Free Mini-Golf in Canary Wharf, London

A free-to-play pop-up mini golf course is being set-up in Canary Wharf, London next month.

‘Minigolf by Craig & Karl’ (designed by artists Craig Redman and Karl Maier) will be in Montgomery Square in Canary Wharf from Friday 4th April until Sunday 5th October.

Check out the Canary Wharf and Craig & Karl websites for more information on the 9-hole minigolf course.

New mosaic tile street art in Edgeley, Stockport

Finding some new mosaic tile street art in Edgeley, Stockport.

We're big fans of street art and it's always fun spotting new pieces when wandering. Earlier this week we spotted a new piece showing a circle/letter O on the side of The Friary fish & chip shop on Castle Street in Edgeley and on a subsequent walk found the letter R on the Royal Oak pub, so guessed there were more letters that would spell out the word "STOCKPORT"!

We did a bit of further research - as well as receiving a comment from the artists on Instagram - and found that the group behind the new mosaic tile street art in Edgeley were Grit Studios, Mosaics in Manchester, Stockport County Community Trust, and The Writing Squad. It's from some of the same team that were behind the prominent 'The Scarf My Father Wore' mural project in Edgeley.

The Scarf My Father Wore Mural, snow and Christmas tree in Edgeley in January this year

A trail map for the S T O C K P O R T letter mosaic artwork is coming soon...

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You can find some other nice mosaics in Edgeley at the Library on Edgeley Road.

There's also a lot of superb street art around the town centre and wider borough.

We're big fans of Invader's work too, and you can find Invader Was Here mosaics in Manchester city centre.

We'll be keeping an eye our for more of Mosaics in Manchester's work too - we've seen some pieces on our walks around the city before.

Check out these other posts about mosaics on the blog.

S T O C K P O R T mosaic tile street art in Edgeley, Stockport

Spotting some new mosaic tile street art in Edgeley, Stockport.

We're big fans of street art and it's always fun spotting new pieces when wandering. We noticed a new piece showing a circle/letter O on the side of The Friary fish & chip shop on Castle Street in Edgeley and on a subsequent walk found the letter R on the Royal Oak pub, so guessed there were more letters that would spell out the word "STOCKPORT"!

Mosaic tile street art on Castle Street in Edgeley, Stockport

There are no other markings on the artwork so we don't know who did it, and we're pretty sure they're very recent additions to the fabric of Edgeley as we are round that way pretty much every day and hadn't noticed them before.

They're a very nice touch, so a job well done to the artist or artists behind them. 

Edgeley Station mural mosaic on the Greek Street roundabout in Stockport

Edgeley Station mosaic to be removed and replaced in Stockport.

The Edgeley Station tile mosaic on the Greek Street roundabout in Stockport will be removed as part of the year-long works to replace the bridge the roundabout sits on.

The Greek Street roundabout in Stockport - you can see the 'Edgeley Station' mural on the left of the photo. I wonder how many roundabouts are also bridges over railway lines?

Unfortunately the original mosaic won't be able to be put back in place, so a new mural in keeping with the heritage of the roundabout will be put there at the end of the works.

The Edgeley Station mural mosaic on the Greek Street roundabout in Stockport. The roundabout is also known locally as the Armoury roundabout after the armoury military installation and pub there. Stockport railway station hasn't been called Edgeley Station, or Stockport Edgeley Station for many many years! 

Art & Putt Pop Up Mini Golf at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth

Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth, Hampshire will be home to a Mini Golf course this summer.

Art & Putt Pop Up Mini Golf will open on Saturday 3rd August and run until Monday 2nd September.

The art-themed miniature golf course will feature holes and obstacles paying homage to famous artists.

Find out more on the Gunwharf Quays website.

Mini Golf in the Greenwich Peninsula

A pop up mini golf course will be set up in the Greenwich Peninsula from July to September.

Wild Swing Mini Golf will be in the Canteen Courtyard and have a floral design. The 9-hole outdoor course will be available to play for £2 per player from Thursday 18th July until Monday 2nd September.

Visit the Greenwich Peninsula website for more information.

The course has been created by artists Baker & Borowski. They also created the 9-hole themed Crazy Golf layout inspired by the rave culture in the King's Cross area back in the 1980's and 90's. I played that course in February 2020.

Container Golf at Ffolkes

A visit to the Container Golf course at the Ffolkes Pub and Hotel in King's Lynn, Norfolk.

My brother Christopher, a charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and his family recently stayed at the Ffolkes Pub and Hotel in King's Lynn, Norfolk. While there they played the 9-hole Container Golf course.

Check out the Ffolkes website for more information on the Container Golf adventure golf course.

We've now visited a combined total of 1,091 courses on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Art Mini Golf at The Minories in Colchester

An art-based Mini Golf course has been created at The Minories in Colchester, Essex.

The artist created minigolf course will be open from the 11th February to the 25th February.

Visit The Minories website and the Cuckoo Farm Artist in Residence: Tom Armstrong - Mini-ories Golf page for more information.

Dystopia-on-Sea - Minigolf and Art

A look at a crazy piece of art.

We love the British seaside. Back in 2006 we got our first car and began travelling around the coast. That's where we caught the minigolf bug. Since then we've visited, and revisited, a lot of the UK's towns and resorts. From the big ones of Blackpool and Great Yarmouth, to classic spots like Southend-on-Sea, Cleethorpes and Skegness, to some lesser know places like Sutton-on-Sea and Maryport.

One of the seasides we visited on a road-trip back in 2008 Filey, North Yorkshire, where we played the 9-hole Ocean Drive Crazy Golf course.

Minigolf meets art

That course (and its BIG minigolf lobster) has been captured in a new piece of art by Leeds-based artist Jack Hurley (aka Loud Ribs) in his tongue-in-cheek, affectionate and characterful Rubbish Seaside 'Dystopia-on-Sea' collection.

You may recognise a couple of the characters in the piece too.

Check out the Loud Ribs website to see more of Jack's work.

You can find me depicted on a coaster (among other things) at the Fabrication shop in Leeds

Here's the blog post from our visit to the Ocean Drive Crazy Golf course in Filey. It was the 56th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Ocean Drive Crazy Golf course in Filey (June 2008)

The Ocean Drive Crazy Golf course on the seafront in Filey has actually been removed and is being replaced by a new layout, so it's doubly nice that the old layout has been captured for posterity in Jack's art.

We've now been to 1,012 miniature golf courses. 967 of them have been in the British Isles.

Filwood Crazy Golf Fun Day in Knowle West

The Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf Club in Knowle West, Bristol are holding a Crazy Golf Fun Day on Saturday 7th May.

The action tees-off at the Filwood Community Centre at 10am and runs until 3pm.

The story of the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf course.

Take a look at this superb video telling the story of how the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf course in Knowle West, Bristol came about.

We loved being a part of the clubhouse and tee party online meetings and to play the unique course and meet the people involved was brilliant.

I managed to score a hole-in-one taking the direct route across the beachy 'bridge'

The real life miniature golf course was created during the pandemic and the ideas for the hole designs were generated by members of the Knowle West community during Lockdown 1.

I had the honour of cutting the ribbon to officially launch the course alongside Meg - the creative genius who led the lockdown project!

The Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf course was the 966th course visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 549th we've played since September 2006.

There were so many fantastic people and organisations involved in the project and you can find out more about them via the links to their websites and social media below:

• Filwood Community Centre
• Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club
• Megan Clark-Bagnall
• Claudia Collins aka Claudia the Caddy
• Re:Work Bristol
• Nic Marshall Designs
• Knowle West Beaches
• Julian Wood

Visit the Filwood Crazy Golf Facebook Page and Filwood Community Centre website for more information and opening times.

Filwood Crazy Golf in Knowle West, Bristol

The story of the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf course.

Check out this superb video telling the story of how the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf course in Knowle West, Bristol came about.

We loved being a part of the clubhouse and tee party online meetings and to play the unique course and meet the people involved was brilliant.

I managed to score a hole-in-one taking the direct route across the beachy 'bridge'

The real life miniature golf course was created during the pandemic and the ideas for the hole designs were generated by members of the Knowle West community during Lockdown 1.

I had the honour of cutting the ribbon to officially launch the course alongside Meg - the creative genius who led the lockdown project!

The Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf course was the 966th course visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 549th we've played since September 2006.

There were so many fantastic people and organisations involved in the project and you can find out more about them via the links to their websites and social media below:

• Filwood Community Centre
• Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club
• Megan Clark-Bagnall
• Claudia Collins aka Claudia the Caddy
• Re:Work Bristol
• Nic Marshall Designs
• Knowle West Beaches
• Julian Wood

Check out the Filwood Crazy Golf Facebook Page and Filwood Community Centre website for more information and opening times.

An End to Sleep Miniature Golf at von ammon co in Washington DC

There's an art-based minigolf course at the von ammon co art gallery in Washington DC, USA.

I've found out about a new art-based minigolf installation at the von ammon co art gallery in Washington DC.

The playable six-hole miniature golf installation has been created by Detroit based artist Tony Hope and is called "An End to Sleep", with each hole based on a scene from the Nightmare on Elm Street films.

The course opened on the 11th September and is playable up to and including Halloween itself.

Visit the von ammon co website to find out more.

We've played a number of art-based courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We're big fans of horror movies and Halloween too so An End to Sleep Miniature Golf would be a very interesting layout to view and play.

Knowle West's Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf course is open to play!

You can now play the community crazy golf course at Filwood Community Centre in Knowle West, Bristol.

You can book online for weekdays between 10am and 3pm.  

Or drop in Wednesday to Friday between 3.30pm and 6.30pm. 

The course is also hosting par-tee's on Saturdays!

Find out more on the Filwood Community Centre website.

Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club

We had a brilliant time at the launch of the brand new Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf course last Saturday.

Cutting the ribbon to officially open the Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf course

The real life miniature golf course was created during the pandemic and the ideas for the hole designs were generated by members of the Knowle West community during Lockdown 1.

We really enjoyed being a part of the clubhouse and tee party online meetings and to play the unique course and meet the people involved in person was wonderful.

The Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf course was the 966th course visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 549th we've played since September 2006.

Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf in Knowle West, Bristol

Playing the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club's new Crazy Golf course in Knowle West, Bristol.

We had a superb time at the launch of the brand new Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf course in Knowle West, Bristol on Saturday.

This was my favourite hole - the obstacle at the top of the ramp hid a sneaky surprise!

The real life miniature golf course was created during the pandemic and the ideas for the hole designs were generated by members of the Knowle West community during Lockdown 1.

I managed to score a hole-in-one taking the direct route across the beachy 'bridge'

We really enjoyed being a part of the clubhouse and tee party online meetings and to play the unique course and meet the people involved was brilliant.

I had the honour of cutting the ribbon to officially launch the course!

The Filwood Fantastic Crazy Golf course was the 966th course visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 549th we've played since September 2006.

There were so many fantastic people and organisations involved in the project and you can find out more about them via the links to their websites and social media below:

• Filwood Community Centre
• Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club
• Megan Clark-Bagnall
• Claudia Collins aka Claudia the Caddy
• Re:Work Bristol
• Nic Marshall Designs
• Knowle West Beaches
• Julian Wood