Mini Golf at Wingham Wildlife Park in Kent

There's a minigolf course at Wingham Wildlife Park in Kent

Many thanks to our friend, minigolf rival, and sometimes team-mate Scott Lancley for sending us these photos of the 18-hole Mini Golf course at Wingham Wildlife Park in Wingham, Kent.

Mini Golf at Wingham Wildlife Park in Kent. Photo by Scott Lancley, March 2024

The course opened in 2022.

Mini Golf at Wingham Wildlife Park in Kent. Photo by Scott Lancley, March 2024

Visit the Wingham Wildlife Park website for more information.

It's another new course we'll have to add to our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour one day!

Toys R Us at Gateway Retail Park in Reading

Spotting an abandoned Toys R Us store in Reading, Berkshire.

We were surprised to see an old Toys R Us store while driving through Reading back in September 2022.

The shop unit at Gateway retail park looked to be in great condition and most of the signage and branding was still on display.

This particular branch of Toys R Us was only open for five months before the brand ceased trading in the UK.

Toys R Us closed its UK operation in April 2018.

It's been very interesting to find that there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK and we've visited a number of these closed, abandoned, derelict and demolished Toys R Us locations on our travels.

My first job while at university in the year 2000 was as one of Geoffrey's helpers at the Luton store. I worked on the video game and electronics section.

Former Toys R Us locations we've visited on our travels:

• Brighton Hill Retail Park in Basingstoke
• Central Retail Park in Manchester
• Cathedral Retail Park in Norwich
• Deepdale shopping centre in Preston
• Festival retail park in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
• Gateway retail park in Reading
• Gemini Retail Park in Warrington
• Interchange Retail Park at Copdock Mill, Ipswich
• St James Retail Park in Northampton
• Teesside Retail Park in Stockton-on-Tees
• The Leisure Plaza in Milton Keynes
• Western Esplanade in Southampton
• Wolverhampton Road in Oldbury
• Wyvern Retail Park in Derby

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

A look at the Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf course in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

This Adventure Golf course at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis was created on the same spot that was once the location of a Putting Green.

I visited the course in September 2022 when it became the 1,001st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

Visit the Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf website for more information.

A sign for Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park outside Butlins Bognor Regis

There's a miniature railway at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

There are remnants of the old crazy golf course next to the new adventure golf layout

There are remnants of the old crazy golf course next to the new adventure golf layout

There are remnants of the old crazy golf course next to the new adventure golf layout

The petanque terrain was a new addition since my last visit to Hotham Park

Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.

Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

There used to be an Arnold Palmer Putting Course at Pops Meadow Putting Green in Gorleston-on-Sea. Back in May 2009 that layout became the 100th visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

The Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in May 2022 became the 985th visited on our travels since September 2006.

Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

Visit the Pop’s Meadow Kids Amusement Park and Cafe Facebook Page for more information.

Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

Castaway Island Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

A view of the Castaway Island Adventure Golf course in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in May 2022.

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf replaced the 9-hole and 18-hole Arnold Palmer Putting courses on the promenade. We visited in July 2016 and the course became the 693rd on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. When I returned in May 2022 it became the 556th course played.

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Castaway Island Mini Golf in Great Yarmouth

Visit the Castaway Island Mini Golf website for more information.

Mini-Golf at Prospect Park in Reading

A look at the 999th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The 999th course we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the 9-hole Mini-Golf layout at Prospect Park in Reading, Berkshire on the 2nd September 2022.

Visit the course website for more information.