Minigolf at Charnwood Golf Complex in Loughborough

A look at the minigolf course at Charnwood Golf Complex in Loughborough, Leicestershire.

Last week I asked "Where in the world was this minigolf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?".

The answer was the 9-hole Minigolf course at Charnwood Golf Complex in Loughborough in August 2015.

Charnwood Golf & Leisure Complex is now home to an indoor adventure golf course.

Adventure Golf in Coalville, Leicestershire

A look at the Adventure Golf course at Hermitage Recreation Ground in Coalville, Leicestershire.

Last week I asked the question 'Where in the world was this minigolf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?'.

The answer was the Adventure Golf course at Hermitage Recreation Ground in Coalville, Leicestershire, England.

It was a course we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in June 2008.

Playing hole 7 of 9

The Adventure Golf at Hermitage Recreation Ground in Coalville is a 9-hole layout.

Our friend Daniel Marsh lining up a tee-shot on the first hole as Emily looks on

Emily playing hole 4

New Adventure Golf course at Forest Hill Golf Club in Botcheston, Leicestershire

The Anaconda Falls Adventure Golf at Forest Hill Golf Club in Botcheston is now open.

A new adventure golf course has opened at Forest Hill Golf Club in Botcheston, Leicestershire.

The Anaconda Falls Adventure Golf is an 18-hole outdoor course.

Find out more.

Visit the Forest Hill Golf Club website for more information on The Anaconda Falls Adventure Golf.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Anaconda Falls Adventure Golf at Forest Hill Golf Club is another new course for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New Adventure Golf at Leicester Golf Centre

Leicester Golf Centre will soon be home to a new outdoor Adventure Golf course.

An 18-hole space-themed outdoor Adventure Golf course is being created at Leicester Golf Centre in Oadby, Leicester.

The course is planned to open in July 2024.

Visit the Leicester Golf Centre website for more information.

The new course will be another for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New minigolf course opening in Hinkley

A new indoor minigolf centre is opening in Hinckley, Leicestershire.

It was nice to hear that a new minigolf course is opening at Hinckley’s Britannia Shopping Centre.

Our friend - and fellow fan of lost shops & retail history - Mason Moore from the Hinckley Reporter got in touch to tell us about the venue and find out what we thought about the course opening.

Check out the story about The Birdie Bunker at "Exclusive: New 18 hole minigolf course with cocktail bar and cafe opening in former Britannia Centre discount shop."

We're looking forward to playing at The Birdie Bunker on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and visiting Hinckley when the venue opens next year.

You can find out more about on the The Birdie Bunker Facebook Page.

Putt Club Crazy Golf in Leicester

A new Putt Club indoor crazy golf course is now open in Leicester.

Putt Club - a motorsport-themed indoor crazy golf course - has opened in Leicester.

The venue opened in October this year.

Check out the Putt Club website for more information on the Leicester course and the Putt Club venues in Southampton, Hull, London (Edmonton), London (Docklands) and Watford.

Putt Club's brand of crazy golf has opened in the last few years and we're yet to give one of their courses a play on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New Adventure Golf course at Brickfield Farm in Leesthorpe, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

A new Adventure Golf course is opening at Brickfield Farm in Leesthorpe, near Melton, Leicestershire later this month.

The farm-themed layout will be called Ferneley’s Adventure Golf, with the name of the course coming from Ferneley the bull - a very famous bull in the cattle world! You can find out more about Ferneley on the Ferneley's & the Dairy Barn Café website.

We've played a few minigolf courses in Leicestershire on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, but have yet to visit Melton Mowbray. It'll be nice to swing by a new place on our travels.

Visit the Ferneley's & the Dairy Barn Café website and social media for more information and updates on the new adventure golf addition to the venue.

Maryland Chicken in Leicester

Maryland Chicken in Leicester, June 2019.

Among the various fried chicken shops we've seen other US states represented at Arizona Fried Chicken, Dallas Fried Chicken, West Virginia Fried Chicken, Kansas Fried Chicken, Oregon Fried Chicken and Alaska Fried Chicken.

We've also seen a Toronto Fried Chicken shop in Rochdale and quite a few 'KFCs'.

What's the most obscure US State or North American place you've seen used in a chicken shop name?

New indoor Adventure Golf at Charnwood Golf Complex in Loughborough

A new indoor Adventure Golf course is being built at Charnwood Golf Complex in Loughborough, Leicestershire.

The indoor Adventure Golf layout is being created by Adventure Golf Solutions and is due to open in November this year.

We visited the Charnwood Golf Complex to play the 9-hole outdoor minigolf course there in August 2015. It was the 670th course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Visit the Charnwood Golf Complex website for more information.

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Lane7 opening in Leicester

A new Lane7 indoor bowling, minigolf and street food venue is opening at Leicester Central Station.

Lane7 will be opening a new venue in Leicester city centre in October.

The site at Leicester Central Station will be home to tenpin bowling, indoor crazy golf, arcade games, street food and more.

Visit the Lane7 website for more information.

We've been to Lane7 in Newcastle upon Tyne and played the crazy golf course there. We were last there a year ago yesterday!

We're looking forward to checking out the new Lane7 venue in Leicester on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

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What a difference a year makes

A look back at our minigolfing visits to Leicester in 2019.

We competed in the Caddyshackers Open minigolf tournament at Caddyshackers Crazy Golf in Leicester last year.

We were joined in the team event by our friends and often minigolf rivals Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd and Jam 'Jamdre the Giant' Trubridge.

The Before Times!

Having qualified for the grand final we returned a week later.

Natural social distancing before social distancing was a thing

The Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course was the 903rd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

A view of the Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course

While in the city we also swung by the new Treetop Adventure Golf venue at the Highcross Shopping Centre.

Emily and I also returned to Leicester as a stop-off en route to East Anglia in September.

A Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man in Leicester

It looks highly unlikely that we'll be travelling anywhere this year.

2020 has pretty much gone down the pan

It'll be nice to revisit Leicester again in the future when it's safe to do so.

We've also been to minigolf courses at Blaby Golf Centre and Charnwood Golf Complex in Leicestershire.

Congo River Adventure Golf at Blaby Golf Centre in March 2014 

Minigolf at Charnwood Golf Complex in Loughborough in August 2015

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Putting Course at Hermitage Recreation Ground in Coalville

In June 2008 we took a road-trip to Northallerton. Our first stop was at the then new UrbanCrazy Minigolf course at Hermitage Recreation Ground in Coalville, Leicestershire.

As well as the new minigolf course there was a Putting Course there too.

The recreation ground is also home to a miniature railway.

Caddyshackers Crazy Golf in Leicester

A visit to the Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course in Leicester.

Last Sunday we visited Caddyshackers Crazy Golf in Leicester city centre to compete in the Caddyshackers Open minigolf tournament.

The entrance to Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course - it's not your average place for a game

We were joined in the team event by our friends and often minigolf rivals Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd and Jam 'Jamdre the Giant' Trubridge.

The dream team!

We had fun on our qualifying round on the tricky and quirky indoor course.

The skateboard and BMX hole

Beat the keeper

A brewing hole

At home

A rubbish hole

The 18th hole

Blimey!

The ablutions hole

Yes, the pan is the cup!

Up the ramp and into the lav

Emily putting for a two

Having a well earned sit down

This office hole was very very tricky

The Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course was the 903rd visited and 522nd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The team behind Caddyshackers will soon be opening a tenpin bowling alley on the floor above the Crazy Golf course

Check out the Caddyshackers Crazy Golf course website for more info, opening times and prices.

Godfather Pizza in Leicester

More Godfather bootleg goodness.

We spotted the Godfather Pizza place while in Leicester to play Crazy Golf at the weekend

We've seen quite a few gangster-related businesses on our travels. There are a lot in Stockport!

Treetop Adventure Golf in Leicester

Treetop Adventure Golf is now open at the Highcross Shopping Centre in Leicester.

We swung by the brand new two course, 36-hole indoor Adventure Golf venue while in Leicester on Sunday and were pleased to see the course really busy with players.

Treetop Adventure Golf in Leicester is home to two 18-hole courses, the Ancient Explorer and the Tropical Trail. There's also a cool looking, electronic Lucky 19th hole.

One of the holes on the Ancient Explorer course

A tricky little plateau hole

A hill and a loop on a dogleg hole!

The borders on the tropical trail course differ to the Ancient Explorer and have a woody feel to them

We're looking forward to playing the Treetop Adventure Golf courses in Leicester in the future.

I wonder who won?

The Treetop Adventure Golf courses in Manchester were the 799th and 800th we visited in the British Isles.

There were lots of people enjoying their mini golf adventure inside Treetop Golf when we visited

Next time we're in South Wales we'll have to check out the popular Treetop Adventure Golf course in Cardiff too.

Check out the Treetop Adventure Golf website for more info on the three venues.