New Adventure Golf course opening at Playgolf Bournemouth.
There's a new 18-hole Adventure Golf course opening at Playgolf Bournemouth next month. The Mighty Claws Adventure Golf layout is prehistoric themed and features moving dinosaurs.
We're really looking forward to a return visit to Bournemouth to play the new course.
A look at the Oasis Fun indoor Adventure Golf course in Bournemouth.
My mate Mick 'The Man' Gisbourne let me know there is a new indoor Adventure Golf course at the Oasis Fun centre in Bournemouth and sent along some snaps of the jungle-themed minigolf course.
A view of the indoor Adventure Golf course at Oasis Fun in Bournemouth
It's another course to add to our 'to play' list on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Perhaps we'll get along for a round in 2017...
As well as Adventure Golf, the Oasis Fun centre also offers tenpin bowling, a softplay area, diner & bar, pool and arcade games. Check out the Oasis Fun website for more information.
It's a great course, with some brilliant views of the seafront and The Cobb harbour area.
In our match on the Lister Gardens Mini Golf course on the 1st June 2015 Emily scored a very good 36 - hitting one ace and dropping only one shot - to my 40 for the win.
Emily, the Lyme Regis Champion
We had to have another stroll along the prom before we left the seaside town on the 2nd June and on our walk back to the car I got my wish of a rematch. This time I won (38 to 40).
Winning at the second attempt
During the summer months the course is open from 9am to 9pm, and is just £2.50 a round for adults.
The course isn't particularly well signposted from the seafront, and can't be seen if you're below it. But if you're in Lyme Regis do check it out. As well as being called Lister Gardens the area is also known as Longmoor Gardens.
Check out the Lyme Regis Town Council website for more information, opening times and prices. We received great service from the staff on duty on our visits and Emily was very pleased to hear that her score of 36 was good enough to get her name on the Wall of Fame in the kiosk!
Emily in action on the course
It was nice to be able to buy a postcard that showed the course. The Salmon Cameracolour Post Card shows 'The Cobb from Longmoor Gardens' and we saw them for sale in the Tourist Information Centre and the Post Office.
There's also a grass Putting course in Lister Gardens, but on our visit it wasn't set out to play. It looked like a two-tier course and hopefully we'll give it a go on a return visit to Lyme Regis.
Visiting 62 more miniature golf courses on a tour of the South West of England.
We've been on some big road-trips in the past few years and this summer we had a brilliant two-week holiday around the coast of South West England.
At Gilmores Golf in Newquay, part-way through our mammoth road-trip around the South West coast of England
During our time away we visited the milestone 600th course. The Jurassic Adventure Golf course at the Santa-Fe Fun Park in Swanage, Dorset became the 364th course played when we visited on Sunday 31st May.
Two weeks later we visited Mini Golf course number 661 at Vivary Park in Taunton, Somerset. The 18-hole course was the 380th we've played since the tour began in September 2006, and the 17th played on our holiday.
We got into playing minigolf after making a resolution in 2006 to visit as much of the UK's coast and on this trip we reached 227 seasides visited. We're looking forward to our next holiday already.
It wasn't possible to stop at, or play all of the mini, crazy and adventure golf courses, or all the putting greens and pitch & putts we saw on this trip, or those we'd heard about beforehand.
On Broad Road in Swanage there is a piece of parkland that overlooks the bay and pier. This area has appeared on many postcards over the years and used to be home to a grass Miniature Golf course.
The Parkdean Holiday Park in West Bay, near Bridport used to have a Crazy Golf course. We checked, it's no longer there.
After we'd played the Crazy Golf course in Lister Gardens in Lyme Regis we noticed on the town map that the gardens are also home to a grass Putting Green. We had noticed a two-tier patch of land near to the course, but it wasn't laid out for putting. Perhaps it was too early in the season.
Visiting the 600th miniature golf course on our tour.
The Jurassic Adventure Golf course in Swanage
The Crazy Golfing part of our two-week road-trip around the South West coast of England began in Swanage, Dorset on Sunday 31st May with a visit to the Jurassic Adventure Golf course at the Santa-Fe Fun Park on the seafront.
The Minigolf Explorers at the 600th course visit on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
It's a well themed layout with looped music from a certain film playing throughout your round. Check out the photos from our visit below.
In our minigolf match on the course I defeated Emily with a score of 34 to 39. I managed to notch up four holes-in-one and we both managed to score an ace on the tricky looking, but pleasing to play 18th hole.
You can find the 18-hole Jurassic Adventure Golf course at the Santa-Fe Adventure Park on Swanage seafront (Mermond Place or Shore Road, BH19 1DG). The cost of a round for adults was £4.00. As a bonus the winner of the game receives a medal! That's a real nice touch.
We really enjoyed our stay in Swanage. It's a great little seaside town with plenty to see and do.
Swanage in Dorset. A lovely seaside town
Visiting and playing crazy golf courses stems from our love of travelling around the UK. We began visiting different seasides when we got our first car in 2006 and after a trip to Southsea we found the MiniatureGolfer website where there were around 600 minigolf courses listed around the UK.
Our travels have also taken us overseas and we've visited a total of 21 courses outside the UK, which means that the 600th UK-specific course visit would be made during our South West of England road-trip too! Watch This Space...
