Globalls Indoor Mini Golf in Weymouth opens this month

Globalls Weymouth opens on Monday 23rd March.

The indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf venue in Weymouth, Dorset will be home to two courses - Zoozilla and Dinotopia.

Check out the Globalls website for more information.

Mini golf in Ashford, Kent

There are plans for a new entertainment venue to open in Ashford, Kent.

Elwick Place could be home to an indoor mini golf course as part of the plans.

It'll be interesting to follow the developments of the project.

CLUB GOLF pop-up crazy golf in London

Looking back at the CLUB GOLF pop-up minigolf course at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, London.

I was lucky enough to get a game in on the pop-up Crazy Golf course at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, London on the 25th February 2020.

It was the last new minigolf course I played before the coronavirus pandemic lockdown hit the UK.

The 9-hole rave-inspired art installation crazy golf course was the 948th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 542nd played.

Artists Baker & Borowski created the 9-hole themed Crazy Golf layout inspired by the rave culture in the King's Cross area back in the 1980's and 1990's.

I shot a round of 23 in my game - the scorecard noted that the maximum score allowed was 63! A seven on each hole.

Happy Friday the 13th!

How are you celebrating the day?

Here's me with Jason Voorhees (from Distant Screams Events) at the Stockport Alternative Market in October 2024

Guess the Crazy Golf course location...

Where in the world was this crazy golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?

Signs of the coronavirus pandemic times

On this day in 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic.

Six years ago already. Blimey.

Later that month - on the 23rd March 2020 - the UK effectively ceased 'normal operations' as the country was put into lockdown.

Once we were allowed out photographed as much Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic and Social Distancing signage and notices as we could to document the times.

A Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council coronavirus sign in Cheadle Hulme, England in April 2020. The first covid sign I photographed and posted on social media

There was certainly a real variety of warnings, instructions and directional signage to do with social distancing.

Covid-19 signs at The Happy Shopper on Page Hall Road in Sheffield, England in October 2020

I documented a number of aspects of the coronavirus pandemic on my blog and social media while it was taking place.

A 'Social Distancing World Champion' floor decal in Chesterfield, England in August 2020

As a marketing and communications professional, one of my areas of interest was the huge variety of official & unofficial warnings, instructions and directional signage there was around covid and social distancing.

Escalator Social Distancing stickers at an M&S in Chesterfield, England in August 2020

You can view over 1,800 of the signs at the links below:

• Covid-19 signs 1
• Covid-19 signs 2
• Covid-19 signs 3
• Covid-19 signs 4
• Covid-19 signs 5
• Covid-19 signs 6
• Covid-19 signs 7
• Covid-19 signs 8
• Covid-19 signs 9
• Covid-19 signs 10
• Covid-19 signs 11
• Covid-19 signs 12
• Covid-19 signs 13
• Covid-19 signs 14
• Covid-19 signs 15
• Covid-19 signs 16
• Covid-19 signs 17
• Covid-19 signs 18

It's still possible to see Covid-19 Coronavirus signage as 'ghost signs' today and I reckon the remnants of the pandemic will be visible for many years to come.

Social distancing at an abandoned Blockbuster Video store (itself a remnant of another era) in Manchester, England in June 2020

Related blog posts:

• Signs of the coronavirus pandemic times
• Minigolf in the time of Coronavirus

Crazy Golf in Brighton

Last week I asked 'Where in the world was this crazy golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?'.

The answer was - Brighton, England.

The 18-hole Crazy Golf course East of the Palace Pier in Brighton, East Sussex was first visited in March 2007.

Crazy Golf at The Bermondsey Bierkeller in London

There's a crazy golf course at The Bermondsey Bierkeller in London.

The Bermondsey Bierkeller on Tooley Street in London is home to an underground crazy golf course.

The indoor crazy golf course opened at The Bermondsey Bierkeller - London's biggest German beer hall - last year!

The Bermondsey Bierkeller's crazy golf course is a 9-hole layout.

Check out The Bermondsey Bierkeller website for more information.

Crazy Golf at The Centre in Ruthin, Wales

There's a crazy golf course at The Centre in Ruthin.

The Centre in Ruthin is home to a 12-hole outdoor crazy golf course.

Find out more about the crazy golf course on The Centre's Facebook Page.

Inca Island Adventure Golf in Sutton Valence, Kent

A new adventure golf course is open at The Ridge Golf Club in Sutton Valence, Kent.

Inca Island Adventure Golf at The Ridge is an 18-hole outdoor layout.

Find out more about Inca Island Adventure Golf on The Ridge website.

Puttify mini golf at Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex

Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex will be home to a Puttify mini golf course.

A new Puttify indoor mini golf course is being created at Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex in Guildford, Surrey.

Find out more on the Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex and Puttify websites.

Talk & Putt minigolf at Wigan Library

Wigan Library is hosting a Talk & Putt crazy golf event this Thursday, 12th March.

The pop-up minigolf event aims to encourage conversation, connections and improve mental wellbeing.

Find out more and book your place on the Wigan Libraries Eventbrite page.

Guess the Crazy Golf course location...

Where in the world was this crazy golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?

World Book Day 2026 - The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing ebook

Check out my minigolf marketing ebook.

My ebook to help minigolf players better market themselves, their clubs, tournaments and courses is available to purchase from Amazon.

Don't worry if you don't have a Kindle as you can download the Kindle App on iOS, Android, Mac & PC.

Minigolf Marketing

As a minigolfer with over a decade of experience as a tournament competitor and over 20 years of experience in marketing & communications I designed the guide so that anyone interested or involved in minigolf could help promote the game. It's a niche title, but an audience and subject I know a lot about.

Writing the book was brilliant and enabled me to bring two areas of my life together. I've worked in marketing since 2003 and have played minigolf since I was a child. Stepping up to compete on the national minigolf tour circuit and in international tournaments opened my eyes to the potential of the game.

I’ve also had the honour of serving on the committees of the British Minigolf Association (BMGA) and the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF).

Minigolf is a sport for all. People of all ages, genders, backgrounds, and abilities can pick up a putter and play the game.

Buy The Minigolfer’s Guide to Marketing ebook on Amazon.

The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Emily and I have visited 1,114 courses in the UK and overseas on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. When our travels began in 2006 there were around 600 courses in the UK (we've still got 39 from that original list left to visit!).

They've been joined by hundreds more new minigolf courses opening up across the UK, making our travels never-ending!

The minigolf boom continues

The game is really booming and new courses are being announced all the time.

Around 100 or so new courses are being created each year - some are on old sites/locations, some are completely new venues, while others are in planning/development, or under construction.

There are also quite a few other adventure golf, crazy golf and minigolf courses that are short-term 'pop-ups', some of which have been used as proof of concept businesses and developed into permanent courses. 

The minigolf world has a huge amount of interesting and fun stories to tell and positive aspects to highlight to potential players, the media, sponsors and the wider sporting community.

The Minigolfer's Guide to Marketing gives federations, associations, courses, clubs and our fellow players ideas, inspiration and support in their marketing efforts.

Much of the guidance could also be applied to a number of other sports clubs and organisations to help raise their profile and boost memberships.

Minigolf consultancy

As a marketing professional I use my extensive knowledge and skills in supporting and promoting the game I enjoy as a hobby, a competitive sport and a leisure activity.

My marketing activity sees me work across the minigolf industry, from traditional British seaside crazy golf courses, to new inland adventure golf layouts, competitive socialising venues and within retailtainment.

My involvement in the world of minigolf includes blogging, media relations, sponsorship, course design, advice and consultancy, content generation, digital marketing and new technology, event organisation and promotion, and participation in tournaments around the world.

I have consulted on a number of minigolf business concepts in the UK and USA including Princess Parade Crazy Golf in Blackpool; the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club in Knowle West, Bristol; Tea Green Golf in Luton; Burray Crazy Golf in Orkney; Prestwick Putting and Crazy Golf; Portaputt Crazy Golf; Aces Minigolf Gloucester; Southend Pier Crazy Golf; Knaresborough Mini Golf; Putting at the Kiosk in Bedford; Visionary Crazy Golf at the London Design Festival, and The Big Mini Golf Tour in Great Yarmouth.

As a volunteer I served three terms on the Executive Committee of the British Minigolf Association and was a member of the World Minigolf Sport Federation’s Marketing and Media Committee for six years.

As a consultant I contributed to the Guinness World Records 2024.

And this blog contains over 6,600 posts that have attracted 7.5 million page views since 2006.

Buy The Minigolfer’s Guide to Marketing ebook on Amazon.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea

A look at Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea, Hampshire, England was the first place we visited on what would become our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We played the Victory Trail course at Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea, Hampshire, England on Saturday 30th September 2006.

At the end of our 9-hole round I won a free game by firing the cannon on the lucky last hole!

When we got home from the weekend away we found a list of 600 or so minigolf courses in the UK and wider British Isles. We thought it'd be fun to see how many of them we could visit on day trips and weekends away to the seaside.

To date we've been to 1,114 miniature golf courses. 1,053 of them have been in the British Isles.

When our crazy golfing travels began in 2006 there were around 600 miniature golf courses in the UK and wider British Isles.

There are now more than 1,400 - and there are lots of new places to play the game opening all the time.

Related blog posts:

• The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is 20 years old in 2026
• Treasure Island Adventure Golf
• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Southsea

Link:

• Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea

Mini Adventure Golf at Porthmadog Parc

There's a Mini Adventure Golf course at Porthmadog Parc in Porthmadog, Wales.

The Mini Adventure Golf at Porthmadog Park is an outdoor 18-hole layout.

The course is from Mini Golf 35.

Related blog posts:

• Porthmadog

Golf Apocalypse crazy golf

Looking back at the Golf Apocalypse crazy golf course in London.

We played the Golf Apocalypse miniature golf course back in August 2012. The layout had been created as part of the London Pleasure Gardens, an area set-up to tap into the passing trade between the DLR and the London 2012 Olympic Games at the ExCel centre.

Golf Apocalypse was the first really really really mad-cap pop-up course we played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The layout contained all manner of strange minigolf obstacles and we found ourselves playing through the fuselage of a crashed aeroplane, around a pinball machine, a snooker table and into a volcano.

The pop-up miniature golf course was the first to use reclaimed materials in its construction. Something that has become commonplace these days and we've seen and played a number of funky, junky, scrap, ghetto, trash, garbage, graffiti, wreckage, and art-based courses since.

The 9-hole Golf Apocalypse course was the 304th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Related blog posts:

• A Mini Golf Apocalypse
• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Mini Adventure Golf course at Thurston Manor Leisure Park in Dunbar

There are plans to create a Mini Adventure Golf course at Thurston Manor Leisure Park in Innerwick, Dunbar, Scotland.

Visit the Thurston Manor Leisure Park website for more information.

Coeliac Awareness Week 2026

This year Coeliac Awareness Week takes place from the 18th to the 24th May.

Find out more on the Coeliac UK website.

What is Coeliac Disease?

Coeliac Disease is a lifelong autoimmune condition, where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. In Coeliac Disease the immune system mistakes substances found inside gluten as a threat to the body and attacks them. This can trigger a number of painful, horrible, stressful and uncomfortable symptoms.

In the UK it's estimated that 1 in 100 people have the condition.

Living a gluten free life

I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease 18 years ago. And so began my journey into the gluten free world.

Having suffered from a range of symptoms for around ten years I finally received a positive diagnosis of Coeliac Disease following some 'interesting' and in-depth tests and procedures in 2008. It came as a relief to finally have a name for the mysterious cause of my illnesses and ailments, but at the time I was only given a brief summary and told that I'd have to "cut down on bread and beer". It was only later when I met with a Gastroenterologist and a dietitian that I found out that the only treatment for people with Coeliac Disease is a strict, life-long gluten free diet.

While having a life-long condition such as Coeliac Disease can be a pain - and horrible if I 'get glutened' - having the disease has had some positives. I've met great people since my diagnosis and have made some brilliant friends who I've met through Coeliac groups. I've also blogged a lot about living with the condition and the great Free From food & drink I've found since 2008.

For more information on Coeliac Disease visit the NHS Choices and Coeliac UK websites.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room

Currently 13 of Roxy Ball Room's 19 venues are home to Crazy Pool layouts, they are:

• Birmingham (Victoria Square)
• Bristol (Union Street)
• Edinburgh (Rose Street)
• Leeds (Boar Lane)
• Leeds (Merrion Street)
• Leicester (Humberstone Gate)
• Liverpool (Hanover Street)
• London (St Mary Axe)
• Manchester (Arndale)
• Manchester (Deansgate)
• Nottingham (The Cornerhouse)
• Sheffield (Charter Square)
• York (The Stonebow)

What is Crazy Pool?

Crazy Pool is a cross-between Crazy Golf and Pool, played on tables using golf balls and a cue.

Roxy Ball Room's sister brand King Pins is also home to a Crazy Pool course at the White Rose Centre venue in Leeds.

Find out more.

Visit the Roxy Leisure and King Pins websites for more information.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Lanes Edinburgh Rose Street

There's Crazy Pool at Roxy Leisure's venue at Edinburgh Rose Street.

Roxy Lanes on Edinburgh's Rose Street is now home to a crazy pool layout.

Find out more.

Visit the Roxy Leisure website for more information.

New Crazy Golf course in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

A new crazy golf venue is opening in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Volcano Valley crazy golf is opening at Cromwell Leisure Park in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire this year.

Find out more on the Volcano Valley Facebook Page.

Globalls Mini-Golf opening in Weymouth, Dorset

A new indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf venue is opening in Weymouth, Dorset.

Globalls Mini-Golf Weymouth is opening in March 2026 and will be home to two glow-in-the-dark minigolf courses.

Check out the Globalls Mini-Golf website for more information.

Ghetto Golf in Newcastle

From Ghetto Golf to Golf Fang to Ghetto Golf.

The Golf Fang indoor minigolf venue in Byker, Newcastle has rebranded under its original name of Ghetto Golf.

The Ghetto Golf location at Hoults Yard in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne has seen several new themed holes added to the course as part of the refresh, one of which is based on a Netto supermarket.

Find out more.

You can find Golf Fang / Ghetto Golf crazy golf venues in Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.

Check out the Golf Fang website for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We swung by Ghetto Golf in Newcastle on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2019 on our last visit to the city.

We played the Golf Fang course in Nottingham last summer. It was the 1,088th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Woodland Garden Adventure Golf opening in Sherfield-on-Loddon, Hampshire

A new adventure golf course is opening at Sherfield-on-Loddon Garden Centre & Café.

Woodland Garden Adventure Golf is opening at Sherfield-on-Loddon Garden Centre & Café near Basingstoke, Hampshire in March 2026.

The Woodland Garden Adventure Golf will be an outdoor 18-hole layout.

Woodland Garden Adventure Golf is being built by the team at Theories Golf.

Find out more about Woodland Garden Adventure Golf on the Capital Gardens website.

Crazy Golf at The Sports Lounge in Maldon, Essex

There's a crazy golf course at The Sports Lounge in Maldon, Essex.

The Sports Lounge in Maldon, Essex is home to an indoor crazy golf course.

Find out more on The Sports Lounge's Facebook Page.

New Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds

The team at Roxy Ball Room has recently refurbished their Merrion Street venue in Leeds city centre.

Part of the updates have seen a new 9-hole crazy pool course replace the one that was there before.

We played crazy pool at the Merrion Street location last summer. We'll have to check out the new crazy pool tables and layout when we're next in Leeds.

Check out the Roxy Leisure website for more information.

Captain Silver's Adventure Golf now open in Saundersfoot, Wales

A new indoor adventure golf course has opened onboard a schooner in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

The course is a 9-hole indoor crazy golf layout and opened as part of Captain Silver’s Ship Shack & Adventure Golf on the ship moored in Saundersfoot Harbour.

Find out more on Captain Silver’s Ship Shack & Adventure Golf website.

New Adventure Golf planned for Goodrington Sands, Devon

A new Jurassic Adventure Golf course is planned to be created at Youngs Park in Goodrington Sands, Paignton, Devon.

The new outdoor adventure golf course will sit next to the existing Shipwreck Island Adventure Golf course at the park.

Mini Golf in Puerto Colón, Tenerife

A look at a Mini Golf course in Puerto Colón, Tenerife.

A big thanks to our friend and minigolf rival Gareth Holmes for sending over these snaps of a minigolf course he sopping at the shopping centre in Costa Adeje, Puerto Colón, Tenerife.

Mini Golf Kapital is home to two courses - one is 18-holes and the other is a 12-hole layout.

The venue looks to have changed up the courses in the last few years. Back in January 2020 another friend of ours sent photos of what was then a minigolf and a billiard golf.

It appears that the Swedish Felt lanes have been moved to where the billiard golf was, with the former Swedish Felt area now home to a new set of holes.

Link:

• Mini Golf Kapital

Related blog posts:

• Tenerife
• Canary Islands
• Spain
• Guest blog posts

Happy Friday the 13th!

How are you celebrating the day?

Here's me with Jason Voorhees (from Distant Screams Events) at the Stockport Alternative Market in October 2024