill and hole at 1
Hole 2
Hole 3
The daunting hole 4
Hole 4 from the green - the cup is within a flat loop obstacle - reach after putting through a loop-di-loop and over a choice of two bridges! That's Crazy Golf!
Hole 5
Hole 5
The long hole 6
Hole 6 from the green
Hole 7
Hole 8
Hole 9
Hole 9 from the green
Formby Golf Centre also has a good looking driving range, Pitch and Putt layout and a popular Footgolf course. Check out the Formby Golf Centre website for more information.
