Putting Course at Looe Bowling Club in Looe, Cornwall

A look at the miniature golf putting courses at Looe Bowling Club in Looe, Cornwall.

I recently asked "Where in the world was this grass Putting miniature golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?".

The answer was the Putting Course at Looe Bowling Club on Marine Drive in Looe, Cornwall, England.

We played the two Putting Courses at Looe Bowling Club on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in June 2015.

Find out more about the location on the Looe Bowling Club website.

Crazy Golf at Swanpool Park in Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall

A look at the crazy golf course at Swanpool Park in Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall.

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

The answer was the crazy golf course at Swanpool Park in Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall.

The crazy golf course at Swanpool Park in Swanpool, Falmouth, Cornwall was the 631st course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in June 2015.

Find out more about the crazy golf course on the Swanpool Beach website.

Guess the Crazy Golf course location...

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

Minigolf at Charnwood Golf Complex in Loughborough

A look at the minigolf course at Charnwood Golf Complex in Loughborough, Leicestershire.

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

The answer was the 9-hole Minigolf course at Charnwood Golf Complex in Loughborough in August 2015.

Charnwood Golf & Leisure Complex is now home to an indoor adventure golf course.

Funder Park Adventure Golf in Dawlish Warren

A look at the Funder Park Adventure Golf course in Dawlish Warren, Devon.

We played the 18-hole outdoor adventure golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in June 2015.

The 18-hole Mini Golf layout was the fourth played on our tour of the South West of England, the 15th visited on the trip, and the 367th played overall on our travels.

Check out Funder Park on Facebook for more information.

Guess the Mini Golf course location...

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

Lost minigolf courses - The Golfing Hole Adventure Golf course in Swindon, Wiltshire

A look back at The Golfing Hole indoor adventure golf course in Swindon, Wiltshire.

At The Golfing Hole indoor Adventure Golf course in Swindon

We visited Swindon, Wiltshire in January 2015 to play our first miniature golf course of the New Year. The location was The Golfing Hole Indoor Adventure Golf course at the Spectrum on Mead Way.

Emily playing hole 2 - a big ramp that led to a spiral

The course was the 589th visited and 355th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006. In 2014 we visited 46 courses and played 28 of them.

Putting into a machine

During our match we played through each of the obstacles, rather than taking the easier line and putting around the lumps and bumps of the greens. Some of the holes in the pipes were easier to get the ball into than others, with a few of them causing a lot of frustration. The result of our contest was a draw, with a score of 54 each.

Emily putts into one of the factory's machines. This one was really tough

Putting from the back of the green

There was a BIG minigolf loop-di-loop on one of the holes

   

My favourite hole at The Golfing Hole. Though quite what a green 'grass' minigolf layout with sandy bunkers was doing inside a 'factory' I don't know. Very crazy golf! 

Emily putts out after playing through a cabin/site office in The Golfing Hole factory

Hole 13 led into the blacklight area, while the tee-off point for hole 14 was inside

This hole was really difficult as the gap at the top of the ramp wasn't much bigger than the golf ball

Playing out the UV hole

Emily tees-off inside the blacklight room

And putts out in the light of the factory

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The Original Crazy Golf course on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire (May 2011)

The site of England's first-ever Crazy Golf course is now home to a hotel.

A new Travelodge hotel and Starbucks drive-thru are now open on the location of England's first Crazy Golf course.

The Original Crazy Golf course on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire had been derelict since 2018.

England's first 'Crazy Golf' course opened on South Parade in Skegness in 1926 and the game is widely known by that name in the UK. Crazy Golf is seldom, if ever, used overseas except in tourist spots popular with UK holidaymakers.

In May 2015 The Original Crazy Golf course became the 363rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We'd first visited the course in 2011.

We've also got some nice old postcards of the course in our collection.

Related blog posts:

• Crazy Golf history: from a minigolf course to a hotel
• Skegness
• Postcards
• Lincolnshire
• Crazy Golf

Gold Mine Adventure Golf in Skegness (May 2011 & May 2015)

A look back at the Gold Mine Adventure Golf course and Cactus Canyon River Ride at Bottons Pleasure Beach in Skegness, Lincolnshire.

We played the Gold Mine Adventure Golf course in Skegness back in May 2011, and returned in May 2015.

The course had a fun river ride running through it too! That was the first - and to date only - time we've seen that on a minigolf course.

Adventure Putting at Bottons Pleasure Beach in Skegness (May 2011).

Gold Mine Adventure Golf at the Pleasure Beach in Skegness (May 2015).

The Pleasure Beach in Skegness.

Check out the Bottons Pleasure Beach Skegness website for more information at what's at the Pleasure Beach and Pleasure Grounds now.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We need to revisit Skegness on our Crazy World of Minigolf as there have been several changes and additions to the minigolf courses in the seaside resort since the last time we were there.

Related blog posts:

• Skegness
• Lincolnshire

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