New adventure golf course opening in Maidstone

A new adventure golf course is opening in Maidstone, Kent.

There are plans for a new indoor adventure golf course to be created at the Prison Island escape room venue in Maidstone, Kent.

Visit the Prison Island website for more information.

It's another new course for us to play on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. It'll be interesting to see if the theme continues along the prison line. That'll be a relatively new theme for us to play.

Charlie's Mini Golf in Folkestone, Kent

Charlie's Mini Golf is opening on Folkestone Harbour Arm in April.

A new minigolf course is opening on Folkestone Harbour Arm in Folkestone, Kent on the 2nd April.

For more information visit Charlie's Mini Golf website.

New Crazy Adventure Golf course planned for Walmer in Kent

There are plans for a new crazy golf course to be built in Walmer, Kent.

The team at Manston Golf Centre in Kent are planning to create a new miniature golf course in the seaside town of Walmer.

The new adventure golf layout would include local history theming.

The 18-hole course would replace an existing, but vacant, Putting Green on the promenade.

There is currently a pop-up crazy golf course in Walmer that has been set up for this season.

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Pop Putt pop-up minigolf on Walmer seafront

There's a new pop-up minigolf course on Walmer seafront in Kent.

The minigolf course is located next to the paddling pool on Walmer seafront and is open daily 9am-6pm.

Visit the Pop Putt Facebook Page for more information.

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Championship Miniature Golf at Kelsey Park in Beckenham

A look back at our visit to the Kelsey Park minigolf course in Beckenham, Kent.

We visited the Championship Miniature Golf course at Kelsey Park in Beckenham back in March 2013.

The 18-hole layout is one of the few Eternit-type Miniature Golf courses more commonly found in Continental Europe.

The course has had a number of modifications made to it. For a start it's not normally covered in felt. And the pyramid obstacles usually appear on hole (lane) 1

The Miniature Golf course at Kelsey Park in Beckenham was the 525th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

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Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

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Hole 9

Hole 10

Hole 11

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Social distancing at Strokes Adventure Golf course in Margate

Strokes Adventure Golf in Margate, Kent has reopened with social distancing measures in place.

Find out more about the 18-hole outdoor adventure golf course on the Strokes Adventure Golf website and Facebook Page.

I enjoy seeing the Strokes Adventure Golf daily weather updates on social media.

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We've got many happy memories of playing the tricky and well designed course at Strokes over the years and look forward to playing there again in the future.

Strokes Adventure Golf in Margate was the 34th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

NO GOLF at Woodlands Park in Gravesend, Kent

While visiting the Crazy Golf course at Woodlands Park in Gravesend, Kent we saw a NO GOLF sign.

As the Crazy Golf course is an abandoned one we couldn't have a game of minigolf there either.

Strokes Adventure Golf in Margate

A look at the Strokes Adventure Golf course in Margate, Kent.

Strokes Adventure Golf in Margate was the 34th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

It's a fine course indeed. Very tricky in places, but rewarding to play when you score an ace.

Check out the Strokes Adventure Golf website for more information.

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A postcard from the Railway Convalescent Home in Herne Bay

A look at an old miniature golf postcard from from the Railway Convalescent Home in Herne Bay, Kent.

One of the nice old minigolf postcards I bought at the last postcard fair I attended was this one by Photochrom Co. Ltd. showing the Railway Convalescent Home in Herne Bay, Kent.

It's postally unused and undated.

The Railway Convalescent Home in Herne Bay was the first of ten homes opened by the railway industry for railwayworkers to recover from sickness and illness.

Creative Folkestone Triennial to feature Crazy Golf

The Creative Folkestone Triennial art festival will feature a Crazy Golf course.

Folkestone in 2010

Folkestone will play host to the fifth Folkestone Triennial with 20 artworks being set up around the seaside town in Kent.

One of those will be amusement arcade and crazy golf-themed.

The artist genuinefake (Rachel Stella Jenkins) will be setting up a pavilion with an amusement arcade and crazy golf course on the site of the old Rotunda amusement arcades.

The Creative Folkestone Triennial, formerly the Folkestone Triennial, takes place between Saturday 5th September and Sunday 8th November 2020.

Find out more on the Creative Folkestone Triennial website.

It's not the first time that Crazy Golf has been a part of the Folkestone Triennial. The first edition saw the 18 Holes Crazy Golf art installation created by Richard Wilson. This permanent artwork was made using the old Arnold Palmer Putting Course from The Rotunda to resemble three beach huts!

18 Holes Crazy Golf art installation created by Richard Wilson in Folkestone

What a wonderful use of an old minigolf course

A nice view

It was nice to see the old minigolf course used for something as the site of The Rotunda resembled a desolate wasteland when we visited in 2010.

The Rotunda in Folkestone

New Adventure Golf at Sittingbourne Golf Centre in Kent

A new Adventure Golf course is being built at Sittingbourne Golf Centre in Kent.

Sittingbourne Golf Centre in Tonge, Kent will be home to a new Adventure Golf course next year.

Work is underway to create the new minigolf course as part of developments at the golf centre.

We look forward to playing the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at Birchington Vale Holiday Park

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Birchington Vale Holiday Park in Kent.

A BIG thank you to our friend, minigolf rival and fellow Crazy Golf adventurer Matt Dodd for sending over some snaps from his visit to the Crazy Golf course at Birchington Vale Holiday Park in Kent.

The course is another where each of the holes is in the shape of a letter and the finished result spells out Crazy Golf. It certainly looks neat on the satellite image of the holiday park.

Z and Y

Visit the Birchington Vale Holiday Park website for more information.

Matt, Helen and their family have visited almost 200 miniature golf courses on their own Mini Golf travels. We've met up with them - and competed against them - on some of the courses too. Check out Matt's other guest minigolf blog posts.

Cathedral Crazy Golf in Rochester

There's a new Crazy Golf course at Rochester Cathedral in Kent.

Plans for the temporary Crazy Golf installation were announced earlier this year and the new course is now open to play.

The 9-hole Crazy Golf course is free to play and is a partnership between Rochester Cathedral and Rochester Bridge Trust. The layout has been supplied by HM Adventure Golf.

It's fair to say the pop-up Crazy Golf course's appearance in a religious setting has caused some controversy.

However, it's not the first time minigolf and cathedrals have mixed. Back in 2017 a complaint was made about a devil obstacle on a Crazy Golf course at the Winchester Hat Fair. That course was set-up in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral.

The Rochester Cathedral Crazy Golf course is from the same range as the course I recently played at The Palace Fun Centre in Rhyl.

 The HM Adventure Golf course at the Palace Fun Centre in Rhyl

You can play the Rochester Cathedral Crazy Golf course until the 1st September.

Pat Regan and Jack Nunn's Putting Green in Broadstairs

A look at postcards of Pat Regan and Jack Nunn's Putting Green in Broadstairs.

Since I first wrote about Pat Regan's Putting Green in Broadstairs, Kent last December I've found two more cards showing the course.

The first postcard I found of Pat Regan's Putting Green in Broadstairs

The postcard is postally unused, but interestingly is signed by Pat Regan himself

The postcard I have of Jack Nunn's Putting Green shows the same photo as the Pat Regard cards, albeit slightly larger

The second copy of the Pat Regan Putting Green postcard is in better condition that the one I bought last year

This time the card is signed by Pat Regan and certifies that a Mr David Somebody scored a hole-in-one o the 18th hole. It looks to be dated the 6th September 1969

The Putting Green in Broadstairs that once bore Pat Regan and Jack Nunn's names was in the same spot that is now Lillyputt Minigolf.

The Lillyputt Minigolf course in Broadstairs is a nice Arnold Palmer Putting Course layout

We visited and played the Lillyputt Minigolf course back in September 2007. It was the 35th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 911 courses.

You can find out more about the course on the Lillyputt Minigolf website. One of the photos in the gallery section shows the area as Jack Nunn's Putting Green.

I still haven't been able to find out anything further about Pat Regan or Jack Nunn or their tenures at the Broadstairs Putting Green. I would guess that they were the course owners. I'd love to know for sure.

Related blog posts:
- Postcard
- Postcards
- Broadstairs

New Dino Golf at Mote Park Outdoor Adventure in Maidstone

Dino Golf course now open at Mote Park Outdoor Adventure area in Maidstone, Kent.

There's a brand new minigolf course now open in Maidstone, Kent. A 9-hole Dino Adventure Golf course has been created at Mote Park Outdoor Adventure area in the town.

Visit the Mote Park Outdoor Adventure website for more information, opening times and prices

Another venue for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!

New Adventure Golf course at Leeds Castle in Kent

Leeds Castle in Kent to open a new Adventure Golf course.

A new Adventure Golf course is being built at Leeds Castle in Kent.

The medieval-themed Adventure Golf course is opening as part of the 900th anniversary celebrations at the castle.

Visit the Leeds Castle website for more information.

We're looking forward to playing the Leeds Castle Adventure Golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Pat Regan's Putting Green in Broadstairs

Who was Pat Regan?

A look at a mysterious postcard from Pat Regan's Putting Green in Broadstairs.

I found this interesting old miniature golf postcard at the recent Stockport Postcard Fair.

The postcard is postally unused, but interestingly is signed by Pat Regan himself

Pat Regan's Putting Green on the Thanet coast in Broadstairs, Kent was in the same spot that is now Lillyputt Minigolf.

We visited and played the Lillyputt Minigolf course back in September 2007. It was the 35th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 859.

The Lillyputt Minigolf course in Broadstairs is a nice Arnold Palmer Putting Course layout

I haven't been able to find out anything about Pat Regan. Was he the course owner or a local golf pro? I'd love to know.

You can find out more about the course on the Lillyputt Minigolf website. One of the photos in the gallery section shows the area as Jack Nunn's Putting Green.

Related blog posts:
- Postcard
- Postcards
- Broadstairs