Tuesday, August 06, 2019

Minigolf in Greater Manchester

A look at miniature golf courses in Greater Manchester.


There are a lot of options for minigolfing in Greater Manchester, with a variety of courses to play, ranging from traditional crazy golf to indoor minigolf to new adventure golf layouts.


We've been travelling to play minigolf in Manchester since 2009 when I won the Mini Masters and Mini Open at the Trafford Golf Centre. I also won the Chrizy Golf Masters at Piccadilly Place in 2012. We moved to Stockport in 2016 and have continued to compete in events. Emily is the reigning Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open champion, while I won the tournament in 2018. I also won the DinoFalls Masters at the Trafford Golf Centre last year.

Courses we've visited in Greater Manchester:

Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre - two 18-hole indoor Adventure Golf courses.

Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre
Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre

Dino Falls Adventure Golf at the Trafford Golf Centre - an 18-hole outdoor Jurassic-themed Adventure Golf course.

Dino Falls Adventure Golf at the Trafford Golf Centre
Dino Falls Adventure Golf at the Trafford Golf Centre

Junkyard Golf at First Street - three 9-hole indoor Crazy Golf courses.

Junkyard Golf at First Street in Manchester
Junkyard Golf at First Street in Manchester

The Lost Valley Adventure Golf at Amazonia, Market Place Shopping Centre, Bolton - an 18-hole indoor Adventure Golf course.

The Lost Valley Adventure Golf course in Bolton
The Lost Valley Adventure Golf course in Bolton

Haigh Woodland Park, Wigan - an 18-hole outdoor Wigan-themed Adventure Golf course.

Adventure Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
Adventure Golf at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan

Haigh Woodland Park, Wigan - an 18-hole outdoor Crazy Golf course.

Crazy Golf course at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan
Crazy Golf at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan

Treetop Adventure Golf at The Printworks in Manchester City Centre - two 18-hole indoor Adventure Golf courses.

Treetop Adventure Golf at The Printworks in Manchester City Centre
Treetop Adventure Golf at The Printworks in Manchester City Centre

Roxy Ball Room in Deansgate, Manchester City Centre - an 18-hole indoor Crazy Golf course.

Crazy Golf at Roxy Ball Room on Deansgate
Crazy Golf at Roxy Ball Room on Deansgate

UV Crazy Golf at One Adventure in Droylsden - a 12-hole indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf course.

UV Crazy Golf at One Adventure in Droylsden
UV Crazy Golf at One Adventure in Droylsden

Pitch & Putt at Bruntwood Park in Cheadle, Stockport - an 18-hole miniature golf course. It's also a Foot Golf course.

Pitch & Putt at Bruntwood Park in Cheadle, Stockport
Pitch and Putt at Bruntwood Park

Heaton Mersey Valley Golf course at Burnage Rugby Club, Stockport - Miniature Golf / Par-3 course with Footgolf.

Heaton Mersey Valley Golf course at Burnage Rugby Club, Stockport
Heaton Mersey Valley Golf course at Burnage Rugby Club, Stockport


Courses we're yet to visit in Greater Manchester:

- Crazy Golf at Moss Bank Park in Bolton.

New courses in development / under construction:

Dino Falls at Trafford Golf Centre - the second 18-hole Adventure Golf course is currently under construction.

Puttstars at Rochdale Riverside - three minigolf courses will be a part of the new indoor venue when it opens in April 2020.

Derelict / abandoned courses in Greater Manchester:

Stamford Park, Stamford Street, Stalybridge, Tameside - an outdoor Crazy Golf course.

The abandoned Crazy Golf course in Stalybridge
The abandoned Crazy Golf course in Stalybridge

Crazy Golf at Wythenshawe Park - a 9-hole outdoor Crazy Golf course.

The abandoned Crazy Golf course at Wythenshawe Park
The abandoned Crazy Golf course at Wythenshawe Park


Other courses in Greater Manchester:

Over the years we've played a number of other minigolf courses in Manchester on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Some have been portable courses, while others have been temporary or pop-up locations.

There's also a grass Putting course at Park Square in Cheadle Heath, Stockport. This private Putting Green is for use by tenants and employees at the office complex. It's actually our closest course, but one we're not allowed to play.

Former courses in Greater Manchester:

- Miniature Golf at Adswood Park, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport
Chrizy Golf at Piccadilly Place
Birdies Pop Up Golf
- Crazy Golf at Heaton Park
Junkyard Golf pop-up at Piccadilly Place
- Junkyard Golf pop-up at the Great Northern
Championship Miniature Golf at the Trafford Golf Centre - a 9-hole minigolf course
- Tea Party Mini Golf at Spinningfields, Manchester
- Crazy Golf at Alexandra Park in Edgeley, Stockport

Related blog posts:

- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

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20 comments:

Richard Gottfried said...

We've now also played Crazy Golf at Walkden Town Centre as there was a pop-up course at the shopping centre last week.

Richard Gottfried said...

It's sad to hear that Amazonia in Bolton has closed its doors.

There was a very nice indoor Adventure Golf course there.

Richard Gottfried said...

The new Volcano Adventure Golf course at the Trafford Golf Centre in Manchester opens on Tuesday 17th December 2019.

Richard Gottfried said...

Amazonia in The Vaults at the Market Place shopping centre in Bolton has re-opened.

Great news to hear that the indoor Adventure Golf course there is now playable again.

Richard Gottfried said...

Last night we played the brand new Dino Falls Adventure Golf Volcano course at the Trafford Golf Centre.

It's the latest course to open in the UK and another venue to play the game in Greater Manchester.

The new Dino Falls Adventure Golf Volcano course at the Trafford Golf Centre was the 901st course we've been to in the British Isles and the 940th we've visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006.

Richard Gottfried said...

Manchester will soon be home to a new minigolf course as Roxy Ball Room opens a new venue at the Arndale Centre this April.

Richard Gottfried said...

We swung by The Lost Valley Adventure Golf course at Amazonia in Bolton's Market Place shopping centre on Saturday afternoon.

I played the 18-hole indoor course back in December 2016. Time flies!

Richard Gottfried said...

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester, June 2020:

- Crazy Golf course at Wythenshawe Park, Manchester

- Wythenshawe Park Crazy Golf in Manchester

We also visited the Pitch & Putt course at Wythenshawe Park.

Richard Gottfried said...

The new Puttstars indoor minigolf centre at Rochdale Riverside entertainment, leisure and shopping centre is opening in August.

Puttstars is a new concept from the Hollywood Bowl Group and the Rochdale venue will feature three 9-hole minigolf courses.

Richard Gottfried said...

We found two miniature golf courses by accident yesterday afternoon!

Both layouts were in the City of Salford - one was a Putting Green at Victoria Park in Pendlebury, Swinton and the other was a Pitch & Putt course at Buile Hill Park in Salford.

Richard Gottfried said...

Kearsley Golf Range is home to a Pitch & Putt course and Putting Greens.

We look forward to visiting on our tour in the future.

Richard Gottfried said...

Parr Fold Park in Walkden is home to a Pitch & Putt course.

It's another fairly local miniature golf layout for us to visit in the future.

Canonkev said...

Manor Park in Glossop has an outdoor crazy Golf course. Not been for a while but last time I went it was playable. No equipment hire tho so have to take one's own.

Richard Gottfried said...

Thank you for your comment. There is indeed. The park has a nice miniature railway in it too.

As you say it's worth taking your own putter and ball to have a game. It was very tricky, but fun, when we played there a few years ago.

Canonkev said...


It's just occured to me that Glossop is Derbyshire, not Greater Manchester. oops. lol

Richard Gottfried said...

I'd still count Glossop as just about GM. It's right on the border where we are in Stockport.

Plus Glossop railway station is still part of GMPTE and unconnected to any other rail line in Derbyshire so the town should be fully adopted as Greater Manchester.

Richard Gottfried said...

A mini-golf course is opening as part of the new Urban Playground at the Arndale centre in Manchester.

Richard Gottfried said...

Here's a look at the minigolf courses in Manchester city centre.

Canonkev said...

Hi Richard. I was back at Manor Park at the weekend and the course there is still playable. And rather enjoyable.

Richard Gottfried said...

Excellent. I need to get over to Glossop again.