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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Mulligans Crazy Golf in Romford, Essex

Mulligans Crazy Golf is now open in Romford, Essex.

The former Bunkers! venue at The Brewery Shopping Centre in Romford, Essex has been taken over by its sister-brand Mulligans and is now open as Mulligans Crazy Golf.

Mulligans Romford is home to two indoor crazy golf courses.

The venue is also home to a range of other games and activities, including Sixes Party Cricket.

Mulligans venues.

There are 15 Mulligans minigolf venues in the UK. As well as Romford you can find Mulligans in Basildon, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cheltenham, Guildford, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Norwich, Sidcup, Stevenage, Tonbridge and Worcester.

Find out more.

Visit the Mulligans website for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We didn't get the chance to visit the venue when it was Bunkers! and so it'll still be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We've visited several of the Mulligans venues on our travels over the last two decades, most recently in Hemel Hempstead.

Link:

Mulligans Crazy Golf

Richard Gottfried

I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Guinness World Record Holder for 'Most miniature golf courses visited'. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Mediocre polymath. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer. Always feeling nostalgic about something.

Crazy Golf at Skirlington Coast holiday park

There are plans for a new crazy golf course at Skirlington Coast holiday park in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Find out more.

Visit the Unity Holidays website for more information on Skirlington Coast holiday park.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

It'll be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Richard Gottfried

Friday, December 05, 2025

Junk Yard Golf Club indoor crazy golf in Leeds

There are three indoor 9-hole crazy golf courses at the Junk Yard Golf Club venue at The Light in Leeds.

You can also find Junkyard Golf courses in Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Oxford.

Find out more.

Visit the Junk Yard Golf website for more information.

Richard Gottfried

Thursday, December 04, 2025

Mini Golf at the Urban Playground in the Arndale Centre, Manchester

Putters Crazy Golf can be found at the Urban Playground in Manchester.

The Urban Playground at the Manchester Arndale Centre is home to three 9-hole indoor tech-infused Crazy Golf courses.

Find out more.

Check out the Urban Playground website for more information.

A look at the Drift Park Crazy Golf course in Rhyl, North Wales on Tuesday 2nd December 2025.

We first visited the Crazy Golf course at Drift Park in Rhyl on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the summer of 2009 and have revisited it several times on return trips to the seaside town.

Find out more.

Visit the Crazy Golf Rhyl Facebook Page to find out more about the course.

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Richard Gottfried

Tuesday, December 02, 2025

HUKD Crazy Golf in Bury, Greater Manchester

There's Crazy Golf at HUKD Golf in Bury.

We were in Bury earlier this week and although we didn't have time for a game this time we did swing by the HUKD Golf location in the town centre.

HUKD Golf in Bury is home to two indoor 9-hole crazy golf courses. One is sports-themed, while the other is circus-themed.

Our friend Pete Campbell played at the venue last year and sent us snaps for this guest blog post.

HUKD Golf sports-themed crazy golf course in Bury

Find out more.

Check out the HUKD Golf website for more information.

Link:

HUKD Golf

Monday, December 01, 2025

'Crazy Golf' is 100 years old in 2026

Date for your diary - Crazy Golf will be 100 years old in 2026.

The Original Crazy Golf course on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England (2011)

The first miniature golf course using the name 'Crazy Golf' opened on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England in 1926.

The Original Crazy Golf course in Skegness (2015)

England's first 'Crazy Golf' course opened on South Parade in Skegness in 1926 and the game is widely known by that name in the UK. Crazy Golf is seldom, if ever, used overseas except in tourist spots popular with UK holidaymakers.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

In May 2015 The Original Crazy Golf course became the 363rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We'd first visited the course in 2011.

A sign for The Original Crazy Golf course in Skegness (2015)

This sign for The Original Crazy Golf course in Skegness was located a little further down the road and next to another adventure golf course

From a Crazy Golf course to a hotel.

The Original Crazy Golf course in Skegness had been derelict since 2018 and the site has now had a Travelodge hotel and Starbucks drive-thru built on it.

Crazy Golf postcards from the course.

Here are two minigolf postcards from our collection showing the same location.

CRAZY GOLF. SKEGNESS. A Sapphire Card. LS2225. Posted from Skegness to New Basford, Nottingham in 1972

Craz-e-Golf at Skegness by E.T.W Dennis & Sons Ltd S.2142 postally used on 21 June 1977

This postcard shows the course, note the name for the games is 'Craz-e-Golf'. This is interesting to see, and a name we'd not seen before

The postcard was sent to Liverpool from Skegness on the 21st June 1977 (a Tuesday). Note the nice postcard cancellation on the card too

The first miniature golf course.

The world's first miniature golf course was set-up at St Andrews, Scotland in 1867.

The Himalayas course is the world's first miniature golf and is home to the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club. If you visit you'll find two superb grass putting layouts there - one 18-hole course and one consisting of 9-holes.

Sunday, November 30, 2025

The Chrizy Golf Masters minigolf competition in Manchester

I won the Chrizy Golf Masters minigolf tournament in Manchester 13 years ago today!

The 2012 Chrizy Golf Masters minigolf competition in Manchester

The first - and to date only - Chrizy Golf Masters minigolf tournament was held on a festive-themed pop-up crazy golf course at Piccadilly Place in Manchester on the 30th November 2012.

Chrizy Golf minigolf course in Manchester (2012)

The Chrizy Golf course was gone once the 2012 festive season was over and the building remained empty, or used for other pop-ups, until the team at Junkyard Golf made it their home for another minigolf course. That layout was there for a couple of years. They have since moved on and can be found at a permanent venue at First Street in the city.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Chrizy Golf course was the 313th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 1,111 courses since September 2006.

Richard Gottfried

Friday, November 28, 2025

Crazy Golf at Northwich Christmas Extravaganza - Saturday 29th November

There's a free-to-play Crazy Golf course at the Christmas Extravaganza in Northwich, Cheshire.

Northwich Christmas Extravaganza will have a free Crazy Golf course for visitors to play on Saturday 29th November.

Find out more.

The Northwich Christmas Extravaganza takes place in the town centre between 11am and 6pm on Saturday 29th November.

Find out more on the Visit Northwich website for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We played a pop-up Christmas-themed course at the 2024 edition of Northwich's Christmas Extravaganza.

Richard Gottfried

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

2026 British Minigolf Association Calendar of Events

Details of the British Minigolf Association Tour Calendar of Events for the 2026 Season.

The British Minigolf Association - the National Governing Body for the sport of minigolf in the UK - has released details of its 2026 Tour Calendar of Events.

18 events have been announced, with the Thanet Open at Lost Island in Margate, Kent teeing-off the season on the 1st February 2026. The 2026 BMGA Tour season is capped off with the British Indoor Minigolf Open at Volcano Falls in Castleford, West Yorkshire on the 29th November 2026.

British Minigolf Association Tour Calendar of Events for the 2026 Season

Find out more

Check out the BMGA website for information about the British Minigolf Association, minigolf competitions, minigolf clubs and more.

The 2025 BMGA Tour Season.

The current BMGA Tour Season draws to a close on the 7th December with this years British Indoor Minigolf Open at Volcano Falls in Castleford.

Playing on the BMGA Tour.

Emily and I were full members of the BMGA from 2007 to 2015 and played in hundreds of minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf tournaments around the UK during that time.

I'm a seven-time winner on the UK national minigolf circuit, including two BMGA British Club Championships in 2008 and 2015, and a four-time finalist in the World Crazy Golf Championships. Through the BMGA I represented Great Britain in Nations Cup international tournaments in Finland and Sweden in 2008 and 2011.

Emily made her debut in the 2007 Virgin Money World Crazy Golf Championships and won 'The Gommery' Aces Title at the World Crazy Golf Championships in 2014 & 2015. A two-time WMF World Adventure Golf Masters Women's Champion, Emily is also the British Women's Record Holder on the Eternit system of Miniature Golf with an 18-hole round of 24 (-12) at the Nations Cup in Stockholm in 2011.

There's now just one month until Christmas Day!

We played a Christmas Crazy Golf hole at Teezers in Coventry on Easter Sunday in 2019

We played a Christmas Crazy Golf hole at Teezers Golf & Cocktails in Coventry on Easter Sunday back in 2019

Richard Gottfried

Monday, November 24, 2025

Refurbishment at Mulligans Crazy Golf in Cheltenham

The Mulligans crazy golf venue in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire has received a refurbishment.

Mulligans Cheltenham is home to two indoor 18-hole adventure golf courses - one is Jurassic-themed, with the other having an underwater theme.

As well as the refurbishment to the two indoor crazy golf courses at Mulligans Cheltenham, the venue has seen the addition of Electro-Darts and Electro-Shuffle, along with a new family-friendly sports viewing zone.

Find out more.

There are 13 Mulligans sites across the UK, including venues in Basildon, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cheltenham, Guildford, Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Norwich, Stevenage, Tonbridge and Worcester.

Visit the Mulligans Cheltenham website for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We visited Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf at The Brewery Quarter in Cheltenham when the venue launched back in October 2017. The two courses there - Neptune's Mist and Canopy Creek - were the 784th and 785th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.