Showing posts with label Gorleston-on-Sea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gorleston-on-Sea. Show all posts

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.


Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea
Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

There used to be an Arnold Palmer Putting Course at Pops Meadow Putting Green in Gorleston-on-Sea. Back in May 2009 that layout became the 100th visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea
Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

The Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in May 2022 became the 985th visited on our travels since September 2006.

Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea
Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea


Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea
Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf in Gorleston-on-Sea

A look at the Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf course in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.


Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf in Gorleston-on-Sea. Photo by Christopher Gottfried, July 2023

My brother Christopher and his daughter Elena made a Crazy World of Minigolf tour visit to the Crazy Golf course at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea yesterday.

Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf in Gorleston-on-Sea. Photo by Christopher Gottfried, July 2023

Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf in Gorleston-on-Sea. Photo by Christopher Gottfried, July 2023

Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf in Gorleston-on-Sea. Photo by Christopher Gottfried, July 2023

The 18-hole Crazy Golf course is the latest layout to exist at Pop's Meadow. Miniature Golf of one sort or another has been played on the site since the early to mid-1900's.

Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea. Photo by Christopher Gottfried, July 2023


We originally visited Pops Meadow on the 10th May 2009, but on that occasion the course was closed. That course visit was the the 100th overall on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!

The old Arnold Palmer Putting course at Pop's Meadow in June 2010
The old Arnold Palmer Putting course at Pop's Meadow in June 2010

The combined total of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour now stands at 1,071 courses visited since September 2006.



Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea. Photo by Christopher Gottfried, July 2023

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Minigolf in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

A look at minigolf courses in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.


Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth
Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth

One of the first places we visited on what would become our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. We chose the seaside resort for a big minigolf trip in 2007 as we knew there were a lot of courses there.

Arnold Palmer Putting Course on Marine Parade in Great Yarmouth
Playing the Arnold Palmer Putting Course on Marine Parade in 2011. This course has been replaced by Castaway Island Adventure Golf - the latest course to occupy the minigolf hotspot since the 1920s!

We've returned a number of times since then, including a trip in May to help launch the Big Mini Golf Tour 2022.

Castaway Island Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth
Castaway Island Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth

Mini-Golf at Clippesby Hall
Mini-Golf at Clippesby Hall

Hollywood Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth
Hollywood Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth

Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby
Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby

Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth
Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth

Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf in Gorleston
Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf in Gorleston. This location was once home to an Arnold Palmer Putting Course

Stonehenge - the BIG mini golf in Hemsby
Stonehenge - the BIG mini golf in Hemsby

Putting in Gorleston
Putting in Gorleston

Minigolf has been played in the area since the early 20th century and there are plenty of options for a game in 2022. Here are the courses we currently know of:

Belton
  • Mini Golf at Haven Wild Duck Holiday Park

Caister-on-Sea
  • Crazy Golf at Haven Caister-on-Sea Holiday Park
  • Crazy Golf at Haven Seashore Holiday Park

Clippesby
  • Mini-Golf at Clippesby Hall

Great Yarmouth
  • Pirates Cove Adventure Golf on Marine Parade
  • Hollywood Indoor Adventure Golf at the Windmill Theatre on Marine Parade
  • Castaway Island Adventure Golf on Marine Parade
  • Crazy Golf at Merrivale Model Village on Marine Parade
  • Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf on South Beach Parade
  • Adventure Golf at Parkdean Resorts Vauxhall Holiday Park
  • Pitch & Putt at Bure Park

Gorleston-on-Sea
  • Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf on Pavilion Road
  • Gorleston Putting Green at Gorleston Cliffs Sports Pavilion

Hemsby
  • Lost World Adventure Golf on Beach Road
  • Stonehenge Adventure Golf on Beach Road

Scratby
  • Minigolf at California Cliffs Holiday Park

If you know of any other minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf, putting or pitch & putt courses in the Great Yarmouth area please do let us know.

Minigolf history in Great Yarmouth

One of the earliest miniature golf postcards we have in our collection is this one showing the Putting Green on Marine Parade in Great Yarmouth.

Putting Green, Great Yarmouth. Postcard postally used on the 11th November 1927. Publisher unknown
Putting Green, Great Yarmouth. Postcard postally used on the 11th November 1927

The postcard was sent to Hayes, Middlesex on the 11th November 1927.

You can see the Hippodrome in the left of the image and this building is still standing and is the Hippodrome Circus on St George's Road. If you visit now you'll find a row of buildings in front of the Hippodrome itself! You will also find that there is still a minigolf course on the same spot as the Putting Green. Now called Castaway Island Adventure Golf the site was an Arnold Palmer Putting Course that we played a number of times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Big Mini Golf Tour

Several miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area have come together to promote the game this summer as the Big Mini Golf Tour has teed-off across seven layouts. You can find all the details of the Big Mini Golf Tour, prize draw and places to play via the Big Mini Golf Tour Linktree page.

The Big Mini Golf Tour map

You can plan your visit to the participating miniature golf courses in Hemsby, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea by checking out the Big Mini Golf Tour map.


Follow the Big Mini Golf Tour


Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA

Funding from Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA has helped to bring you the ‘Big Mini Golf Tour’. Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA uses money raised from a business improvement district levy which is designed to raise the profile of the area, increase the number of people visiting and staying, improve the visitor experience and increase repeat visits, encourage people to stay longer and to visit more attractions and to provide incentives and opportunities to spend more in local businesses.

Sunday, May 01, 2022

The Big Mini Golf Tour tees-off in Greater Yarmouth this month

The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022 tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day - Saturday 14th May.


Miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area are coming together to promote the game.

The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022

We've played in and organised lots of miniature golf competitions, tournaments, challenges and events over the years and this year we are excited to be a part of the Big Mini Golf Tour in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth.

The four-month event highlighting miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth area tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day, Saturday 14th May 2022 and runs until Miniature Golf Day on Wednesday 21st September 2022.

Mini Golf course map

You can plan your visit to the nine miniature golf courses in Hemsby, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea by checking out the Big Mini Golf Tour map.


Follow the Big Mini Golf Tour


Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA

Funding from Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA has helped to bring you the ‘Big Mini Golf Tour’. Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA uses money raised from a business improvement district levy which is designed to raise the profile of the area, increase the number of people visiting and staying, improve the visitor experience and increase repeat visits, encourage people to stay longer and to visit more attractions and to provide incentives and opportunities to spend more in local businesses.

Thursday, April 28, 2022

The Big Mini Golf Tour - teeing-off in Greater Yarmouth next month

The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022 tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day - Saturday 14th May.


Miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area are coming together to promote the game.

The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022 tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day - Saturday 14th May
The Big Mini Golf Tour - teeing-off in Greater Yarmouth in May 2022

Miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area have come together to promote the game.

The four-month event highlighting miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth area tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day, Saturday 14th May 2022 and runs until Miniature Golf Day on Wednesday 21st September 2022.

Mini Golf course map

You can plan your visit to the nine miniature golf courses in Hemsby, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea by checking out the Big Mini Golf Tour map.


Follow the Big Mini Golf Tour


Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA

Funding from Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA has helped to bring you the ‘Big Mini Golf Tour’. Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA uses money raised from a business improvement district levy which is designed to raise the profile of the area, increase the number of people visiting and staying, improve the visitor experience and increase repeat visits, encourage people to stay longer and to visit more attractions and to provide incentives and opportunities to spend more in local businesses.

Sunday, April 03, 2022

The Big Mini Golf Tour - Course List and Map

The Big Mini Golf Tour tees-off on Saturday 14th May.


The Big Mini Golf Tour

We have played in and organised lots of miniature golf competitions, tournaments, challenges and events over the last decade and a half and this year we are excited to be a part of the Big Mini Golf Tour in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth.

Miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area have come together to promote the game.

The four-month event highlighting miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth area tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day, Saturday 14th May 2022 and runs until Miniature Golf Day on Wednesday 21st September 2022.

Mini Golf courses in the Greater Yarmouth area

You can view the details of participating courses in Hemsby, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea in the Big Mini Golf Tour List.

The Big Mini Golf Tour Map of courses in the Greater Yarmouth area



Visit Great Yarmouth

Funding from Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA has helped to bring you the “Big Mini Golf Tour”.

The Big Mini Golf Tour

Check out the Big Mini Golf Tour links for more information.

Crazy Golf at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

New Crazy Golf course at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea.


There's a new Crazy Golf course at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk

There's a new Crazy Golf course at Pops Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.

The 18-hole layout is part of the fun park at Pops Meadow - check out the Pops Meadow Facebook Page for more information.


The former Crazy Golf course at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea was the 100th course we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we swung by on the 10th May 2009.

Sadly that course closed a few years ago. But luckily Pops Meadow re-opened last year and there was a temporary Crazy Golf course there then too.

Pops Meadow Crazy Golf will be one of the courses participating in the Big Mini Golf Tour 2022.

Monday, March 14, 2022

Two months until the Big Mini Golf Tour tees-off

The Big Mini Golf Tour teeing-off in Great Yarmouth, Hemsby and Gorleston-on-Sea this summer.


The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022 begins on National Miniature Golf Day - Saturday 14th May.

Two months until the Big Mini Golf Tour tees-off in Great Yarmouth, Hemsby and Gorleston-on-Sea

We have played in and organised lots of miniature golf competitions, tournaments, challenges and events over the last decade and a half and this year we are excited to be a part of the Big Mini Golf Tour in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth.

Miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area have come together to promote the game.

The four-month event highlighting miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth area tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day, Saturday 14th May 2022 and runs until Miniature Golf Day on Wednesday 21st September 2022.

Visit Great Yarmouth

Funding from Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA has helped to bring you the “Big Mini Golf Tour”.

Visit Great Yarmouth

Check out the Visit Great Yarmouth website to find out about all of the activities and events taking place in the seaside resort this year!

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

We've been to almost 1,000 crazy, adventure and mini golf courses on our own Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. One of the first stops on our travels was to the East Coast seaside resort of Great Yarmouth.

The seaside town and local area is a real minigolf hot-spot with a brilliant mixture of miniature golf courses. You can find Adventure Golf courses, Crazy Golf and Indoor Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth itself, Crazy Golf and Grass Putting in Gorleston-on-Sea and Adventure Golf courses in Hemsby.

Minigolf history

Miniature Golf has been played in the resort for almost a century and we have some superb old putting postcards showing people at play. Including one of a Putting Green on the promenade dating back to 1927! Interestingly you will find that there is still a minigolf course on the same spot as the Putting Green today.

Putting Green, Great Yarmouth Postcard. Sent on 11 November 1927
Putting Green, Great Yarmouth Postcard. Sent on 11 November 1927

The town is also home to the several of the UK's first Adventure Golf layouts, as well as England's first indoor Crazy Golf course.

We're really looking forward to the Big Mini Golf Tour tee-off on National Miniature Golf Day, Saturday 14th May and seeing people having fun on the greens.

Find out more

Check out the Big Mini Golf Tour on social media to find out more.

Saturday, March 12, 2022

The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022

Find out more about the Big Mini Golf Tour - taking place in Great Yarmouth, Hemsby and Gorleston-on-Sea this summer.


The Big Mini Golf Tour - teeing-off in Greater Yarmouth in May 2022. Funding from Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA has helped to bring you the “Big Mini Golf Tour”

Check out the Big Mini Golf Tour's website and give the event a follow on social media.


Miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area have come together to promote the game.

The four-month event highlighting miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth area tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day, Saturday 14th May 2022 and runs until Miniature Golf Day on Wednesday 21st September 2022.

Visit Great Yarmouth

Funding from Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA has helped to bring you the “Big Mini Golf Tour”.

Visit Great Yarmouth

Take a look at the Visit Great Yarmouth website to find out about all of the activities and events taking place in the seaside resort this year.

Saturday, March 05, 2022

The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022 tees-off on Saturday 14th May

The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022 tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day - Saturday 14th May.


The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022 tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day - Saturday 14th May

Miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area have come together to promote the game.

The four-month event highlighting miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth area tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day, Saturday 14th May 2022 and runs until Miniature Golf Day on Wednesday 21st September 2022.

More information will be available across the Big Mini Golf Tour social media channels, here on the blog and from the minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf and putting courses taking part.


The event tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day, Saturday 14th May 2022 and runs until Miniature Golf Day on Wednesday 21st September 2022.

Monday, February 28, 2022

75 Days Until The Big Mini Golf Tour Tees-Off in Great Yarmouth

The Big Mini Golf Tour 2022 tees-off in 75 days - Adventure, Crazy and Mini Golf courses in Great Yarmouth, Clippesby, Hemsby & Gorleston-on-Sea will be taking part.


There are 75 Days Until The Big Mini Golf Tour Tees-Off in Great Yarmouth

Day one of the event is on Saturday 14th May - National Miniature Golf Day.

Visit The Big Mini Golf Tour to find out more.

Sunday, February 06, 2022

The Big Mini Golf Tour - coming to Greater Yarmouth in 2022

The Big Mini Golf Tour - highlighting miniature golf courses in the Greater Yarmouth area.


The Big Mini Golf Tour - coming to Greater Yarmouth in 2022

Miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area have come together to promote the game.

The four-month event highlighting miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth area tees-off on National Miniature Golf Day, Saturday 14th May 2022 and runs until Miniature Golf Day on Wednesday 21st September 2022.

More information will be available across the Big Mini Golf Tour social media channels, here on the blog and from the minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf and putting courses taking part.


Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area

Funding from Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA has helped to bring you the ‘Big Mini Golf Tour’. Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA uses money raised from a business improvement district levy which is designed to raise the profile of the area, increase the number of people visiting and staying, improve the visitor experience and increase repeat visits, encourage people to stay longer and to visit more attractions and to provide incentives and opportunities to spend more in local businesses.


Minigolfing in Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth was one of the first places we chose to visit on what has become our mammoth Crazy World of Minigolf Tour as we knew there were so many courses to visit there!

The seaside town and local area is a real minigolf hot-spot with a brilliant mixture of miniature golf courses. You can find Adventure Golf courses, Crazy Golf and Indoor Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth itself, Crazy Golf and Grass Putting in Gorleston-on-Sea and Adventure Golf in Hemsby.

The town is also home to the some of the UK's first Adventure Golf layouts, as well as England's first indoor Crazy Golf course. Last summer my brother Christopher and his family even found a Crazy Golf course set-up on the beach!

We're really looking forward to returning to the Greater Yarmouth area again for some more putting fun.

Monday, October 18, 2021

Crazy Golf at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.


Crazy Golf at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea. Photo by Cherise Gray, October 2021

A big thank you goes to the team at Pop's Meadow Cafe and Fun Park for sending us these photos of the new Crazy Golf course there.

Crazy Golf at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea. Photo by Cherise Gray, October 2021

Crazy Golf at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea. Photo by Cherise Gray, October 2021

Crazy Golf at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea. Photo by Cherise Gray, October 2021

We heard last week that the venue had reopened and added a new minigolf course to the site. Great news.

Visit the Pop's Meadow Cafe and Fun Park on Facebook for more information.


It's always brilliant to hear about new miniature golf courses opening and it's really nice when sites of lost courses once again become places to play the game.

The former Crazy Golf course at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea was the 100th course we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we swung by on the 10th May 2009.

Crazy Golf at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea
We played the old Arnold Palmer Putting course at Pop's Meadow in June 2010 and the last time any of us swung by it was back in 2016 after it had closed down


We've now been to 973 courses since September 2006.

We're planning a big minigolf trip to Norfolk for next summer and it'll be marvellous to have a game of crazy golf at Pop's Meadow again.

Friday, October 15, 2021

Crazy Golf back at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

A Crazy Golf course is once again part of Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.


A Crazy Golf course is once again part of Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk

Pop's Meadow fun park in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk is once more home to a Crazy Golf course.

A temporary layout has been created by the new operators of the site and there are plans for a more permanent course to be put in place in the future.

Check out the Pop's Meadow Cafe and Fun Park on Facebook for more information.


It's always nice to hear about new minigolf courses opening and especially nice when sites of lost courses once again become places to play the game.

The Crazy Golf course at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea was the 100th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we swung by on the 10th May 2009. We've now been to 973 courses since September 2006.

Crazy Golf at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea
We played the course in June 2010 and the last time any of us swung by it was back in 2016 when it had closed down

We're looking forward to revisiting Pop's Meadow and playing the new course there.

Pop's Meadow is a site of historical significance in the world of miniature golf as the game has been played there for many many years
Pop's Meadow is a site of historical significance in the world of miniature golf as the game has been played there for many many years

Friday, October 18, 2019

Putting Green in Gorleston-on-Sea

A look back at Gorleston Putting Green in Norfolk.


Putting Green in Gorleston-on-Sea

Back in May 2009 we visited Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk for the first time and swung by the Putting Green on the seafront.


Putting Green in Gorleston-on-Sea
It was late in the day when we arrived at the course

When we returned to the seaside town in June 2010 we were able to play the nearby Pops Meadow Putting Green but didn't have time to revisit the Putting Green.


There was also a sign for the Bure Park Pitch & Putt at the Putting Green. That's a course we've got to check out the next time we're in the area.

Bure Park Pitch & Putt in Great Yarmouth

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Minigolf in Norfolk

Details of miniature golf, crazy golf and adventure golf courses in Norfolk.


We've been visiting Norfolk for a number of years and Great Yarmouth was one of the first seaside resorts we went to on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in February 2007. Unfortunately on that occasion all of the courses there were closed for the season! We've since been back to the resort and other parts of the county and had some great rounds of minigolf.

Crazy Golf course at Pops Meadow in Gorleston on Sea
The Crazy Golf course at Pops Meadow in Gorleston on Sea became the 100th course visited when we swung by on the 10th May 2009

As of today we've visited 749 courses since September 2006. Of these 721 have been in the UK, with 28 overseas in eleven countries. There are approximately 40 courses in Norfolk and we have visited 32 courses of these so far. Twelve were closed / out of season at the time of our visit. Over the years we have visited eight courses in Great Yarmouth - some of which are no longer there.

Adventure Island Golf Course in Mundesley
At the Adventure Island Golf Course in Mundesley
  
With a Humpty at Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth
With a Humpty at Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth

Crazy Golf course at Eaton Park in Norwich
Playing Crazy Golf at Eaton Park in Norwich

Playing one of the partially outdoors holes at the indoor Crazy Golf course found within the old Windmill Theatre in Great Yarmouth
Playing one of the partially outdoors holes at the indoor Crazy Golf course found within the old Windmill Theatre in Great Yarmouth

At Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby
At Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby

Cromer Putting Green
Putting in Cromer

Crazy Golf course in Hunstanton
Playing Crazy Golf in Hunstanton

Courses played since our first visit to Norfolk in 2007:

  • Cromer (Cromer Putting) - Putting Green
  • Gorleston-on-Sea (Pop's Meadow Putting Green) - Minigolf
  • Great Yarmouth (Hollywood Adventure Golf, Windmill Theatre) - Indoor Adventure Golf
  • Great Yarmouth (Merrivale Model Village) - Crazy Golf
  • Great Yarmouth (Pirates Cove) - Adventure Golf
  • Great Yarmouth (Pleasure Beach) - Adventure Golf
  • Hemsby - Lost World Adventure Golf
  • Hemsby (Stonehenge) - BIG Mini Golf
  • Hoveton/Wroxham (Wroxham Barns) - Adventure Golf
  • Hunstanton (Blackbeard's Adventure Golf) - Adventure Golf (Aztec Course)
  • Hunstanton (Blackbeard's Adventure Golf) - Adventure Golf (Pirate Course)
  • Hunstanton (Vegas Amusement Arcade) - Crazy Golf
  • Hunstanton (Victorian Pavilion) - Crazy Golf
  • Hunstanton (Victorian Pavilion) - Putting
  • Mundesley (Adventure Island Golf) - Adventure Golf
  • Norwich (Eaton Park) - Crazy Golf
  • Sutton Staithe, near Stalham (Sutton Staithe Hotel) - Miniature Golf


Courses visited but not played:

  • Clippesby Touring Park in Norfolk - Minigolf
  • Cromer (Cromer Putting) - Putting Green
  • Cromer (North Lodge Park) - Putting
  • Cromer (The Meadow) - Pitch & Putt
  • Fritton (Caldecott Hall Leisure Complex) - Crazy Golf had been removed 
  • Fritton (Caldecott Hall Leisure Complex) - Putting Green
  • Gorleston-on-Sea (Bure Park) - Pitch & Putt/Minigolf
  • Great Yarmouth (Castaway Island Mini Golf) - Adventure Golf - formerly two Arnold Palmer Putting courses
  • Norwich (Eaton Park) - Putting Green
  • Norwich (Norwich Family Golf Centre) - Congo Rapids Adventure Golf
  • Norwich (Norwich Family Golf Centre) - Putting Green
  • Sheringham - Putting Green


Arnold Palmer Putting Course in Great Yarmouth
Sadly the 9-hole and 18-hole Arnold Palmer Putting Courses are no longer in their original form in Great Yarmouth

Courses we've played but have since closed:

  • Great Yarmouth (Arnold Palmer) - Minigolf 9-hole - replaced by Castaway Island Mini Golf
  • Great Yarmouth (Arnold Palmer) - Minigolf 18-hole - replaced by Castaway Island Mini Golf
  • Great Yarmouth (Jungle Golf at the Gardens) - Crazy Golf - turned into a Segway Grand Prix track in 2009


Courses still to visit in Norfolk:

  • Abraham's Bosom, Wells-next-the-Sea
  • Banham Zoo
  • Bawburgh Golf Club, Norwich
  • Caister Holiday Park, Caister-on-Sea
  • Cherry Tree Holiday Park, Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth
  • Kings Head Pub, North Lopham
  • Pirates Adventure Golf at Norfolk Premier Golf in Blofield
  • Waveney Valley Holiday Village, Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth


If you know of any other courses we've missed off the list above, or hear about new courses opening do get in touch or leave a comment on this post.

Saturday, April 09, 2016

Crazy Golf at Pop's Meadow in Gorleston-on-Sea

A look at the Crazy Golf course at 'Pop's Meadow Putting Green' in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.

The rocket ship has received a paint job since our visit in 2010

Founding member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Christopher Gottfried was recently passing through Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk and took a couple of snaps of the Crazy Golf course at the Gorleston Fun Park aka Pop's Meadow.

Sadly the course was closed on Christopher's visit

The 9-hole course was the 173rd we played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in June 2010 - it had been the landmark 100th course visited back in May 2009.

How the course looked in 2009

How the area got its name

Emily playing the layout in 2010

Even with the addition of a variety of obstacles over the years - and the lack of felt/carpet - the course is still recognisable as an Arnold Palmer Putting Course. A cracking type of layout and well worth a play.

The course had a classic windmill obstacle on it when we played there in 2010

The Pop's Meadow course is one of many that Christopher has visited and found to be closed. Check out the links below for more details of the courses he has visited since 2011.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Course re-visit and played course #173 - Gorleston-on-Sea
- 100 Minigolf Courses visited to date!
- Arnold Palmer

Courses visited by Christopher Gottfried 2011-16

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