Lichfield's Beacon Park is getting a new Adventure Golf course.
The new outdoor Adventure Golf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire is being created as part of improvement works to the facilities at the park.
The park's Pitch & Putt course will also be changed, going from an 18-hole to a 9-hole course, but with improved fairways and greens. Footgolf and disc golf will also be retained.
We've been to Beacon Park before. Back in September 2017 we played the Eternit-style Miniature Golf course at the park. That layout became the 461st played and 775th visited on our travels.
Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield (September 2017)
Crazy Golf at Beacon Park in Lichfield (September 2017)
The 9-hole Crazy Golf course is of the Eternit Miniature Golf variety, although it has had some modifications from the norm. This was in the form of felt over the thin concrete playing surface as well as a selection of fibreglass obstacles, including a Humpty.
The Crazy Golf course at Beacon Park in Lichfield became the 775th course visited and 461st played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
I'm always happy if there's a Humpty obstacle on a course
In our minigolf match-up I won with a score of 19 to Emily's 23.
It's a good little Crazy Golf layout and we had a fun round on it.
Bumpy
We enjoyed our visit to Beacon Park. The whole area looked nice and the facilities in the park were very good. The Crazy Golf course is next to Pitch & Putt, FootGolf and Disc Golf courses, as well as a Petanque terrain and the park cafe.
Disc Golf, Foot Golf and Pitch & Putt layouts can be seen beyond the fence
Judging by the piece of metal to the left it looks like there used to be a different obstacle on this hole
This was the first time we've seen this variant on the ramp obstacle. Normally the ball is trapped inside the box after putting as a way to collect the ball at the end of a round
Finding a Petanque piste at Beacon Park in Lichfield, Staffordshire.
On our recent Midlands road-trip we visited Beacon Park in Lichfield, Stafffordshire to play the Crazy Golf course. After our game we noticed the park was also home to a Petanque terrain. Good to know as we're fans of the game too.
The Petanque Terrain at Beacon Park in Lichfield
The rules of boules
The area looked in good condition. It was next to the park cafe and also had a nice view of the Crazy Golf, Pitch & Putt, FootGolf and Disc Golf courses too.
As well as Petanque you can play four types of Golf in the park!
Earlier this month we were at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield to compete in the American Golf Adventure Golf National Championships. Travelling there and back we ticked off a fair few more minigolf courses on our to visit list and we'll have a lot of blog posts about them to come in the next few weeks.
Our travels around the UK have certainly taken us to some interesting places and while driving through the Midlands yesterday afternoon we found the road to nowhere!
We stopped off at the Bowling Green while en route to Beacon Park where we were heading to play Crazy Golf. The Bowling Green pub is well worth a visit. It's an interesting spot for a drink as the pub sits on the middle of a roundabout!
