Mini Golf at The Rock Shopping Centre in Bury

There's a pop-up mini golf course at The Rock Shopping Centre in Bury this August.

The Rock Shopping Centre in Bury, Greater Manchester is celebrating its 15th birthday this year, and to mark the occasion the shopping centre has a pop-up funfair set-up with a range of free-to-play games - one of which is mini golf.

Find out more.

Check out The Rock Shopping Centre website and Facebook Page for more information.

Abbey Gardens Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Playing the Crazy Golf course at the Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Last year Emily spotted a Crazy Golf course at the Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds and we swung by again in August.

On our recent return trip to the town we had a game on the 9-hole crazy golf course.

The Abbey Gardens Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds is open from April to October. Interestingly the layout changes as the course is set-up and taken down each day!

In our minigolf match Emily scored the win with a round of 23 to my 24.

The Abbey Gardens Crazy Golf course in Bury St Edmunds was the 583rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 1,054th visited overall since September 2006.

Photos of the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at the Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds on the 1st June 2025.

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 8

Hole 8

Hole 9

It's the second time we've played a minigolf course in the Abbey Gardens, the first was a pop-up back in 2008. That was the 71st on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Abbey Gardens Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds

Finding a Crazy Golf course at the Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Abbey Gardens Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds

Emily spotted this Crazy Golf course at the Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds on a trip to the town earlier this month.

Abbey Gardens Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds

Abbey Gardens Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds

Abbey Gardens Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds

The Abbey Gardens Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds is open from April to October. Find out more on the Abbey Gardens website.

Abbey Gardens Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds

It's the second time we've visited a course in the gardens, the first was another pop-up back in 2008. That was the 71st on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 1,057 courses!

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury, Greater Manchester

A look at the Crazy Golf courses at HUKD Golf in Bury, Greater Manchester.

A BIG thank you to our friend Pete Campbell for sending us these photos from his recent visit to HUKD Golf in Bury.

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

HUKD Golf opened last year and has two indoor 9-hole Crazy Golf courses - the Roll Up Course and the Kick Off Course. One is funfair-themed, while the other is sports-themed.

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

Pete tells us that all the holes were well thought out and he thought it was really good. The venue also has golf simulators which he's keen to go back and try out.

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

Visit the HUKD Golf website for more information.

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury. Photo by Pete Campbell, March 2024

HUKD Golf in Bury is another new local course location for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at Hukd Golf in Bury

There are two new indoor Crazy Golf courses at Hukd Golf in Bury.

Hukd Golf, a new golf venue in Bury, Greater Manchester, has two indoor Crazy Golf courses the Roll Up Course and the Kick Off Course.

Check out the Hukd Golf website for more information.

It's another new venue for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf in Bury town centre

There are plans for a Crazy Golf course as part of a new indoor golf venue in Bury town centre.

A new Crazy Golf course could be opening in Bury

Bury in Greater Manchester could soon be home to a new indoor golf venue.

Part of the plans include the creation of a Crazy Golf course.

Visit the Hukd Golf website to find out more...

It'd be another new and fairly local course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Arcade Club in Bury

A trip down memory lane at Arcade Club in Bury.

We finally visited Arcade Club in Bury last Saturday. I don't know why it's taken us so long!

As a big fan of retro gaming and amusement arcades I've got many brilliant memories of playing arcade games at holiday camps and seasides back in the 80's and 90's, so it was superb to visit a venue that has hundreds of arcade cabinets set-up from the era.

Arcade Club operates an entry fee policy after which you can access all of the games without having to fumble around for change. As it was our first visit we opted for the £16 price for access to both levels. For £12 you could access one or other of the levels.

About to enter Level 3 of Arcade Club

Level 2 is home to a range of modern and imported arcade games, VR games, pinball tables and gaming PCs. It's not really my cup of tea but it was still nice to have access on our visit. The floor was absolutely packed with people having fun - I haven't seen an arcade like it for years!

In my element

Level 3 was what I was interested in and I wasn't disappointed. At Arcade Club you'll find row upon row of lovingly restored arcade cabinets offering everything from Asteroids to Pac-Man - and probably a game beginning with Z.

Asteroids

The New Zealand Story

It was a bit overwhelming to see so many games to play, all set on free-play, and we didn't know quite where to begin. Luckily for us we spotted a 2-player Parodius game and jumped on that. We're big fans of Parodius on the SNES so we quickly got into the swing of things and enjoyed playing for a few credits before we were lured away with another 249 or so games to play.

When I was a kid my two brothers and I used to love visiting the arcades at Barry Island and Minehead holiday camps and when we ventured out to the seaside amusement arcades there were even more games to play.

I remember seeing the Bomb Jack arcade game at our local Chinese takeaway when I was a kid. I never ever got to play it. I made up for that at Arcade Club though

On the leader-board again

Until I bought Pac-Land for the Atari Lynx and PC Engine last year I hadn't played the game since a stay at Butlin's Somerwest World in Minehead in the 1990's. Over the all of the noise at Arcade Club I could clearly hear the music from the game playing and so had to give it a play. I wasn't disappointed.

Pac-Land

Back in the 80's and 90's there was no way I had the money to master any arcade games, but with the games set to free-play and unlimited credits available I was able to complete MERCS (a game I used to have on the SEGA Master System) and also get on the leader-board on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

2nd on the MERCS leader-board

Such a tough game

One game I wasted many many many 10p's on as a kid was RoboCop. Playing it now the graphics are still cool and my skills on it are still as rubbish as they were 30 years ago. It was still fun to play though, and just as back then it was good to watch other better players working their way through the game.

RoboCop

Arcade Club is a superb venue and I'd consider it a living museum as well as a retro throwback to those halcyon days of the 80's and 90's when an amusement arcade didn't consist of mostly ticket redemption games.

How arcades should be 

Pacmania 

We'd never played Flicky before. We're now both addicted to it 

Space Invaders Part II 

Super Pac-Man is a tough game

We had a wonderful afternoon at Arcade Club and after three hours of pretty much non-stop gaming we were ready to head outside for some fresh air and a chance to give our weary backs, necks and wrists a rest.

The last game we played at Arcade Club 

How I felt after three hours of retro gaming! 

Operation Thunderbolt, the sequel to Operation Wolf. We played both games at Arcade Club

You've got to love old video games and they're typos ;-) 

Having a nice sit down to play Pole Position

We will be back.

You can find Arcade Club at Ella Mill in Bury, Greater Manchester.

Check out the Arcade Club website for more information, opening times and prices.

The team at Arcade Club are putting the finishing touches to their second venue, with the site in Leeds opening soon. We're looking forward to visiting.

Arcade Club certainly does

Link:
- Arcade Club

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