A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Showing posts with label 2024. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2024. Show all posts
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Golf Planet in Santiago, Chile
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Emily Gottfried,
Golf Planet,
Indoor Mini Golf,
Indoor Minigolf,
Open Plaza Kennedy,
Retailtainment,
Santiago
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.
Sunday, April 19, 2026
The Putting Shed Mini Golf at Twenty Pence Garden Centre in Wilburton, Cambridgeshire
The Putting Shed Mini Golf at the Twenty Pence Garden Centre in Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire has received some updates.
Twenty Pence Garden Centre in Wilburton has updated its mini golf course.
The Putting Shed Mini Golf at the Twenty Pence Garden Centre is an outdoor 9-hole mini golf course that opened in 2021.
We first heard about the course in 2024 and have yet to swing by for a look on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Visit the Twenty Pence Garden Centre website for more information.
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Twenty Pence Garden Centre,
Wilburton
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.
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Urban exploration - Guildhall Shopping Centre in Stafford
A look at the Guildhall Shopping Centre in Stafford, Staffordshire.
The Guildhall Shopping Centre in Stafford closed its doors in March 2024.
This is how it looked in November 2024.
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Guildhall Shopping Centre,
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retail,
Shopping Centre,
Stafford,
Staffordshire,
urban exploration,
urbex
Location:
Market Square, Stafford ST16 2BB, UK
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.
Friday, March 13, 2026
Happy Friday the 13th!
How are you celebrating the day?
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| Here's me with Jason Voorhees (from Distant Screams Events) at the Stockport Alternative Market in October 2024 |
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Movie,
movies,
Stockport
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.
Monday, March 02, 2026
Stafford Cinema on Newport Road
A look at Stafford Cinema.
Stafford Cinema on Newport Road in Stafford, Staffordshire opened as an Odeon in 1936 and closed in 2021.
This is how the Art Deco building looked in November 2024.
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Architecture,
Art Deco,
Building,
Cinema,
closed,
ODEON,
Stafford,
Staffordshire,
urban exploration,
urbex
Location:
Newport Rd, Stafford, UK
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.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
An empty Walkden Town Centre shopping centre in Walkden, Salford
The liminal space of Walkden Town Centre shopping centre in Walkden, Salford, Greater Manchester.
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| Emily playing crazy golf at Walkden Town Centre in August 2019 |
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Crazy Golf,
Greater Manchester,
Liminal Space,
retail,
Salford,
Shopping Centre,
urban exploration,
urbex,
Walkden,
Walkden Town Centre
Location:
Bolton Rd, Walkden, Worsley, UK
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.
Friday, February 13, 2026
Happy Friday the 13th!
How are you celebrating the day?
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| Here's me with Jason Voorhees (from Distant Screams Events) at the Stockport Alternative Market in October 2024 |
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2024,
2026,
Day,
Distant Screams Events,
Film,
films,
Friday the 13th,
Horror,
Jason Voorhees,
Movie,
movies,
Stockport
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.
Sunday, February 01, 2026
Urban exploration - Cornhill Walk Shopping Centre in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
A look at Cornhill Walk Shopping Centre in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Cornhill Walk Shopping Centre in Bury St Edmunds closed in 2017.
I remember shopping there on my first visit to the town in 2008.
Cornhill Walk Shopping Centre (August 2024)
Cornhill Walk Shopping Centre (June 2025)
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Suffolk,
urban exploration,
urbex
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.
Friday, November 28, 2025
Crazy Golf at Northwich Christmas Extravaganza - Saturday 29th November
There's a free-to-play Crazy Golf course at the Christmas Extravaganza in Northwich, Cheshire.
Northwich Christmas Extravaganza will have a free Crazy Golf course for visitors to play on Saturday 29th November.
Find out more.
The Northwich Christmas Extravaganza takes place in the town centre between 11am and 6pm on Saturday 29th November.
Find out more on the Visit Northwich website for more information.
Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
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2025,
Cheshire,
Christmas,
Christmas Minigolf,
Crazy Golf,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
Festive,
Mini Golf,
Minigolf,
Northwich,
Pop Up,
pop ups,
pop-up,
Retailtainment,
Xmas
Location:
Northwich, UK
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.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Peter Rabbit Adventure Golf at Willows Activity Farm in St Albans
Finding the Peter Rabbit Adventure Golf course at Willows Activity Farm in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
My brother Christopher - a charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - and his family recently visited Willows Activity Farm in St Albans, Hertfordshire and while there spotted the Peter Rabbit Adventure Golf course!
The Peter Rabbit Adventure Golf course at Willows Activity Farm is an outdoor 9-hole layout based on the fictional character by Beatrix Potter!
The Peter Rabbit Adventure Golf course opened at Willows Activity Farm in 2024.
Find out more.
Check out the Willows Activity Farm website for more information.
Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
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Adventure Golf,
Beatrix Potter,
Christopher Gottfried,
Farm,
Hertfordshire,
Mini Golf,
Minigolf,
Peter Rabbit,
St Albans,
Willows Activity Farm
Location:
Coursers Rd, St Albans AL4 0PF, UK
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.
Friday, October 03, 2025
Minigolf Magazin from Germany
Now in the Crazy Golf Museum - further editions of Minigolf Magazin.
Minigolf Magazin is the official magazine of the German Minigolf Federation / Deutsche Minigolfsport Verband.
Find out more.
Visit the German Minigolf Federation / Deutsche Minigolfsport Verband website for more information.
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2024,
2025,
Bahnengolf,
Crazy Golf Museum,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
Deutsche Minigolfsport Verband,
Deutschland,
Germany,
Magazine,
Minigolf,
Minigolf Magazin,
minigolf marketing,
The Crazy Golf Museum
Location:
Germany
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.
Thursday, October 02, 2025
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.
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2011,
2015,
2024,
Crazy Golf,
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history,
Hotel,
Lincolnshire,
Lost,
Skegness,
The Original Crazy Golf
Location:
Skegness, UK
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.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Adventure Golf at The Railway Inn in Westerfield, near Ipswich, Suffolk
A look at the Adventure Golf course at The Railway Inn in Westerfield, near Ipswich, Suffolk.
Find out more.
Check out The Railway Inn's website for more information on the pub and minigolf course.
Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
The Adventure Golf course at The Railway became the 1,064th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, the 1,007th we'd been to in the British Isles, and the 575th course played on our travels since 2006.
We've now been to 1,099 miniature golf courses to date, with 1,038 of them being in the British Isles. Of these 1,099 we've been able to play 591 (some many many many times over).
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2024,
Adventure Golf,
Beer Garden,
Crazy Golf,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
Inn,
Ipswich,
Mini Golf,
Minigolf,
Pub,
Pubs,
Suffolk,
The Railway Inn,
Westerfield
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.
Tuesday, September 02, 2025
Lavvy Golf at The No Work Club in Lincoln
There's a toilet obstacle hole on the indoor crazy golf course at The No Work Club in Lincoln.
Would you fancy playing this minigolf hole?
Find out more.
Check out The No Work Club website for more information on the venue.
Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
The crazy golf course at The No Work Club in Lincoln was the 1,056th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Related blog posts:
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Ablutions,
Crazy Golf,
Indoor Crazy Golf,
Lavatory,
Lavvy,
Lincoln,
The No Work Club,
toilet,
Toilets
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.
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Mini Golf in the Guinness World Records 2026 Book
There's a minigolf record listed in the 2026 edition of the Guinness World Records book.
You'll have to check out a copy of the book to see which one it is!
Mini Golf in the Guinness World Records 2024 Book
The 2024 edition of the Guinness World Records book had a whole page dedicated to minigolf records. Including one I hold.
The book also has a crazy golf element on the brilliant cover art challenge.
My Guinness World Record
I'm a Guinness World Record Holder for "Most miniature golf courses visited" (902 at the time of going to press).
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| Playing the Ryder Legends Mini Golf course at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield |
You can see the full list of courses Emily and I have visited since the 30th September 2006 on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour page. We're currently at a combined total of 1,099 courses visited over the last 19 years.
| At the Southend Pier Crazy Golf course in 2016 |
Minigolf Guinness World Records
Make sure to visit the Guinness World Records website to see all of the minigolf Guinness World Records.
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Crazy Golf,
Golf,
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Guinness World Records 2026,
Mini Golf,
Mini-Golf,
Miniature Golf,
Minigolf,
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.
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