Crazy Golf at Waldegraves Holiday Park on Mersea Island in Essex

The Crazy Golf course at Waldegraves Holiday Park on Mersea Island in Essex has had a makeover.

Waldegraves Holiday Park is also home to a Pitch & Putt course and a FootGolf layout.

Find out more on the Waldegraves Holiday Park website.

Birdie Barn Putting Range opening on Mersea Island in Essex

A new pop-up indoor minigolf venue is opening on Mersea Island in Essex this summer.

Birdie Barn Putting Range is opening at the West Mersea Marine Boatyard on Thursday 24th July.

Looking on the Birdie Barn Putting Range Facebook Page the course looks very different to your normal minigolf (if there's such a thing as 'normal' in crazy golf!).

Each of the holes looks to be is in it's own little enclosed bay, with putters tied to the range. Each of the holes has a themed obstacle such as pinball, skee ball, roulette, a ferris wheel, pong and more!

Find out more

Visit the Birdie Barn Putting Range Facebook Page for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

The Birdie Barn Putting Range on Mersea Island will be a new place for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at Lexden Wood Golf Club in Colchester

There's a dinosaur-themed Crazy Golf course at Lexden Wood Golf Club in Colchester, Essex.

Fossil Falls Crazy Golf is an 18-hole outdoor course.

Lexden Wood Golf Club are in the process of refurbishing the layout in advance of February half-term 2025.

Check out the Lexden Wood Golf Club website for more information.

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

Putt & Play from Hollywood Bowl

Hollywood Bowl's minigolf brand has courses in four locations.

Putt & Play from Hollywood Bowl is the new name for Puttstars.

You can find Putt & Play courses in Harrow, Peterborough, Rochdale and Leeds Thorpe Park.

There are also minigolf courses at the Hollywood Bowl centres in Colchester, Leeds Hollywood Bowl, Stockton and York.

Find out more on the Putt & Play from Hollywood Bowl website.

We've played at the Rochdale centre on our 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.

Hollywood Bowl and Puttstars Minigolf in Colchester

A new Hollywood Bowl and Puttstars minigolf venue is heading to Colchester, Essex.

Puttstars Minigolf

Hollywood Bowl is opening a Puttstars indoor minigolf course and a tenpin bowling centre at the Northern Gateway leisure area in the town.

The location was first announced in January 2020.

There are now Puttstars minigolf centres in Leeds, Harrow, York, Rochdale and Peterborough.

Check out the Puttstars website for more information.

The retailtainment and minigolf boom

Minigolf is a big part of the retailtainment boom, with courses opening as standalone entertainment activities, or as part of large shoppingtainment leisure offerings in shopping centres, malls, high streets and retail parks.

Playing Puttstars

We played Puttstars Minigolf in Rochdale on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in June 2021. It was the first course we played in ten months following coronavirus pandemic lockdowns!

Puttstars Minigolf in Rochdale

Mini Golf at No Name Bar and Games in Colchester

A new entertainment venue in Colchester, Essex is adding a mini golf course.

The new mini golf course will be inside No Name Bar and Games in Colchester.

Visit the No Name Bar and Games website for more information.

New Putt Putt Noodle Crazy Golf courses

There are new Putt Putt Noodle minigolf courses opening in several locations in the UK.

Those katakana characters on the left of the logo translate as 'Lucky'

The new Putt Putt Noodle minigolf venues will include:

• Aberdeen
• Bedford
• Basingstoke
• Bristol
• Central London
• London E6
• Colchester
• Glasgow
• Liverpool

There are currently Putt Putt Noodle courses in Norwich, Poole and Telford.

Visit the Putt Putt Noodle website for more information.

Allstars Battle Bar in Colchester

A new venue with Crazy Golf is opening in the former Argos shop in Colchester, Essex.

Allstars Battle Bar in Colchester will be home to a Crazy Golf course among other indoor sports and games including axe throwing and shuffleboard.

Boom Battle Bar in Colchester

There are plans for a new Boom Battle Bar venue to open in the old Debenhams in Colchester, Essex.

The new Boom Battle Bar in Colchester would be home to a minigolf course.

Visit the Boom Battle Bar website for more information.

New minigolf at the Northern Gateway leisure site in Colchester

A new Puttstars minigolf course is planned to open at the Northern Gateway leisure site in Colchester, Essex.

Hollywood Bowl are opening a Puttstars indoor minigolf course and a tenpin bowling centre at the site.

The Northern Gateway leisure area will also be home to a cinema and a sports park.

It is scheduled to open in mid-2022.

Puttstars is a new concept from the Hollywood Bowl Group and their first site at the Rochdale Riverside development in Greater Manchester will feature three 9-hole minigolf courses. Further Puttstars locations are planned for York and Leeds.

Putt in the Park Colchester opening this week

The new Putt in the Park adventure golf course at Castle Park in Colchester is opening this week.

The new 14-hole Putt in the Park minigolf course at Castle Park in Colchester, Essex will be opening this Wednesday, 28th August.

The Putt in the Park course at Battersea Park in London

The park used to be home to a couple of different minigolf courses that we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The old Eternit Miniature Golf course at Castle Park

The old miniature golf course at Castle Park

The new adventure golf course course in Colchester has been built by the team at Putt in the Park. We've played their courses in Wandsworth and Battersea in London on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. They also have a course in Acton we've yet to get along to.

Putt in the Park at Wandsworth Park in London

Link:
- Putt in the Park

Related blog posts:
- Colchester
- Putt in the Park
- Minigolf in Colchester (2009)
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

New Putt in the Park minigolf course opening at Castle Park in Colchester

A new Putt in the Park minigolf course is opening at Castle Park in Colchester this summer.

The Putt in the Park course at Battersea Park in London

A new 15-hole Putt in the Park minigolf course will be opening at Castle Park in Colchester, Essex this summer.

The old Eternit Miniature Golf course at Castle Park

The park used to be home to a couple of different minigolf courses that we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The old miniature golf course at Castle Park

The new minigolf course in Colchester is being built by the team at Putt in the Park. We've played their courses in Wandsworth and Battersea in London on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. They also have a course in Acton.

Putt in the Park at Wandsworth Park in London was the 650th course we visited in the UK

Related blog posts:
- Colchester
- Putt in the Park
- Minigolf in Colchester (2009)
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Link:
- Putt in the Park

New Mighty Claws Adventure Golf course at Playgolf Colchester

The team at Mighty Claws Adventure Golf are almost ready for play to tee-off at their new second site and storyline in Colchester - A Roman Ruckus!

The new dinosaur adventure golf course, Mighty Claws Adventures: a Roman Ruckus is set to open in Colchester in mid April, featuring state-of-the-art, animatronic large scale dinosaurs, a thundering waterfall and an ancient Roman fortress.

The brand is the brainchild of Allan Saud, and the interactive, 18-hole Mighty Claws Adventure Golf course is an immersive play environment, adapted from the children's story book series 'Mighty Claws Adventures' by Nat Luurtsema.

The first Mighty Claws Adventure Golf course opened at Playgolf Bournemouth last Spring. The courses feature giant dinosaurs including Troodon, Ankylosaurus, Stegosaurus and Parasaurolophus as well as a small herd of Velociraptors and big, intimidating T-Rex.

This time players find themselves in an exciting Roman adventure - appropriate for such a centre of Roman history as Colchester.

The 18-hole Mighty Claws Adventure Golf course will be open from 10am until dusk, seven days a week at Playgolf Colchester.

Check out the Mighty Claws Adventure Golf website for more information.

We're looking forward to playing the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've been to Colchester quite a few times and visited the minigolf courses in the town's Castle Park and Gardens. Sadly we've never played a single shot there as the courses were never open when we swung by.

This was one of the minigolf courses we visited in Colchester. We never once saw it open to play. It was removed in 2015

Links:
- Mighty Claws Adventure Golf
- Playgolf Colchester

Related blog posts:
- Mighty Claws Adventure Golf
- Adventure Golf
- Colchester
- Playgolf
- Essex

Mighty Claws Adventure Golf at Playgolf Colchester

New Mighty Claws Adventure Golf course opening at Playgolf Colchester.

The minigolf boom continues as the team at Mighty Claws Adventure Golf are currently building their next course at Playgolf Colchester. The first Mighty Claws Adventure Golf course opened at Playgolf Bournemouth last summer.

Keep an eye on the Playgolf Colchester website and social media for more details as the course progresses.

Links:
- Playgolf Colchester
- Mighty Claws

Related blog posts:
- Mighty Claws Adventure Golf
- Adventure Golf
- Colchester
- Playgolf
- Essex

No Mini Golf in Colchester anymore

A Crazy World of Minigolf Tour revisit to Colchester, Essex.

The Miniature Golf course in Colchester's Castle Park in 2009

We first visited Colchester and the town's Castle Park in December 2009 when we found a Mini Golf Putting course and an Eternit Miniature Golf course. As it was out of season neither course was open.

The grass Mini Golf course in 2009

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour took us back to Colchester in May 2011 and on that visit we found the Putting course had been dug up and replaced with a play area. The Crazy Golf course was still there and had received a refurbishment.

The Crazy Golf course in its new colour scheme in 2011

On our way to a day out at the seaside in Clacton on Saturday 27 June we swung by Colchester to see if we could have a game on the Miniature Golf course. However, we found that this has now been replaced by another play area.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf and Crazy Golf in Essex
- Colchester - Changes to the Minigolf, and a Dug-up Putting Course!
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour trip to Colchester, Essex

Videos:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour trip to Colchester
- Video showing the Eternit Miniature Golf Course

Colchester - Changes to the Minigolf, and a Dug-up Putting Course!

We revisited Colchester on Sunday 8th May 2011 to have a look and see if either the Minigolf or Putting Course was open in the town's main Park.

To our surprise the Putting Course has been dug up and replaced with a play area, while the Eternit Miniature Golf course has been updated with a new paint job and has been felted. However, the course was not open and was inaccessible!?

Link to what they looked like in December 2009.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf and Crazy Golf courses in Essex