Santa's Rest Stop in Cheadle Village

Spotting Santa taking a break in Cheadle Village, Stockport.

We spotted this fun piece of seasonal window art at Marine Bathrooms on the High Street in Cheadle Village earlier this week! Very festive.

Link:

• Marine Bathrooms

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• Santa Claus
• Father Christmas
• Toilets
• Cheadle

The Rubbish Seaside Book

Picking up the new Rubbish Seaside book in Leeds.

Rubbish Seaside, the new book by Jack Hurley (aka Loud Ribs), was launched in Leeds last month.

Sadly we weren't able to make it to the Rubbish Seaside book launch at the Indie Makers shop in the Leeds Corn Exchange as the traffic from Stockport to Leeds was horrendous. We did however pop into the shop to buy a copy of the book on our recent trip to the city.

Dystopia-on-Sea.

We were immortalised on a piece of Filey artwork by Jack as part of his tongue-in-cheek, affectionate and characterful Rubbish Seaside 'Dystopia-on-Sea' collection!

Crazy Golf Art!

It's ace to have copy of the Rubbish Seaside book gracing our coffee table.

Find out more.

You can see more about the Rubbish Seaside book - and other artwork by Jack - on the Rubbish Seaside / Loud Ribs websites.

Visit the Indie Makers website for info on the shop.

Wild Swing Mini Golf in the Greenwich Peninsula in July & August

There's a pop-up mini golf course in the Greenwich Peninsula this summer.

The pop-up Wild Swing Mini Golf course has returned to the Greenwich Peninsula this summer.

The Wild Swing Mini Golf course can be found in the Canteen Courtyard in the Greenwich Peninsula from the 10th July to the 31st August.

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.

Find out more

Visit the Greenwich Peninsula website for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

If we're able to get down to London this summer Wild Swing Mini Golf will be a new course for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Rubbish Seaside Book Launch

The Rubbish Seaside Book Launch is taking place in Leeds.

Rubbish Seaside, the new book by Jack Hurley (aka Loud Ribs), is being launched in Leeds on Thursday 10th July.

You'll be able to get your copy of Rubbish Seaside at the book's launch at Indie Makers in the Leeds Corn Exchange between 6pm and 8pm on Thursday 10th July.

Find out more about the Rubbish Seaside book - and other artwork by Jack - on the Rubbish Seaside / Loud Ribs websites.

Dystopia-on-Sea.

We were immortalised on a piece of Filey artwork by Jack as part of his tongue-in-cheek, affectionate and characterful Rubbish Seaside 'Dystopia-on-Sea' collection!

We're very much looking forward to getting a copy of the Rubbish Seaside book and having it grace our coffee table.

Art & Putt Mini Golf at Clarks Village in Street, Somerset

Clarks Village outlet shopping mall in Street, Somerset will have an Art & Putt Mini Golf course this summer.

Art & Putt Mini Golf is a 9-hole mini golf course and will be set-up from Saturday 19th July to Sunday 31st August.

The holes and obstacles on the Art & Putt Mini Golf course are inspired by influential artists from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Check out the Clarks Village website for more information.

Stockport County FC's Edgeley Mosaic Trail

Following the Stockport County FC Edgeley Mosaic Trail.

Earlier this year we noticed some newly placed street art in the form of mosaic tiles spelling out "STOCKPORT" along Castle Street in Edgeley. It was a nice surprise to see it, and after a bit of research we found that the group behind the street art were Grit Studios, Mosaics in Manchester, Stockport County Community Trust, and The Writing Squad.

I spotted this sign for the trail yesterday evening

During another wander around our local area we spotted another "O", which led us to find other tile art letters that spelled out "COUNTY".

It's been fun following the art trail around the area

We then found out that there were 17 mosaics in total - and we'd found 15 of them. So we set out to find the final two to spell out the final parts in the Edgeley Mosaic Trail.

A map for the Edgeley Mosaic Trail can be found on the Stockport County FC website.

Skyline Mini Golf at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis

The Skyline Mini Golf course is returning to the rooftop of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA this month.

The 10-hole Skyline Mini Golf course tees-off on the 21st May.

The minigolf season at the Walker Art Center runs until the 5th October.

As big fans of minigolf, and curators of the Crazy Golf Museum, it's always interesting seeing minigolf/museum crossovers.

Check out the Walker Art Center website for more information.

Our friends Tom and Robin from A Couple of Putts have been involved with the Walker Art Center and the various incarnations of the minigolf course there for a number of years and sent us a copy of the 2018 edition scorecard for our collection.

A Walker Art Centre artist-designed Mini Golf scorecard from A Couple of Putts, 2018

Cranbrook on the Green minigolf course now open at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Information about the Cranbrook on the Green minigolf course at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA.

As big fans of minigolf, and curators of the Crazy Golf Museum, it's always interesting seeing minigolf/museum crossovers.

Each summer Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan hosts Cranbrook on the Green, a pop-up artist-designed mini-golf course.

This year the course opened on the 3rd May and is open until the 28th September.

Check out the Cranbrook Art Museum website for more information.

Our friends Tom and Robin at A Couple of Putts were involved in the creation of the course. You can find out more on their website.

Swingers: The Art of Mini Golf

A new playable art minigolf exhibition installation at Flinders Street Station is opening in Melbourne, Australia.

Swingers: The Art of Mini Golf opens at Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Australia on the 4th June and runs until the 31st August.

The Swingers: The Art of Mini Golf course at Flinders Street Station will be a 9-hole playable exhibition, with each hole created by a female artist.

The exhibition is part of the 2025 Rising festival. Find out more about Swingers: The Art of Mini Golf on the Rising website.

The art exhibition has chosen miniature golf as its focus as the game was created to allow female players to play. The Himalayas Putting course at St Andrews, Scotland was created in 1867 specifically for female players to use.

Masterpiece Mini-Golf at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia

The Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia, USA is launching a new interactive and imaginative attraction - Masterpiece Mini-Golf - on Saturday 10th May 2025.

As big fans of minigolf, and curators of the Crazy Golf Museum, it's always interesting seeing minigolf/museum/arts & artists crossovers.

Masterpiece Mini-Golf at the Workhouse Arts Center is part of the Second Saturday event series and blends art history, interactive education, family competition, and creative fun.

The artist designed minigolf course will eventually be a playable 18-hole exhibit, with the first nine holes opening on Saturday 10th May (which is also National Miniature Golf Day), and the second nine holes opening in June.

See the Workhouse Arts Center website and this news item on the Center's website for more information on how you can visit and play the Masterpiece Mini-Golf course exhibit.

Mini-ART-ure Golf at the Muskegon Museum of Art (back in 2022)

Looking back at the Mini-ART-ure Golf playable exhibit at the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Michigan, USA.

As big fans of minigolf, and curators of the Crazy Golf Museum, it's always interesting seeing minigolf/museum crossovers.

Back in 2022 the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Michigan had a Mini-ART-ure Golf course where visitors could play a 9-hole mini-golf course inside the museum. The course was set up between January and May of that year.

Check out the Muskegon Museum of Art website for more information.

Mini Golf at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri

There's an art-inspired mini golf course at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

As big fans of minigolf, and curators of the Crazy Golf Museum, it's always interesting seeing minigolf/museum crossovers.

Art Course is an artist designed outdoor 9-hole miniature golf course location in the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park and each of the holes is a creative interpretation of a work in the museum's collection.

Check out the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art website for more information.

Our friends Tom & Robin at A Couple of Putts were involved in the creation of the course. You can find out more on their website.

Cranbrook on the Green at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Information about Cranbrook on the Green at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA.

As big fans of minigolf, and curators of the Crazy Golf Museum, it's always interesting seeing minigolf/museum crossovers.

Each summer Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan hosts Cranbrook on the Green, a pop-up artist-designed mini-golf course.

This year the course is open from the 3rd May until the 28th September.

Check out the Cranbrook Art Museum website for more information.

Our friends Tom & Robin at A Couple of Putts were involved in the creation of the course. You can find out more on their website.

F C of S T O C K P O R T C O U N T Y in Edgeley

Spotting the final parts of the Stockport County street art in Edgeley.

We recently noticed some newly placed street art in the form of mosaic tiles spelling out "STOCKPORT" along Castle Street in Edgeley. It was a nice surprise to see it, and after a bit of research we found that the group behind the street art were Grit Studios, Mosaics in Manchester, Stockport County Community Trust, and The Writing Squad.

During another wander around our local area we spotted another "O", which led us to find other tile art letters that spelled out "COUNTY".

We then found out that there were 17 mosaics in total - and we'd found 15 of them. So we set out to find the final two to spell out the final words in the Edgeley Mosaic Trail.

The final two pieces of the puzzle

A map for the Edgeley Mosaic Trail can be found on the Stockport County FC website.

Libertee Grounds Mini-Golf outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art (2024)

Last year saw a pop-up mini-golf course created outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

As big fans of minigolf, and curators of the Crazy Golf Museum, it's always interesting seeing minigolf/museum crossovers.

The team at Libertee Grounds hosted a Philadelphia-themed pop-up mini-golf course called Libertee Grounds at Eakins Oval outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art last year.

Check out the Libertee Grounds website for more information.

Ooohh yeah to this piece of graffiti in Stockport

'Macho Man' Randy Savage graffiti on Wesley Street in Stockport.

The CLUB GOLF pop-up minigolf course in London

Looking back at the CLUB GOLF pop-up minigolf course at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, London.

The last new minigolf course I played before the coronavirus pandemic lockdown struck was the CLUB GOLF pop-up minigolf course at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, London.

The 9-hole rave-inspired art installation crazy golf course was the 948th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 542nd played.

Artists Baker & Borowski 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 1990's.

I shot a round of 23 in my game - the scorecard noted that the maximum score allowed was 63! That would be a seven on each hole!

It was a fun course to play and well spaced out around Coal Drop's Yard.

It's crazy to think we would get to have another game of minigolf in again until August 2020.

The C O U N T Y part of S T O C K P O R T

Spotting some more street art in Stockport.

We recently noticed some newly placed street art in the form of mosaic tiles spelling out "STOCKPORT" along Castle Street in Edgeley. It was a nice surprise to see it, and after a bit of research we found that the group behind the street art were Grit Studios, Mosaics in Manchester, Stockport County Community Trust, and The Writing Squad.

During another wander around our local area we spotted another "O", which led us to find other tile art letters that spelled out "COUNTY".

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

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.