New app at Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby, Norfolk

The Lost World Adventure Golf course in Hemsby has a new app.

The team at the Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby, Norfolk have introduced a new mobile scoring and loyalty app for the 9-hole course. It's available to download for free on Android and iPhone.

It looks very nice indeed and gives maps for each of the holes, details of the rules, a selfie function and more.

The loyalty points system is a nice touch too and is a continuation of the paper-based loyalty cards available at the course.

When you sign up to the app you automatically receive 300 points onto your card.

The Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby was the 88th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in May 2009. It's still one of our favourites and we have fond memories of competing in tournaments there.

We can't wait to get back for another round there in the future. I've downloaded the app ready to play. I'll be digging out our previous rounds to load into the History element of the app which allows you to view all your past games.

Each of the holes has a map in the top left corner. When you click on it a larger view will open with a tip on the best way to play it

Download the app to see how the animated action shows the skill shot route from tee to cup

The Lost World Adventure Golf app is available to download for free on Android and iPhone.

Visit the Lost World Adventure Golf website and Facebook Page for more details, views of the holes, opening times and prices.

I recently blogged about the social distancing measures in place at Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby.

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Stonehenge Big Mini Golf

Happy Summer Solstice.

Did you know there's a Stonehenge-themed minigolf course in Hemsby, Norfolk?

We played there in June 2010.

Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby

Social distancing measures in place at Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby.

Our friends over at Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby, Norfolk have put cleaning and social distancing measures in place and the course is now open to players.

The 9-hole adventure golf course is one of my favourites. The layout has some excellent theming and tricky obstacles. I also love the fact they sell minigolf merchandise and I've added key-rings, mugs and trophies to my collection and the Crazy Golf Museum's vault on my visits.

Playing the course on our first visit in 2009

Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby was the 88th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in May 2009. We've been to a total of 948 courses since September 2006.

What a view. Such a nice spot for a game on a lovely sunny day

An easy 2...

We've also competed in tournaments at the Lost World course. Emily's team was third in the 2010 Lost World Adventure Golf Pro-Am, while my pairing were runners-up in 2011.

Brad Shepherd and Emily at the 2010 tournament. The course provides the perfect setting for a competition

Check out the Lost World Adventure Golf website and Facebook Page for more details, opening times and prices.

We're looking forward to our next visit to Hemsby and the Norfolk coast.

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Greetings from Seacroft Holiday Club in Hemsby, Norfolk

Many thanks to our friend Steve from the On the Buses fan club who recently sent us this nice old postcard showing the Putting Green at the Seacroft Holiday Club in Hemsby, Norfolk. The card was posted in 1988 and is a very nice addition to our miniature golf postcard collection.

Greetings from Seacroft Holiday Club. Hemsby, Norfolk. By Fincom. Posted 1988

Looking online it appears that the Seacroft Holiday Club, also known as Seacroft Holiday Camp and Seacroft Holiday Village, was merged with its sister site Hemsby Beach Holiday Park in 2017. The current Richardson's holiday park is home to a Crazy Golf course.

We also have this nice postally used John Hinde card showing the Pontin's Seacroft Holiday Centre in our collection. It was posted on the 13th May 1985.

Pontin's Seacroft Holiday Centre, John Hinde (Dis.) Ltd. Postally used 13 May 1985

The latest issue of Picture Postcard Monthly magazine (July 2019) contains an article I wrote about Pontin's holiday camps.

We've enjoyed our trips to Hemsby on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Hemsby is home to one of my all-time favourite courses - the Lost World Adventure Golf. We're looking forward to a return visit in the future.

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.

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.

At the Adventure Island Golf Course in Mundesley

  

With a Humpty at Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth

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

At Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby

Putting in Cromer

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

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.

Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby

Our visits to the Lost World Adventure Golf course in Hemsby.

Back in May 2009 we visited the Norfolk seaside resort of Hemsby and played the great 9-hole Lost World Adventure Golf course on Beach Road. It became the 88th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Lining-up a putt as a dino looks on

Since then we've revisited the course for some fun rounds and two Pro-Am contests, with Emily and her 'pro' Brad Shepherd achieving third place in the 2010 contest, while me and my 'Am' William Collins were runners-up in 2011.

Brad 'The Pro' Shepherd and Emily in the wonderful setting that is the Lost World Adventure Golf course in Hemsby

Putting as another dino looks on

More of the great theming on the course

Emily in amongst the skulls on spikes

The Aztec temple

Emily on the last hole

The Lost World Adventure Golf course is a must-visit if you're in Hemsby

For more information, opening times and prices check out the Lost World Adventure Golf website.

As well as the minigolf course you can also Pan for Gold, play the Jungle Jeeps and get food and drink from Madisons next to the course. Hemsby is a great British seaside resort with plenty of amusement arcades and a great beach.

Links:
- Lost World Adventure Golf website
- Lost World Adventure Golf on Facebook

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf Course Visit Number 88 – The Lost World, Hemsby

- Hemsby

- Norfolk

Crazy Croquet at Hemsby Mega Maze

Finding out about the new game of Crazy Croquet.

My cousins have recently been on holiday in Norfolk and one of the places they visited was Hemsby Mega Maze where they discovered the game of Crazy Croquet!

Photos of the course by Sarah Roberts.

Crazy Croquet at Hemsby Mega Maze

One of the Crazy Croquet obstacles - a long pipe and dustbin!

Two of the other obstacles at Hemsby Mega Maze's Crazy Croquet course

Two of my cousins preparing to tee-off on the Tractor hole of the Crazy Croquet course

Crazy Croquet is played using a tennis ball and a wellington boot on a stick as the 'club'!

It looks like a bizarre hybrid sport and we'll hopefully give it a go next time we're in the area. Crazy Croquet could also be a potential new sport for my fellow Minigolfer, and champion Croquet player, John Moore too.

For further information about Crazy Croquet visit the Hemsby Mega Maize Maze website.

The seaside town of Hemsby is also home to two great miniature golf courses - the Lost World Adventure Golf Course and Stonehenge BIG Minigolf.

On the trip to East Anglia my family let me know they visited Wroxham Barns too, a great venue and home to an 18-hole Minigolf course.

Link:
- Hemsby Mega Maze

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Types and Variants of Miniature Golf visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

A BIG Minigolf Roadtrip: Stonehenge Minigolf in Larkhill (& Hemsby). Plus visits to Maidenhead, Bracknell & Andover

Heading across to Wales to compete in the 2011 Cystadleuaeth Minigolff Cymraeg (Welsh Minigolf Tournament), Emily and I were planning on visiting and playing the Minigolf course at the Stonehenge Golf Centre in Larkhill, Wiltshire on Friday 15th July 2011.

Last week I had noticed that a Ham & Egger Files Blog Post about the Stonehenge BIG Mini Golf in Hemsby, Norfolk, had been linked to in a Blog Post on the Clonehenge Blog - which is "A blog about Stonehenge Replicas". The Clonehenge Blog is also on the lookout for more photos of 'Stonehenge' Golf courses, so if you do see one let them know. One of the other links on the Clonehenge Blog was to a previous Blog Post of theirs about the Stonehenge Golf Centre - a course I was previously unaware of!

Me at the Stonehenge BIG Mini Golf in Hemsby in June 2010

Interestingly the course at the Stonehenge Golf Centre is a Beton-style Miniature Golf course, more commonly found in mainland Europe, so I was intrigued to see what condition the course was in, as they are very good types of course to practice on, as they are very very tough (as we have found when on International Minigolf Duty).

Prior to reaching the Stonehenge Golf Centre in Larkhill I remembered that a new Adventure Golf course had recently opened in Maidenhead at the Maidenhead Golf Centre. So we headed there to have a game. That course became the 253rd course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We then headed back on the road, and our next location of Bracknell, where we had spotted on the MiniatureGolfer.com List of Courses that there was a Crazy Golf course at Jocks Lane Recreation Ground.

There was indeed a course there, which turned out to be an 18-hole course consisting of 9-holes of Swedish Felt B-Run and a 9-hole Farm-themed Minigolf layout. This was the 254th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

So, with two new course visits under our belts we set off again to visit the Stonehenge Golf Centre.

However, just ten or so minutes away, and with time running out to reach Larkhill before they closed for the day, we took a wrong turn and ended up on the road to Andover!

With no junctions to make a u-turn we decided to head to Andover as, once again, the MiniatureGolfer.com Course List had come up trumps and showed a Crazy Golf course at the Charlton Lakeside Pavilion. Luckily for us it was still there and was open until 8pm! So, we had a game there.

Interestingly, the course's second hole housed a Dolmen - which is what Stonehenge is a collection of!

I remember I had once had a discussion with Anthony Pope, from the excellent Splash Point Mini Golf course in Worthing (course played #181), about Dolmen as he was considering adding one to the course.

I also found an interesting way to Ace the 18th hole on the Andover Crazy Golf course.

With the time past 7pm we were too late to play at the Stonehenge Golf Centre in Larkhill, but still decided to head along to have a look to see if we could snatch a look at the course from beyond the fence.

We couldn't.

But we did spot a Putting course at the centre.

We then headed back on the road to Wales, and decided to drive past the real Stonehenge on the way. The car park was closed so there was nowhere to park up, but Emily did manage to grab the photo below.

I had visited Stonehenge with my family when I was a child, but Emily had never been, so it was a nice bonus to have a quick visit of sorts. We were both amazed at how close the road actually is to it, and unlike its neighbour, Woodhenge, was actually very visible to passing drivers.

As another bonus before we reached Wales, we also got to have a very nice two-course meal at The Barge Inn at Seend Cleeve, Wiltshire, which offers a great Gluten Free Menu for Coeliacs.

Our eight hour journey to Wales turned up some interesting 'finds' and was a nice start to a long weekend of fun in Cwmbran, Newport, Clevedon and Weston-Super-Mare.

Writing this blog post also reminded me of a Minigolf and Stonehenge-related story I had seen before with claims that Stonehenge was ‘part of crazy golf course for race of giant humans’.

Links:
Another closed course – Stonehenge, Hemsby

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - course re-visit and played course #174 - Hemsby's Stonehenge BIG Minigolf

Hemsby Stonehenge BIG mini golf - course revisit - 4th June 2011

Clonehenge Blog

More from the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Hemsby Stonehenge BIG mini golf - course revisit - 4th June 2011

On Saturday 4th June 2011 we made a revisit to the 15-hole Stonehenge BIG mini golf course in Hemsby, Norfolk.

Unfortunately as we arrived at the course towards the end of the evening it was closed. However, we did manage to play there last year, when it became the 174th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The course has some interesting obstacles, one that I particularly like is the 'pole on a gallows' that can help or hinder your shot. I haven't seen this device on any other UK courses we've visited or played to date.

Hopefully we'll get to play there again soon.

When we visited Hemsby in May 2009 we arrived too late to play it too!

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - course re-visit and played course #174 - Hemsby's Stonehenge BIG Minigolf

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Minigolf Report - Gottfried & Collins Runners-Up in the Lost World Adventure Golf Pro-Am Classic 2011 in Hemsby

6th June 2011
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For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report - Lost World Adventure Golf Pro-Am Classic

Luton Minigolfers Richard & Emily Gottfried competed in the second-annual Lost World Pro-Am Classic doubles tournament, hosted by the Lost World Adventure Golf course in Hemsby on Saturday 4th June.

The competition format saw BMGA Tour ‘Pro’ Players paired with local ‘Amateur’ players via a random draw. In the 12-team field Richard and his partner, Hemsby’s William Collins, were runners-up having scored 88 as a pair in the 18-hole, two-round competition. The winners of the event had to be decided by a sudden-death play-off as Richard & William had tied with Nick Chitty and his partner Richard Hathaway at the end of regulation play. Unfortunately, William hit a three on the first hole of the play-off to allow the opposition to pick up the win with a two.

Photo: From l-r William Collins, James Gray, Richard Gottfried

Emily and her doubles partner Owen Johnson finished out of the prizes.

Richard said “As with last year James and the team at Hemsby put on a great event. The Lost World is one of my favourite courses to play. Last year Emily and her partner picked up third place here so I’m pleased to have gone one better. Although we lost the play-off, William and I played well as a team and he put in two great rounds. Thanks also to our playing partners Seth and George for a great game too.”

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Irregular Mini Golf Tour - 'Lost World Trophy' event in Hemsby, Norfolk

Prior to the 2011 Lost World Adventure Golf Pro-Am Classic tournament in Hemsby on Saturday 4th June, Emily and I faced off in an 18-hole Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match.

In the two round contest I defeated Emily 44 to 56.

Photos from our revisit.

Richard receives his prize from course owner James Gray.

Emily in the boneyard!

The 9-hole Lost World Adventure Golf course on Beach Road, Hemsby was the 88th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in May 2009.

On our visit to the course last year I defeated Emily in the Irregular Mini Golf Tour Lost World Cup 9-hole contest. Emily however fared better in the 2010 Lost World Classic event itself, finishing in third place, with doubles partner Brad Shepherd.