Crazy Golf at Searles Leisure Resort in Hunstanton, Norfolk

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Searles Leisure Resort in Hunstanton, Norfolk.

Many thanks to our friend Sophia for sending over snaps of the Crazy Golf course at Searles Leisure Resort in Hunstanton.

It's always brilliant finding our about, and seeing courses, we didn't know about already!

Visit the Searles Leisure Resort website for more information.

Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton

My little brother Christopher and his family were recently in Hunstanton, Norfolk for a day trip and sent this photos from Blackbeard's Adventure Golf.

Emily and I visited Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton back in 2011! The two courses there were the 246th and 247th courses played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Together we've now visited 1,019 courses since September 2006.

Check out the Blackbeard's Adventure Golf Facebook Page for more information.

A scorecard from Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton

A look at a minigolf scorecard from Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton, Norfolk.

Many thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Steve Lovell for sending me this scorecard from Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton, Norfolk.

He played a few rounds there pre-pandemic.

When we visited Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in May 2011 the two 9-hole courses were called The Aztec Trail & Blackbeard's Adventure. On the recent scorecard they are named Pirates Course and Aztec Course.

A view of the Aztec course from our visit in 2011

I always thought it was a curious mixture of two adventure golf themes as you tend to find one or other, rather than both together.

Putting on a pirate ship

The Aztec course was the 246th played and the Pirate course was number 247 on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The holes leading to the ruins of an Aztec temple

For more information visit Blackbeard's Adventure Golf website and Facebook Page.

We're looking forward to a return to the east coast resort that faces west in the future.

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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.

Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses on the Lincolnshire Coast

Details of Adventure Golf, Crazy Golf, Minigolf and Putting Green courses that we've visited in Cleethorpes, Mablethorpe, Chapel St Leonards, Skegness, Ingoldmells, Woodhall Spa and Spalding.

In the summer of 2011 our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour took Emily and I to Lincolnshire where we spent a pleasent week touring the seasides, with a few stops inland along the way. As part of our tour of Lincolnshire (and a little bit of Norfolk) we went to seven seasides, visited 34 minigolf and crazy golf courses, played in countless Amusement Arcades and walked along a few Piers too.

At the Jolly Roger Adventure Golf course in Skegness

Note: The numbers below relate to the 'visit number' on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

225 Skellingthorpe (Daisy Made Ice Cream Shop & Drive-Thru) - Crazy Daisy Golf (Swedish Felt B-Run)

226 Cleethorpes (Oddballs) - Crazy Golf

227 Cleethorpes (Fairworld Amusement Arcade) - Adventure Golf

228 Mablethorpe (Queen's Park/Linda's Pavilion) - Crazy Golf

229 Mablethorpe (Sea Front) - Crazy Golf

230 Mablethorpe (Arnold Palmer/Captain Hook's) - Adventure Golf

231 Chapel St Leonards (Sea Dwellers Crazy Golf) - Crazy Golf

232 Chapel St Leonards (Golden Palm Resort Crazy Golf) - Crazy Golf

233 Skegness (North Shore Caravan Park) - Miniature Golf

234 Skegness (Arnold Palmer) - Crazy Golf

235 Skegness (Arnold Palmer) - Putting

236 Skegness (Arnold Palmer) - Crazy Golf

237 Skegness (Jolly Roger) - Adventure Golf (Skull Trail)

238 Skegness (Jolly Roger) - Adventure Golf (Treasure Trail)

239 Skegness (Bottons Pleasure Beach) - Gold Mine Adventure Golf (Adventure Putting) & Cactus Canyon River Ride

240 Ingoldmells (Fantasy Island) - Crazy Golf

241 Woodhall Spa (Bainland Country Park) - 5 Star Crazy Golf - RICHARD SCORES A 'PERFECT' ROUND, WITH 9 HOLES-IN-ONE IN A ROW!

242 Woodhall Spa (Bainland Country Park) - Putting

243 Spalding (Springfields) - Secret Garden Adventure Golf

On the same roadtrip we finished up in Hunstanton where we were able to play a further five Miniature Golf courses.

244 Hunstanton (Victorian Pavilion) - Putting

245 Hunstanton (Victorian Pavilion) - Crazy Golf

246 Hunstanton (Blackbeard's Adventure Golf) - Adventure Golf (Aztec Course)

247 Hunstanton (Blackbeard's Adventure Golf) - Adventure Golf (Pirate Course)

248 Hunstanton (Vegas Amusement Arcade) - Crazy Golf

During the trip we visited the following courses, but were unable to play them for a variety of reasons (details and links below).

- Cleethorpes (Arnold Palmer) - Crazy Golf - Closed on Visit

- Cleethorpes (Terry's Traditional) - Crazy Golf - Closed on Visit

- Cleethorpes (Terry's Traditional) - Putting - Closed on Visit

- Cleethorpes (Thorpe Park Haven Caravan Park) - Putting - £10 Day Rate To Use Facilities - Not Enough Time on Roadtrip

- Cleethorpes (Thorpe Park Haven Caravan Park) - Adventure Golf - £10 Day Rate To Use Facilities - Not Enough Time on Roadtrip

- Cleethorpes (Thorpe Park Haven Caravan Park) - Crazy Golf - £10 Day Rate To Use Facilities - Not Enough Time on Roadtrip

- Mablethorpe (Queen's Park/Linda's Pavilion) - Putting - No Flags Out - Not Fully Open

- Sutton on Sea - Crazy Golf - Demolished

- Chapel St Leonards (Lakeside Boating Lake) - Crazy Golf - Derelict

- Skegness (North Shore Caravan Park) - Mini Golf - Pitch & Putt - Also home to "The Pitch And Putt Inn"

- Skegness (Pebble Adventure Golf) - Adventure Golf - Closed on Visit

- Skegness (South Parade) - Crazy Golf - Closed on Visit

- Skegness (South Parade) - Putting - Closed on Visit

- Skegness (South Parade) - Pitch & Putt - No Time Left To Play

- Long Sutton (The Butterfly and Wildlife Park) - Closed on Visit

On our trip to Lincolnshire we also visited the smallest pub on the planet - The Signal Box Inn - in Cleethorpes. Following our visit I sent them a mini-Miniature Golf course for their games area!

Crazy Golf at the Vegas Amusement Arcade in Hunstanton

The 40th and final minigolf course we visited on our seaside and minigolf tour of Lincolnshire & Norfolk was at the Vegas Amusement Arcade in Hunstanton. It became the 24th we were able to play on the road trip, and was the 248th course played overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We didn't know there was going to be a Crazy Golf course there until I spotted the words 'Crazy Golf' on the sign outside, as we came out from the nearby mini-funfair.

The name 'Vegas' promised so much, however the course itself did not live up to our initial expectations... but for a pound a go and an 'experience' it was still fun.

The Crazy Golf course itself was not inside the amusement arcade (as had been the case in Cleethorpes), but was located 'out the back', next to a Go Kart Track.

In June 2010 we visited the real Las Vegas, where we played four Minigolf courses:
175 King Putt (North West Las Vegas, USA) - Indoor Mini Golf - Review at The Putting Penguin here
176 Pike's Pass (Circus Circus, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) - Miniature Golf
177 King Putt (Henderson, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) - Indoor Mini Golf - Review at The Putting Penguin here
178 The Putt Park (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) - Miniature Golf - Review at The Putting Penguin here

So far we've managed to visit a grand total of 384 Miniature Golf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, playing 248 of them!

Related blog posts:
- List of courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses on the Lincolnshire Coast

Blackbeard's Adventure Golf in Hunstanton

On our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour trip to Hunstanton, Norfolk we played a round (or two as it turned out) on the two-course, 18-hole, Adventure Golf layout at Blackbeard's on the seafront.

Blackbeard's Adventure Golf consists of two 9-hole courses - The Aztec Trail & Blackbeard's Adventure courses.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up on the Aztec Trail course I defeated Emily 22-26.

In the contest on the Blackbeard's Adventure course I defeated Emily 23-24, for an overall victory 45-50 over the 18-holes.

An interesting layout, and some good theming. I especially liked the rope bridge that went over one of the holes.

Emily plays a shot, while a 'spectator' looks on!

Needless to say, I failed to win a free game on the 19th hole.

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