Stepping back in time for a look at minigolf in Great Yarmouth in the 1920s.
One of the earliest miniature golf postcards I have in my collection is this one showing the Putting Green on Marine Parade in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
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| Putting Green, Great Yarmouth. Postcard postally used on the 11th November 1927 |
The postcard was sent to Hayes, Middlesex on the 11th November 1927.
You can see the Hippodrome in the left of the image and this building is still standing and is the Hippodrome Circus on St George's Road. If you visit now you'll find a row of buildings in front of the Hippodrome itself!
You will also find that there is still a minigolf course on the same spot as the Putting Green.
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| Castaway Island Adventure Golf on Marine Parade in Great Yarmouth in 2016 |
Now called Castaway Island Adventure Golf the site was an Arnold Palmer Putting Course that we played a number of times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
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| Playing the Arnold Palmer Putting Course on Marine Parade in Great Yarmouth in June 2011 |
It's proof, if proof were needed, that Great Yarmouth has long been a minigolf hot-spot.
Minigolf Putting in the UK
The first miniature golf course in the world was created at St Andrews in Scotland in 1867. That links course is still there.
The decades that followed saw a boom in the game with minigolf courses popping up around the country. In 1926 the first Crazy Golf course opened in England, with the layout created on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire.
Minigolf in Great Yarmouth
There are a number of brilliant mini, crazy, putting and adventure golf courses on the seafront in Great Yarmouth, as well as in the wider Greater Yarmouth areas of Gorleston-on-Sea and Hemsby.
The minigolf courses in the seaside resort will play host to the Big Mini Golf Tour - a campaign to highlight the courses in the area this Spring and Summer season.
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