St Annes Miniature Railway

A ride on the Miniature Railway at Saint Annes on the Sea.

While in Lytham Saint Annes to play minigolf I couldn't resist a ride on the Saint Annes Express miniature railway which runs around the perimeter of the MiniLinks golf courses on the South Promenade.

Riding the rails in Lytham Saint Annes

The Miniature Railway runs next to the Crazy Golf course at MiniLinks

On my first go I rode in the last carriage

The track runs all the way around the MiniLinks Par-3 Golf course

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Crazy Golf on Saint Annes Pier

Finding a Crazy Golf course at the end of Saint Annes Pier.

The course at the end of Saint Annes Pier

Ahead of my visit to Lytham Saint Annes I knew there were four miniature golf courses on two sites on the seafront. What I wasn't expecting to find was a Crazy Golf course on the pier too!

What a sign! It's got a back to front 'z' and everything!

The Crazy Golf course is a unique 8-hole layout with a local seaside theme. Clubs and balls can be hired from The Deck House Cafe on the pier.

The Crazy Golf course at the end of the pier

The prices

A view of the course

And another angle  

And another

There were some interesting looking holes on the course

And some quite tricky obstacles too 

Quite a distance to cover from tee to cup

The centrepiece of the course

Always nice to see a windmill on a Crazy Golf course

The largest obstacle on the course

Directions

And another sign

The course had some of the smallest cups to putt into I've ever seen

The Crazy Golf course on the pier in St Annes on the Sea became the 741st visited and 435th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. It was the sixth course we've found on a pier, with others found at Clacton-on-Sea, Southsea, Brighton, Sandown and Southend-on-Sea.

Playing hole 1 of the 435th course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - I scored a 24 and a 23 on my rounds

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Bench at the end of Saint Annes Pier

As well as having a Crazy Golf course at the end of Saint Annes Pier there is a wide bench to have a nice sit down on.

The sea always seems to be a long way away in Saint Annes on the Sea

The view looks back towards the rest of the pier and the seafront itself, rather than out to sea.

Behind this fence there is a Crazy Golf course

A view to the left

And to the right

Over the left shoulder

And a turn to the right

Just before you head out on the deck to walk to the end of the pier there's another bench to have a sit down on. Nice to see the Crazy Golf course advertised at this point too

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Crazy Golf at Fairhaven Lake in Lytham Saint Annes

A revisit to the Crazy Golf course at Fairhaven Lake in Lytham Saint Annes.

Back in 2008 we made a flying visit to Lytham Saint Annes after a weekend in Blackpool. On that occasion we didn't have the time to play the Crazy Golf course at Fairhaven Lake. Something I put right on my recent proper visit to the seaside town.

A view of the course from the Inner Promenade

The 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Fairhaven Lake is a fibreglass type of layout with a number of obstacles on it. It's nicely set-out on a flat surface which aids putting.

A fun course for a game of minigolf

The course became the 436th course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. It was previously the 4th of (to date) 305 courses we've been unable to play on our travels.

A bit of the lake

I played two rounds of 9-holes and scored 22 on each of them. I aced the 6th hole in both rounds and also managed a hole-in-one on the 5th in round two.

Hole 1 

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4 - the clown again

Hole 5

Hole 5 - a nice ace opportunity

Hole 6 - another good place for a hole-in-one

Hole 7 - not Humpty

Hole 8 - the bullet / rocket again

Hole 9

For more information, opening times and prices visit the Fairhaven Lake and Gardens website.

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Minigolfing in Lytham Saint Annes

A return visit to the seaside at Lytham Saint Annes.

Yesterday I returned to the Fylde coast for a bit of minigolf fun in the sun. That bit turned into a LOT of minigolf as I ended up playing eight rounds on five courses in Lytham Saint Annes - a total of 79 holes.

Course one was a replay of the Crazy Golf at MiniLinks on the sea front. Good to see Humpty was still there

Course two was the new Pennines Putting layout on the sea front

Course three was an unexpected one as I didn't know there was a Crazy Golf course on the pier until I saw the sign for it!

The trip to Lytham Saint Annes has helped push the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour up to 742 course visits.

The biggest of the five courses I played was the Par-3 MiniLinks course

More blogs to follow about the three courses at MiniLinks (Pennines Putting, Crazy Golf and a lovely Par-3 layout), Crazy Golf at Fairhaven Lake and a Minigolf course I wasn't expecting to find at the end of St Annes pier!

I finally got to properly visit the Crazy Golf course at Fairhaven Lakes. Nine years after my first brief stop there!

Mini Majors at MiniLinks in Lytham St Annes

The MiniLinks course in Lytham St Annes hosts competitions on its Par 3 Golf Course throughout the year, with special Mini Majors held to coincide with the big major tournaments in golf. Next up is the Mini US Open from the 15th to 18th June, with the Mini Open Championship in July and the Mini PGA Championship in August.

Everyone is welcome to participate in the Mini Masters events regardless of background, ability or skill.

The MiniLinks course at Lytham St Annes is open all year round. Check out the MiniLinks website and competition page for more info, opening times and prices.

The Crazy Golf course at the MiniLinks golf centre in Lytham St Annes was the 48th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour way back in April 2008.

The Crazy Golf course and MiniLinks Par 3 course back in 2008

Since then I've heard the Crazy Golf area has been improved and a Pennines Putting course has been added. I'm looking forward to a return visit to play the three layouts at MiniLinks.

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Played #48 Lytham St Annes - Crazy Golf

On the way home from Blackpool following the inaugural Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open we drove back through Lytham St Anne's where we found two Crazy Golf courses on the 15th April 2008.

We played the first one we saw, but due to time constraints and the fact the course was very busy, we didn't play the second one (it looked much the same as the first - below).











The course did have a 'Humpty' Obstacle though :-)

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Link:
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