Thursday, September 24, 2026

Mini Golf at Lister Gardens in Lyme Regis, Dorset

A look back at our visit to play the Lister Gardens Mini Golf course in Lyme Regis, Dorset.

The 601st course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the Mini Golf course at Lister Gardens in Lyme Regis, Dorset.

The 18-hole Mini Golf layout was the second played on our tour of the South West of England in the summer of 2015 and the 365th played overall on our tour.

It was a very nice course, with some brilliant views of the seafront and The Cobb harbour area.

Check out the Lyme Regis Town Council website for more information on the course.

Richard Gottfried

I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.

Lost Minigolf Courses - Moroccan Adventure Golf at Pleasureland in Southport

A look back at the Moroccan Adventure Golf course at Pleasureland in Southport in 2009.

We visited Southport for the first time back in September 2009. It was the last Friday of the summer season but Pleasureland had closed down so we weren't able to play the Moroccan-themed Adventure Golf layout that was there at the time.

It's one of my favourite lost minigolf courses as it had a theme we hadn't seen before and haven't seen on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour travels since.

From Pleasureland Southport to Adventure Coast Southport.

Pleasureland Southport has undergone several changes in the years since we visited, and is now known as Adventure Coast Southport.

Adventure Coast Southport is home to a Viking-themed Adventure Golf course.

Find out more on the Adventure Coast Southport website.

Lost minigolf courses.

We've found quite a lot of abandoned, derelict, closed and lost minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the last 20 years.

Check out other blog posts about lost minigolf courses using the Lost Courses label.

Richard Gottfried

20 for 20 - The WMF Nations Cup minigolf tournament in Stockholm, Sweden

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We played for Great Britain in the WMF Nations Cup international minigolf tournament at Tantogårdens Bangolf in Stockholm, Sweden in June 2011.

Emily at the start of her record breaking round on the Miniaturegolf course

At the event Emily set the British women's record score on the Miniaturegolf (Eternit) format of the game after scoring a round of 24 (-12) on the 18-hole course during the 2011 WMF Nations Cup tournament.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Hindernis Billard at the Askoe Wien Wasserpark in Vienna, Austria

A look back at my first sighting of a Pit-Pat course.

I first saw a Pit-Pat course, aka Hindernis Billard, at the Askoe Wien Wasserpark in Vienna, Austria on a visit to the venue in March 2010.

What is Pit-Pat?

Pit-Pat is similar to minigolf/crazy golf, but played on elevated tables with the ball 'putted' using cues.

Pit-Pat in the UK.

You can also find two permanent Pit-Pat courses outdoors at Watermouth Family Theme Park and Castle in Devon (where it is known as Crazy Snooker) and outdoors at Fairytale Farm in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire (where it is called Queen of Hearts Crazy Cues).

There were previously Pit-Pat courses outdoor at Western Putting on Banjo Road in Littlehampton, West Sussex (where it was called Pit-Pat Crazy Snooker) and indoors at The Floodgate in Digbeth, Birmingham (where it was called Pit-Pat Table Golf).