Urban Street Golf at Gravity Max in Liverpool

There's a Crazy Golf course at Gravity Max in Liverpool.

Urban Street Golf at Gravity Max in Liverpool (November 2023)

The indoor minigolf course at Gravity Max in the Liverpool ONE shopping and entertainment centre has a Big Apple theme.

Urban Street Golf at Gravity Max in Liverpool (November 2023)

Last April we visited Gravity Social in Northampton and won the pub quiz there - the first pub quiz we've played at a crazy golf course!

This was the first Gravity Max location we've been to and it looked amazing. There were so many different activities on offer, with a wide-range of people taking part. The augmented reality tenpin bowling looked cool and it's a version of the game we're yet to play.

Urban Street Golf at Gravity Max in Liverpool (November 2023)

As well as the Gravity Max venue in Liverpool there are also locations in Castleford and Wandsworth. The Wandsworth location also has Urban Street Golf.

Urban Street Golf at Gravity Max in Liverpool (November 2023)

Visit the Gravity website for more information on Gravity Max, Gravity Active and Gravity Social.

Advertising for the Urban Street Golf at Gravity Max in Liverpool (November 2023)

Advertising for Gravity Max in Liverpool (November 2023)

Advertising for the Urban Street Golf at Gravity Max in Liverpool (November 2023)

Roxy Golf in Liverpool

There's a Crazy Golf course at Roxy Ball Room in Liverpool's Cavern Quarter.

Roxy Golf in Liverpool (November 2023)

As well as the Roxy Ball Room venue at the Cavern Quarter in Liverpool there are Roxy Ball Rooms in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield and York. Many of these are home to minigolf courses - or crazy pool.

Roxy Golf in Liverpool (November 2023)

Roxy Golf in Liverpool (November 2023)

Roxy Golf in Liverpool (November 2023)

Roxy Golf in Liverpool (November 2023)

Roxy Golf in Liverpool (November 2023)

Visit the Roxy Ball Room website for more information.

Roxy Golf in Liverpool (November 2023)

We've played several on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Junkyard Golf in Liverpool

There are three 9-hole Crazy Golf courses at Junkyard Golf in Liverpool.

Junkyard Golf in Liverpool (November 2023)

As well as the Liverpool venue there are Junkyard Golf courses in Manchester, Oxford, Leeds, Newcastle, and two locations in London (Shoreditch and Camden).

Junkyard Golf in Liverpool (November 2023)

Visit the Junkyard Golf website for more information.

We've played several on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Junkyard Golf is located at Liverpool ONE. Interestingly we played minigolf there when the site was a Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf!

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf opening in Liverpool

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf is opening a new indoor course at the Lyceum building in Liverpool.

The venue will be a return to the city for the brand as there used to be a Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf at Liverpool ONE.

The new Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf location at the Lyceum building in Liverpool will be home to two indoor adventure golf courses.

Visit the Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf website for more information.

It'll be a new venue for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Urban Street Golf at Gravity MAX Liverpool at Liverpool ONE

There's a new indoor minigolf course at the Gravity MAX Liverpool entertainment centre at Liverpool ONE.

It's another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Gravity MAX Liverpool at Liverpool ONE is home to Urban Street Golf, Bowling, Darts, E-Karting, Shuffleboard, Batting Cages, Esports and more.

Check out the Gravity MAX Liverpool website for more information.

We've played minigolf at Liverpool ONE before - back when there was a Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf venue at the shopping and entertainment centre.

Earlier this year we visited Gravity Social at Sol Central in Northampton where we won the pub quiz at the minigolf course! That was a first for us!

New Puttstars Minigolf opening in Speke, Liverpool

Puttstars Minigolf is opening a venue at the New Mersey Shopping Park in Speke, Liverpool.

Merseyside will be home to a new miniature golf location as a Puttstars indoor minigolf venue is opening at the New Mersey Shopping Park in Speke.

The new Puttstars is planned to open in September 2022.

Visit the Puttstars and New Mersey Shopping Park websites for more information.

Puttstars Minigolf

Playing Puttstars

Puttstars Speke will be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. There are currently Puttstars courses in Rochdale, Leeds and York. We've played two of the three courses at the Rochdale Puttstars.

Puttstars Minigolf in Rochdale

The retailtainment and minigolf boom

Minigolf is a big part of the retailtainment boom, with courses opening as standalone entertainment activities, or as part of large shoppingtainment leisure offerings in shopping centres, malls, high streets and retail parks.

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf heading back to Liverpool

There are plans for a new Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf course in Liverpool.

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf are planning to open a new indoor minigolf centre at The Lyceum building in Liverpool.

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf opened its first venue in Bristol and its second location was at Liverpool ONE. There are currently four Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf sites - in Bristol, Brighton, London and Glasgow.

Visit the Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf website for more information.

We've played tournaments at the Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf courses in Bristol and Liverpool. We also visited the now closed Leeds location on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Lost Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside

A look at the old Blockbuster Video store in Prescot, Merseyside.

The former Blockbuster Video shop on Church Street in Prescot is now Partyworld, but the old QuikDrop box is still in place with visible branding.

Another 7 years late fee

If you look closely you can also see that the original Blockbuster sign is underneath the Partyworld sign.

Another Lost Blockbuster. It's good to see the Partyworld shop trading in its place though

Can you see the blue and yellow branding?

The old and the new - we didn't know Prescot had links to Shakespeare before our trip there. The crane is part of the building work of the new Shakespeare North Playhouse

Quite a sight to see a Blockbuster Video QuikDrop box AND social distancing measures in the same place!

I wonder how many letters get posted in the QuikDrop box by mistake

QuikDrop

Retail archaeology

It's always nice to see remnants of old brands and ghost signs when they are hidden in plain sight.

Since we found the remains of Blockbuster Video near us in Fallowfield, Manchester we've been looking to see if there are any other former branches still showing signs of the brand. We've found a Blockbuster Video Express in Colne, as well as remnants in Cheadle Hulme and Marple.

The second narrowest street in England

Finding the second narrowest street in England.

You can find Stone Street off Eccleston Street in Prescot town centre

We always enjoy finding odd, obscure and interesting things on our travels and while in Prescot, Merseyside we checked out a number of the plaques to find out more about the people and places in the town.

Stone Street is only 28 inches wide

We hadn't expected to find the second narrowest street in England there though. What a claim to fame.

The street isn't wide enough to socially distance on

Other narrow streets

The narrowest street in Britain is Parliament Street in Exeter, Devon which measures 25 inches at its narrowest.

The narrowest street in the world is Spreuerhofstraße in Reutlingen, Germany. That street measures just 12.2 inches at its narrowest!

Other narrow things

While on holiday in Scotland in 2014 we visited the Isle of Cumbrae and the seaside town of Millport where we stumbled upon The Wedge - the world's narrowest house at 47 inches wide.

I've also been to The Piece of Cheese Cottage in Hastings. That dwelling lays claim to being the only three-sided cottage in England and the second smallest cottage in the country.

Crazy Golf at The Railway Hotel in Garswood, St Helens

A visit to the Crazy Golf course at The Railway Hotel in Garswood, St Helens.

Last Saturday we visited Garswood in St Helens, Merseyside as Emily had recently spotted what looked like a Crazy Golf course in a pub beer garden. The sighting was correct and The Railway Hotel in the St Helens village did indeed have a course!

Sadly the 9-hole Crazy Golf course was no longer in use. While we didn't get to have a game, we did however enjoy sitting in the sun in the beer garden before moving on to our next location.

A nice spot to spend a while on a sunny Saturday afternoon

We'd love to know more about the history of the pub beer garden Crazy Golf course. It looked like it had been there for quite some time. It's the sort of course a minigolf time machine would be perfect for so we could see what it was like when it was first built.

The course was the 906th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3 - 'Middle Hill', an obstacle found on Eternit Miniature Golf courses

Hole 3

Hole 4 also has a hint of an Eternit course about it

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 9

Hole 9 - we reckon this was a very tricky last hole to play

We've visited a few pubs with minigolf courses. The Railway's course reminded us most of the old concrete course at The Dolphin pub in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire.

Related blog posts:
- What a weekend of minigolf!
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Adventure Golf at Clarkes Golf Centre in Rainford, St Helens

A visit to the new Adventure Golf course at Clarkes Golf Centre in Rainford, St Helens.

Last weekend we made a visit to the new Adventure Golf course at Clarkes Golf Centre in Rainford, St Helens. However, we were there a week too early, as it should be opening today!

A look at hole 12 of the new course

Hole 13

The course was the 909th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

A view of the new course

Hole 17 on the right and the tee of hole 18 on the left

Hole 17's green

Hole 18

Hole 18

Check out the Clarkes Golf Centre website for more information.

Clarkes Golf Centre in Rainford is also home to a Driving Range, Par 3 Golf course and a very nice looking Putting Green.

Related blog posts:
- What a weekend of minigolf!
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour