The Mini Golf course at Selby Park in Selby, North Yorkshire

Visiting the mini golf course at Selby Park in Selby, North Yorkshire.

We visited the mini golf course at Selby Park in Selby, North Yorkshire on a trip to the town on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The 18-hole outdoor mini golf course was the 1,126th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006.

Photos of the 18-hole Selby Park mini golf course.

Hole 1

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Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

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Hole 18

Pitch & Putt Mini Golf at Onchan Pleasure Park on the Isle of Man

A look at the Pitch & Putt Mini Golf course at Onchan Pleasure Park on the Isle of Man.

On 'Minigolf Monday' this week I asked "Where in the world was this Pitch & Putt miniature golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?".

The answer was the Pitch & Putt Mini Golf at Onchan Pleasure Park on the Isle of Man.

We played the course during our holiday on the Isle of Man in 2018.

During our round I managed to score my first ever hole-in-one on a Pitch & Putt course. It came on hole 4.

Onchan Pleasure Park is also home to a 9-hole Crazy Golf course.

Lane7 at Trinity Leeds

Lane7 is opening a new venue at Trinity Leeds in June.

Lane7's new indoor entertainment venue will be opening at Trinity Leeds shopping centre in Leeds city centre on Tuesday 2nd June.

The new Lane7 location in Leeds will have a mini-golf game area as well as tenpin bowling, darts, shuffleboard and more.

Check out the Lane7 website for more information.

Links:

• Lane7
• Trinity Leeds

Related blog posts:

• Lane7
• Leeds

Minigolf in Tenerife

A look at minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf courses in Tenerife.

Clockwise from top right: Mini Golf Kapital in Puerto Colón, Mini Golf Santiago in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, VIVO Mini Golf Treasure Island in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Mini Golf Wakanda in Costa Adeje

There are quite a few options if you're looking for a place to play miniature golf while in Tenerife.

• Mini Golf Kapital in Costa Adeje, Puerto Colón
• Mini Golf Wakanda in Costa Adeje
• Minigolf at Hotel Mediterranean Palace in Playa de las Américas
• Minigolf at Las Americas Tennis & Minigolf Club in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
• Minigolf at Precise Resort in Puerto de la Cruz
• Minigolf at the Bahia Principe hotel in Costa Adeje
• Minigolf Club in Puerto de la Cruz
• Minigolf Santiago in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 
• Tenerife Mini Golf in Los Cristianos
• VIVO Mini Golf Treasure Island in Playa de las Américas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Have you played any of the courses in Tenerife? Do you know of any others there, perhaps tucked away in hotels and resorts? Do let us know in the comments.

Related blog posts

• Tenerife
• Canary Islands
• Spain

Mini Golf Wakanda in Costa Adeje, Tenerife

Mini Golf Santiago in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

VIVO Mini Golf Treasure Island in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Mini Golf Kapital in Puerto Colón, Tenerife

Blogs

• Mini Golf Wakanda in Costa Adeje, Tenerife
• Las Americas Tennis & Minigolf Club in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
• Mini Golf Santiago in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
• VIVO Mini Golf Treasure Island in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
• Mini Golf Kapital in Puerto Colón, Tenerife

Guest blog posts

• Mini Golf Kapital in Puerto Colón, Tenerife
• Minigolf at Bahia Principe in Tenerife, Spain
• Mini Golf in Playa Fañabe, Tenerife
• Mini Golf and Billiard Golf in Puerto Colón, Tenerife
• Mini Golf at the Mediterranean Palace Hotel in Tenerife

Guess the Adventure Golf course location...

Where in the world was this adventure golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?

Mini-Golf at Mr Fogg’s Games Parlour in London

There will be mini-golf at Mr Fogg’s Games Parlour.

Mr Fogg’s Games Parlour is opening at Mr Fogg's City Tavern on Liverpool Street in London. Among the games on offer will be mini-golf.

All of the games at Mr Fogg’s Games Parlour have been 'Victorianised', giving them a very retro feel.

As well as mini-golf there will be Victorian takes on bagatelle, beer pong, darts and parlour quoits.

Games are played in a booth, with six games played in 80 minutes in a self-contained area.

It's interesting to see bagatelle - it's a very rare game to see out in the wild (we've only played it once, in Chester).

Check out the Mr Fogg’s Games Parlour website for more information.

What do you call 'minigolf'?

A look at different names for the game of miniature golf.

There are a number of different names for the game of miniature golf and on our crazy golfing adventures we've found more than 100 synonyms for it!

While there are some design standards for courses, most would be regarded as 'fantasy' courses where the end result is limited only by imagination, building regulations and budgets.

Here's a look at the common names for the game of putting:

Minigolf (also Mini Golf, Mini-Golf, Miniature Golf) – Minigolf is a catch-all name for the game and can be used to describe every type of course no matter its make-up or design.

Some Pitch & Putt and Par-3 Golf courses also describe themselves as Minigolf / Miniature Golf.

Adventure Golf – Adventure Golf is a relatively new name for the game and mostly describes a course with theming such as pirates, jungles, dinosaurs and space.

Crazy Golf – Crazy Golf is a name most commonly used in the UK. It is seldom, if ever, used overseas except in tourist spots popular with UK natives.

An equivalent name in the USA would be Goofy Golf.

At The Original Crazy Golf course in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England back in 2015

Mini-putt – Mini-putt courses are similar in appearance to Putt-Putt courses however they have distinct standardised hole designs and are particular to Canada.

"Mini-putt" is the Québécois term for the game of minigolf, thanks largely to the popularity of the Quebec cable sports show 'Défi mini-putt' in the 1970s and 80s.

Pitch & Putt – Sometimes Pitch & Putt courses will use the name Miniature Golf or Minigolf.

Putt-Putt – Putt-Putt is a trademark and denotes specific patented types of miniature golf courses. Most courses can be found in the USA, with some still in operation in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Putt-Putt is sometimes incorrectly used as a catch-all / interchangeable name with Minigolf to describe a course or the game.

Putting – Grass Putting courses and Putting Greens are a type of minigolf and are often found at the seaside or in parks and gardens.

Related blog posts:

• Types and Variants of Miniature Golf visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Definitions of Miniature Golf
• 100 names for Miniature Golf

Mini-Golf to Padel at Salt Ayre Leisure Centre in Lancaster

There are plans to create four padel courts in place of the minigolf course at Salt Ayre Leisure Centre in Lancaster, Lancashire.

We've not yet visited the Birdies, Bogeys, Eagles and Pars Crazy Golf course at Salt Ayre Leisure Centre in Lancaster on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Visit the Lancaster council website for more information on Salt Ayre Leisure Centre.

Mini-Golf at Trowbridge Town Park in Trowbridge, Wiltshire

There are plans to refurbish the old mini-golf course at Trowbridge Town Park in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

The current course looks to be an Eternit-style of miniature golf, with several additional obstacles on it.

It'll be interesting to see what the new course will look like.

Minigolf did you knows...?

Did you know these things about minigolf?

• The world's first miniature golf course was set-up at St Andrews, Scotland in 1867.
• James Barber opened the first minigolf course in the USA in 1916. The 'Lilliputian' miniature golf course was called 'Thistle Dhu' and located in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
• A Miniature Golf contest was part of the Olympic Games at the 1904 St Louis Games in the USA.
• Crazy Golf is 100 years old in 2025. The first course using the name 'Crazy Golf' opened on South Parade in Skegness, Lincolnshire, England in 1926.
• 1926 also saw the first artificial miniature golf course open in the USA. Garnet Carter opened the 'Tom Thumb' miniature golf course near Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• The first National Tom Thumb Golf Championship took place on the 23rd October 1930.
• The first Putt-Putt brand miniature golf course was set-up by Don Clayton in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA in 1954.
• There are several Guinness World Records for achievements in Minigolf, Miniature Golf, Crazy Golf, Adventure Golf, and Putt-Putt. The 2024 edition of the Guinness World Records book featured a whole page about minigolf and you can find details of the records on the Guinness World Records website.
• There are approximately 1,400 miniature golf courses in the British Isles.
• Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is 20 years old in 2026! In that time we've visited over 1,000 courses.
• The Crazy Golf Museum is 16 years old in 2026. The virtual online museum is a treasure trove and archive for all things related to minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf, miniature golf, Putt Putt, and putting.
• There are two 'miniature golf days' each year.
• 'National Miniature Golf Day' is always on the second Saturday in May. In 2026 that will be Saturday 9th May.
• The other minigolf day, 'Miniature Golf Day', is always on the 21st September. In 2026 the 21st falls on a Monday.

Do you have any other interesting minigolf facts or stats? If you do, get in touch and let us know what they are.

New minigolf courses in the UK

I'm always on the lookout for new minigolf courses.

I post about new places planned, in development and opening using the 'New course' tag here on the blog.

If you know of a new minigolf, crazy golf, or adventure golf course opening please do get in touch.

How many minigolf courses are there in the UK today?

As of July 2025, our research indicated there were approximately 1,436 minigolf courses around the UK (and the British Isles including Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, and other islands). This figure included public courses, as well as those at pay-to-enter attractions, holiday parks, hotels, and other 'non-standard' locations. Some of these courses were also under construction / in development. Over time some locations have also been partially or fully refurbished, while others have completely swapped out an old course for a new one in the same spot. Since our last update we've also discovered and unearthed several courses we didn't previously know about that have opened in the last year or so!

Related blog posts:

• New Minigolf Courses in the UK: Mid-Year 2025 Update.
• New minigolf courses in the UK: January 2025
• New course

Adventure Lane in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute

Rothesay on Bute in Scotland will be home to a new indoor mini-golf venue.

Adventure Lane is planned to open in 2027 and will see a former church become an indoor entertainment venue with mini-golf, tenpin bowling and more.

Find out more.

You can find out more about Adventure Lane at Trinity Church on the Visit Bute website.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The mini-golf course will be a new one for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Mini Golf at the Urban Playground in the Arndale Centre, Manchester

Putters Crazy Golf can be found at the Urban Playground in Manchester.

The Urban Playground at the Manchester Arndale Centre is home to three 9-hole indoor tech-infused Crazy Golf courses.

Find out more.

Check out the Urban Playground website for more information.

Related blog posts:

• Putters Crazy Golf at the Urban Playground in Manchester
• Arndale Centre
• Manchester
• Urban Playground