Minigolf Putting in Knaresborough

A look at the grass Putting course at Knaresborough's Castle Yard.

Time really does fly! Looking through our records it's been five years since we visited Knaresborough in North Yorkshire!

The last time we were there we enjoyed playing the grass Putting course at Knaresborough's Castle Yard. It was a course we missed on our first visit to the town in 2010.

The grass Putting course at Knaresborough's Castle Yard became the 357th course played and 591st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 948 courses since our travels began in 2006.

The course is the first we've ever been to that had a sallyport and secret tunnel running underneath it!

The tunnel was built in the late 13th or mid 14th century and was large enough for a small group of armed men to leave the castle secretly at night and launch an attack on any besieging troops.

Knaresborough is definitely on our list of places to go to post-lockdown.

 

The North Bay Crazy Golf course in Scarborough

A look at the North Bay Mini Golf course in Scarborough.

Last June we visited our 900th minigolf course when we played at the North Bay Crazy Golf in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

The 12-hole course was the 861st course we'd been to in the British Isles and the 520th course played at that point.

It was a brilliant and fun layout and well worth playing when you next get the chance.

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Minigolf in the North Bay since 1925

Interestingly The Scarborough News has published a number of photos showing forgotten views of Scarborough. One of those (number 20) shows a miniature golf course at North Bay in 1925.

The course is in the exact same spot as the current Crazy Golf course.

While the buildings opposite the course have changed, the steps and pathway remain the same as in 1925

It's wonderful to think that minigolf has been played on the same location for almost 100 years.

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While we were in Scarborough I also played the Holbeck Putting Green. That course has also been open since 1925.

The two miniature golf putting courses were among the first to open in the UK. England's first artificial Crazy Golf course opened in Skegness, Lincolnshire in 1926.

Check out my blog post about the miniature golf courses in Scarborough. There are quite a few in the seaside town.

New Adventure Golf course in Scarborough

Pop-up Adventure Golf course opening on Scarborough seafront.

Scarborough's south bay seafront will be home to a new Adventure Golf course. The layout will be set up next to the observation wheel on the vacant site next to the Coney Island amusement arcade.

The summer pop-up Adventure Golf course will be located where the Futurist Theatre once stood.

On our travels we see minigolf courses everywhere - even where there aren't any. Last June I took this photo of the empty plot of land and we thought it'd be an ideal location for a course

Last summer we revisited Scarborough and had a brilliant long weekend playing minigolf on the seaside resort's courses.

The North Bay Crazy Golf course was the 900th course we've visited overall and the 861st in the British Isles.

The Holbeck Putting Green in Scarborough

Three months ago today the next stage of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour began as we visited our 901st course since September 2006.

The Holbeck Putting Green in Scarborough was the 901st visited and the 521st played on our travels.

Views of the Holbeck Putting Green

The Holbeck Putting Green was opened in 1925 and was the first Putting Green to be established in the town.

Related blog posts:

- Scarborough

- Mini Golf in Scarborough

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

North Bay Miniature Railway in Scarborough

A look at the North Bay Railway in Scarborough.

On our holiday to Scarborough earlier this year we stopped by for a look at the North Bay Railway.

Scalby Mills station

Unfortunately it was far too wet and late to have a ride when we arrived. And then on the Sunday we left it was far too nice a day to spend sitting on a train. Typical.

A set of carriages at Peasholm Station

The North Bay Railway runs from Peasholm Park to Scalby Mills - and there are miniature golf courses at both ends of the line!

Peasholm Station

A brown tourist sign at the bottom of the hill to Scalby Mills Station

 

A view of the North Bay from Scalby Mills Station

The carriages awaiting an engine at Peasholm Station

We do enjoy visiting miniature railways and have been to a fair few on our travels over the years.

Related blog posts:
- Miniature Railways
- Scarborough

Link:
- North Bay Railway

Happy third birthday to Holeymolies Miniature Golf in Skelton-in-Cleveland

The indoor minigolf course opened on the 4th July 2016.

Last year it became the 500th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, the 845th visited overall and the 807th we've been to in the British Isles.

Getting a hole-in-one on hole 17

The indoor minigolf course at Holeymolies Leisure Complex boasts the 'World's Longest Mini Golf Hole' - measuring in at a whopping 264 feet!

Hole 1 - the longest minigolf hole in the world. You have to start off upstairs, teeing-off up a ramp and then the ball is carried along the long viaduct before being deposited on the green

Next week the Holeymolies course will be closing for a major refurbishment. We look forward to seeing what it'll look like after.

Check out the Holeymolies website and Facebook Page for more information.

Crazy Golf at Victoria Park in Scarborough

A visit to the Crazy Golf course at Victoria Park in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

On our recent trip to Scarborough we visited the Crazy Golf course in Victoria Park.

The course became the 899th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

At the 899th course we've been to

The hut at the Victoria Park Crazy Golf course

The course is a colourful 15-hole concrete layout.

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We're looking forward to returning to Scarborough in the future.

Related blog posts:
- Scarborough
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour