Broomy Hill Miniature Railway in Hereford

Visiting another miniature railway on our travels.

On Sunday 8th October we made an unexpected visit to a miniature railway. On our recent road-trip we made a stop in Hereford to look for a miniature golf course at Bishops Meadow (#788 on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour). While driving over the bridge into the town we spotted a sign for a miniature railway, so after finding the minigolf course we had to go to the railway as well. We're very glad we did as it was superb.

The Broomy Hill Miniature Railway is next to the Waterworks Museum and when we arrived just after lunch we found the trains well under steam.

The Broomy Hill Miniature Railway is spread out over a nice area

There are actually two miniature railways at Broomy Hill - a 'normal' miniature railway with larger miniature engines and an elevated track with model engines. Wonderful stuff.

One of the larger trains passes by the line out of Compton High Level Station

We had to have a go on both tracks and so joined the queue to buy our tickets. It was nice to see the railway busy. The weather was lovely and there were a number of groups, families and couples enjoying the afternoon.

The Rules

Ticket number one

The second 2nd Class ticket

If you're a fan of miniature railways then you'll love Broomy Hill.

Broomy Hill was the eleventh miniature railway we've visited since last year!

Riding the Santa Fe

There were plenty of trains running so we didn't spend too long queuing for our go

Broomy Hill Miniature Railway is operated by the Hereford Society of Model Engineers Ltd. Visit their website for more information and opening times.

Some of the model trains

There are plenty of spots for a nice sit down along the lines too.

Howards Halt

What a view

Having a sit down in Compton

Related blog posts:
- Miniature Railways
- Hereford

Link:
- Broomy Hill Miniature Railway / Hereford Society of Model Engineers

Videos:
- The Sante Fe on the Hereford Miniature Railway
- A L.N.E.R. steam engine on the Hereford Model Railway

Putting Course at Bishops Meadow in Hereford

A visit to the Putting Course at Bishops Meadow in Hereford.

Hole 1

On Sunday 8th October we stopped off in Hereford to visit the Putting Course at Bishops Meadow. Unfortunately the course wasn't open so we couldn't have a game.

Bishops Meadow Putting Green in Hereford

Another unplayed course added to our tour

There's no hole on hole 1

Hole 2

Having a wander around the 18-holes it looked like holes 5-8 to have disappeared as part of some building work.

The fairway of hole 5

The Putting Course at Bishops Meadow in Hereford was the 788th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

Hole 12

On our previous visit to Hereford we played the Adventure Golf course next to the Bowling Alley. That course was #194 on the tour.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Hereford

Minigolf update

Latest update from our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We had a superb weekend road-trip and traveled around Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. And a little bit of Wales. It was nice to play another stack of minigolf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour too.

We're now up to 791 course visits on our travels since September 2006! It's crazy to think that we're so close to the BIG 800th course visit. Where will it be...?

The course below was an unexpected discovery on a visit to Stourport on Severn. Wonderful.

We've now visited 791 miniature golf courses. 763 of them have been in the UK, with 28 overseas

Here's a breakdown of the courses we visited over the weekend - the full list can be seen on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour page:

• 784 Cheltenham (Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf) - Neptune's Mist Adventure Golf course
• 785 Cheltenham (Mr Mulligan's Lost World Golf) - Canopy Creek Adventure Golf course
• 786 Newnham (Elton Leisure) - Forest of Dean Adventure Golf
• 787 Lydney (Krazy Golf Lydney) - Crazy Golf - we also played the Crazy Golf Pool table there!
• 788 Hereford (Bishops Meadow) - Putting course
• 789 Stourport on Severn (Playland) - Crazy Golf
• 790 Stourport on Severn (Riverside Park) - Putting course
• 791 Stourport on Severn (Riverside Park) - Crazy Golf

Lots of blog posts, videos and photos to follow...

Adventure Golf in Hereford

Playing the 194th course on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

After playing the Miniature/Miniatvre Golf course at Symonds Yat West we decided to remain in England a little while longer before heading back over the border for the rest of our weekend in Wales.

Our next stop on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was at the 12-hole Adventure Golf course at TGS in Hereford, Herefordshire.

The course was the 194th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and was built by City Golf, the builders of both the Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Porthcawl (Trecco Park) courses.

The TGS course contains a variety of holes and obstacles, some of the holes are very long, while others are incredibly short!

Related blog post:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour list of courses visited and played