Crazy Golf at Dover Castle

There's a new Crazy Golf course at Dover Castle in Kent.

Dover Castle is now home to a Crazy Golf course.

Visit the Dover Castle website for more information.

The themed Crazy Golf course was created by the team at UrbanCrazy.

Minigolf Putting in Knaresborough

A look at the grass Putting course at Knaresborough's Castle Yard.

Time really does fly! Looking through our records it's been five years since we visited Knaresborough in North Yorkshire!

The last time we were there we enjoyed playing the grass Putting course at Knaresborough's Castle Yard. It was a course we missed on our first visit to the town in 2010.

The grass Putting course at Knaresborough's Castle Yard became the 357th course played and 591st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 948 courses since our travels began in 2006.

The course is the first we've ever been to that had a sallyport and secret tunnel running underneath it!

The tunnel was built in the late 13th or mid 14th century and was large enough for a small group of armed men to leave the castle secretly at night and launch an attack on any besieging troops.

Knaresborough is definitely on our list of places to go to post-lockdown.

 

Le Mini Golf at Bar du Lac in Pierrefonds, France

A look at Le Mini Golf at Bar du Lac in Pierrefonds, France.

Le Mini Golf

Christopher Gottfried has struck minigolf gold again as he found another miniature golf course on his way home from holiday in Germany and France.

Christopher tells me that the castle you can see on the Mini Golf course is a miniature version of Château de Pierrefonds.

Visit Le Kiosque Mini-Golf Pierrefonds on Facebook for more information.

Christopher has now been to 30 courses in the UK and nine overseas countries. Prior to visiting Le Mini Golf at Bar du Lac in Pierrefonds the last course he visited was at Adventuregolf Gutach in Germany.

Emily and I have been to eight of those 30 too. We have visited 884 courses in the British Isles and 39 courses in eleven overseas countries for a total of 923 course visits. The combined total of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is now up to 945 courses since September 2006.

New Adventure Golf course at Leeds Castle in Kent

Leeds Castle in Kent to open a new Adventure Golf course.

A new Adventure Golf course is being built at Leeds Castle in Kent.

The medieval-themed Adventure Golf course is opening as part of the 900th anniversary celebrations at the castle.

Visit the Leeds Castle website for more information.

We're looking forward to playing the Leeds Castle Adventure Golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Pitch & Putt Mini Golf in Caernarfon

A visit to the Pitch & Putt Mini Golf course at Coed Helen Park in Caernarfon, Wales.

Last January we had a short break in Caernarfon, Wales and while there visited the Pitch & Putt Mini Golf course at Coed Helen Park.

A view of Coed Helen Park from Caernarfon Castle

The course became the 795th miniature golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we swung by on the 13th January 2018.

Each tee has a hole marker

The tees for holes 7, 4 and 1 are in a line and you need to aim for a shared 'green'

The first tee

Tee four

The seventh tee

The shared green is made of felt

Atop one of the raised tee off areas

A bird's eye view

A view from one tee to another artificial green

A view of the castle from the green 

One of the cups on the course

It's strange seeing a mixed grass/felt minigolf course, not something we've seen much of on our travels

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Wales

Videos:
- Pitch & Putt course at Coed Helen Park in Caernarfon 1 of 2
- Pitch & Putt course at Coed Helen Park in Caernarfon 2 of 2

Forgotten Garden Adventure Golf at The Alnwick Garden

A look at the Forgotten Garden Adventure Golf course in The Alnwick Garden at Alnwick Castle.

The Fogotten Garden Adventure Golf course has some huge obstacles and decorations

Charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Christopher Gottfried has added another course visit to his list as he recently spotted the Forgotten Garden Adventure Golf course in The Alnwick Garden while on a trip to Alnwick Castle in Northumberland.

An oversized club, ball and spider at the miniature golf course

At least the signmaker didn't forget

A Tremor-sized worm!

Check out the Forgotten Garden Adventure Golf website for more details.

Some nice big toadstool obstacles on the course

We're looking forward to playing the Forgotten Garden Adventure Golf and a visit to The Alnwick Garden - they've got a Poison Garden there! Intriguing.

Alnwick Castle

Christopher Gottfried has now been to 24 minigolf courses on his part of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, including courses in Turkey, Spain, Italy, Holland, Luxembourg, Germany, France and Indonesia!

Link:
- The Alnwick Garden

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Castle Adventure Golf at Namco Funscape in Tamworth

Playing the new Medieval-themed Adventure Golf course at Namco Funscape in Tamworth.

The Adventure Golf course has some incredible theming

On Sunday 10th September the Castle Adventure Golf course at Namco Funscape in Tamworth became the 774th visited and 460th played overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Head through the portcullis to the Castle Adventure Golf course

In our match up on the Castle Adventure Golf course I picked up the victory with a score of 55 to Emily's 62.

Putting my way to the win

We normally regard each hole on a course as a par-2 - so an 18-hole layout would be a par-36 course. In the case of Castle Adventure Golf the course par of 69 for the 18-holes is far more realistic a target as it's a very tricky course indeed.

Emily on hole 2

The 18-hole layout is certainly not the easiest course we've played! A lot of the holes are very bumpy and uphill, with extra plateaus too. That said, each of the holes is unique and the theming is some of the best we've seen on our travels.

My brother Christopher owns a suit of armour and would love the course. I was half expecting the knight to move!

A tricky circular forge hole

This hole was excellently executed

Hanging around on the Tamworth Adventure Golf course

A Ham and Egger in his element

Interestingly the course is half indoors and half outdoors - not something we've seen all that often either. Some of the outdoor holes were also under shelter too.

One of the outdoor - but under cover - holes

The last hole before heading back inside to play the 17th and 18th

Another tough hole

Under siege!

Emily wasn't on target for a lot of the round!

The 13th - one of two holes I aced

Holes 17 and 18 take you back inside

There are two routes to the hole (in a bucket) on the 18th

Visit the Tamworth Namco Funscape website for more information, opening times and prices.

Links:
- Castle Adventure Golf at Namco Funscape in Tamworth
- Namco Funscape

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Indoor Adventure Golf
- Tamworth
- Namco

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