New Crazy Golf course open in Edmonton, London

A new motorsport-themed Crazy Golf course has opened in Edmonton, North London.

The new 9-hole indoor Crazy Golf course has been created by the team at Putt Club.

Putt Club London Edmonton joins other Putt Club courses in Hull, Watford and London Docklands. A new location is opening in Leicester in November 2021.

Visit the Putt Club website for more information.

Minigolf in London

There has been a real boom in minigolf courses opening in London. When we worked in the city there were very few options for minigolfing, but a number of new indoor, late night competitive socialising style venues have opened in London over the last seven years.

Competitive socialising

Before the coronavirus pandemic the phrase 'competitive socialising' had become a popular way to describe going out and having fun, with a number of new businesses catering to the demand of a public who wanted to compete at something while eating and drinking in a nice setting.

Whether it was table tennis, darts, shuffleboard, bingo, tenpin bowling, arcade games, or our personal favourite crazy golf, people were finding new ways to quench their thirst, have fun and compete without signing-up to a full sports league or taking things too seriously.

Retailtainment

Minigolf has grown in popularity in the last nine years and has moved from being seen as a traditional outdoor seaside summer activity to become a year-round game that can be played indoors, outdoors and at pretty much any time of the day.

A number of high streets, retail parks and shopping malls are now home to minigolf courses, with more new venues planned to open.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

We've played minigolf in London a number of times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the last 15 years. We're looking forward to a return visit to the capital for a few rounds in the future.

The Swingers Open Crazy Golf tournament

The Swingers Open Crazy Golf competition is taking place next month.

The Swingers Open Crazy Golf tournament is returning on Tuesday 5th October with teams of four players invited to take on the challenge at the Swingers City location.

Part of the prize is a party at the Swingers West End venue

The minigolf event is a partnership between Swingers Crazy Golf and Tanqueray  and will take place as part of London Cocktail Week.

More information can be found on the Swingers Crazy Golf website.

Camden Town Brewery's Brewmaster's Open

A look back at The Brewmaster's Open miniature golf competition at the Camden Town Brewery in London.

Ready to tee-off

We competed in The Brewmaster's Open at the Camden Town Brewery nine years ago today. It was part of 2012's brilliant summer of sport in the capital.

Some superb crazy golf beer mat scorecards

It's still one of the best settings for a pop-up minigolf course we've seen on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

What a course!

The layout was the 302nd played on our travels.

In action as tournament winner Alan Norman looks on

The Brewmaster's Open at the Camden Town Brewery was a marvellous event played on a portable 5-hole minigolf course from UrbanCrazy. More than 200 players competed in the tournament. And I made it onto the podium!

The scores

New Plonk Golf course at Camden Market

A new Plonk Golf indoor minigolf course is now open at Camden Market.

Plonk Camden is a new 9-hole indoor crazy golf course at Camden Market.

You can also find Plonk Golf courses at London Fields, the Horniman Museum, Peckham Levels and on the South Bank.

Check out the Plonk Golf website for more information.

We've visited a number of Plonk Golf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since the first of the brand's layouts was created in Dalston back in 2015.

Plonk Golf in Shoreditch in 2019

New Crazy Golf course installation in Greenwich, London

A new Crazy Golf course has opened in Greenwich.

Greenwich, London is now home to an immersive art installation consisting of a number of play experiences. One of which is Crazy Golf.

The art installation, called Promise me memories and I will let you in, has been created by Yinka Ilori and is open at Tide Square in Greenwich Peninsula until the 19th of September.

Swingers Crazy Golf at Cocktails in the City

Play the Swingers Crazy Golf 'Battle Green' at London's Cocktails in the City.

Cocktails in the City is taking place at Bedford Square Gardens in London on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th June. Swingers Crazy Golf will be in attendance with their Battle Green pop-up crazy golf game.

We've played at Swingers on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, but haven't played the Battle Green game yet. It looks fun. I'm sure we'd be VERY competitive playing against each other on it.

Find out more on the Cocktails in the City website.

Visit the Swingers Crazy Golf website for details of their two London courses and new US venue opening in Washington D.C.

Putt Club Crazy Golf at London Docklands

There's a new Putt Club indoor minigolf course opening in London this month.

The team at Putt Club are rolling out their third venue following Hull and Watford with a new location opening in London's Docklands on the 11th June.

Visit the Putt Club website for more information on the 9-hole motorsport-themed indoor crazy golf course.

New Puttstars minigolf opening in Harrow

There are plans for a new Puttstars minigolf venue to open in Harrow, London.

There are Puttstars locations in Leeds, York and Rochdale and in addition to the new Harrow site there are plans for a further eight Puttstars courses to open in the next three years.

Visit the Puttstars website for more information.

Mini-Golf at Between the Bridges in London

London's South Bank will be home to a mini-golf course this summer.

A mini-golf course will be part of the new Between the Bridges food, drink, music and entertainment pop-up on the South Bank in London this summer.

The mini-golf activity will be provided by Plonk Golf.

Visit the Between the Bridges website for more information.

Toys R Us store in Enfield, London

A look at the old Toys R Us store in Enfield, London.

A big thank you to my cousin Elaine for sending me some photos of the former Toys R Us store in Enfield.

Toys R Us closed in the UK in April 2018. Luckily you can still find signs of the brand on some retail parks in the UK. I worked in the Gipsy Lane store in Luton, Bedfordshire back in the year 2000.

Check out the posts below to see other former Toys R Us stores in the UK:

• Wyvern Retail Park in Derby
• Festival retail park in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
• Interchange Retail Park at Copdock Mill, Ipswich
• Central Retail Park in Manchester
• Riverside Retail Park in Nottingham
• Deepdale shopping centre in Preston
• Gemini Retail Park in Warrington

Crazy Golf at Coal Drops Yard in London

Pop-up Crazy Golf at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, London.

The pop-up Crazy Golf course at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, London is returning next month.

The 9-hole rave-inspired art-based pop-up minigolf course is planned to be set-up at Coal Drops Yard from the 6th April to the 9th May, with the course open to bookings between 12pm and 8pm.

Artists Baker & Borowski created the 9-hole themed Crazy Golf layout inspired by the rave culture in the King's Cross area back in the 1980's and 90's.

I called in to Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross to play the CLUB GOLF crazy golf pop-up in the shopping and dining area on the 25th February last year. It was the last course I played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour prior to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

Visit the Coal Drops Yard website for more information and bookings.

Bagman and Robin in Exmouth Market, London.

Bagman and Robin in Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell, London. March 2019.

Barber Streisand in Exmouth Market, London

Barber Streisand in Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell, London. March 2019.

Mini Golf at Flip Out Croydon

There will be a mini golf course at the new Flip Out centre in Croydon.

Flip Out are creating a new super centre full of indoor entertainment at the Centrale Shopping Centre in Croydon, London.

The venue is planned to open this summer.

As well as mini golf the location will be home to inflatables, laser tag, an ice rink, an assualt course, interactive football, arcade games and a bumper car track.

Visit the Flip Out website for more information.

Boom: Battle Bar Wandsworth

Construction is underway on a new Boom: Battle Bar site in Wandsworth, London.

Boom: Battle Bars are home to a range of competitive socialising games including crazy golf (crazier golf), shuffleboard, axe throwing, darts and more.

There are Boom: Battle Bars in Norwich and Cardiff and plans for others in Liverpool, Glasgow, Oxford, Coventry, West Thurrock, Eastbourne, Aberdeen and Aldgate.

Check out the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information.

Boom: Battle Bar at The O2

A new Boom: Battle Bar is opening at The O2 in London.

Boom: Battle Bar venues are home to a range of competitive socialising games including crazy golf (crazier golf), shuffleboard, axe throwing, darts and more.

There are Boom: Battle Bars in Norwich and Cardiff and plans for others in Liverpool, Glasgow, Oxford, Coventry, West Thurrock, Eastbourne, Aberdeen, Aldgate, Wandsworth, Hull, Manchester and Newcastle.

Check out the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information.

Minigolf at The O2

We played minigolf at The O2 back in December 2010. That was a pop-up Q-Golf minigolf course set-up for that December and January 2011. The layout was the 210th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New Boom: Battle Bar at Goodman's Fields in London

There are plans for a new Boom: Battle Bar at Goodman's Fields in Aldgate, London.

A new Boom: Battle Bar is planned to open at the Goodman's Fields home and leisure development in Aldgate, London.

The venue will be home to a Crazy Golf (Crazier Golf) course, axe throwing, shuffleboard and more. It is planning to open in the latter part of 2021.

Boom: Battle Bars

There are Boom: Battle Bars in Norwich and Cardiff and plans for others in Liverpool, Glasgow, Oxford, Coventry, West Thurrock, Eastbourne and Aberdeen.

Visit the Boom: Battle Bar website for more information.

Retailtainment and crazy golf

A number of shopping malls, town centres, retail parks and mixed-use developments are adding minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf and other experiential entertainment and activity leisure offerings to their sites to attract and retain customers.

New Putt in the Park on Clapham Common

There are plans for a new Putt in the Park miniature golf venue on Clapham Common in London.

The proposed new Putt in the Park location will include two minigolf courses and café. The business will also be providing new toilet block to serve that area of the Common.

Visit the Putt In The Park website for more information.

The first Putt In The Park course we played was in Wandsworth Park, London back in 2013. The Battersea Park Putt in the Park course was the 650th we visited in the UK and 671st overall.

Playing at Putt in the Park Battersea in 2015

We're yet to play the Putt in the Park courses in Acton Park, London and Colchester, Essex.

New Putt in the Park at Gunnersbury Park

There are plans for a new Putt in the Park miniature golf course at Gunnersbury Park in London.

The new Putt in the Park location at Gunnersbury Park & Museum would also be home to a café.

Visit the Putt In The Park and Gunnersbury Park & Museum websites for more information.

The first Putt In The Park course we played was in Wandsworth Park, London back in 2013. The Battersea Park Putt in the Park course was the 650th we visited in the UK and 671st overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we called in for a game in 2015.

We've still got to play the Putt in the Park courses in Acton Park, London and Colchester, Essex on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf in London

A look back at the CLUB GOLF pop-up minigolf course at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, London.

My last trip down to London took place on the 25th February last year and I was lucky enough to get a game in on the pop-up Crazy Golf course at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross.

It was the last new minigolf course I played before the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

The 9-hole rave-inspired art installation crazy golf course was the 948th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the 542nd played.

Artists Baker & Borowski created the 9-hole themed Crazy Golf layout inspired by the rave culture in the King's Cross area back in the 1980's and 1990's.

I shot a round of 23 in my game - the scorecard noted that the maximum score allowed was 63! A seven on each hole.

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