The CLUB GOLF pop-up minigolf course in London

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

The last new minigolf course I played before the coronavirus pandemic lockdown struck was the CLUB GOLF pop-up minigolf course at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, London.

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! That would be a seven on each hole!

It was a fun course to play and well spaced out around Coal Drop's Yard.

It's crazy to think we would get to have another game of minigolf in again until August 2020.

Blockbuster Video returning to the UK (for four days)

KitKat is bringing a Blockbuster Video pop-up shop to Soho in London in April 2025.

The pop-up video shop is part of a nostalgia inspired campaign to launch KitKat's new sharing bars.

The shop will be located on Greek Street in Soho, London from Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th April.

Check out the Nestlé website for more information about the KitKat/Blockbuster pop-up.

It'll be interesting to see what the KitKat/Blockbuster 'video shop' looks like.

During the pandemic our interest in lost brands and retail history was piqued and over the last five years we've been to several former Blockbuster Video stores around the UK.

At its peak in 2004 there were more than 9,000 Blockbuster stores around the world. 500+ of which were in England, Scotland and Wales. Interestingly in Northern Ireland the Xtra-Vision brand was used by the owners in-line with the Republic of Ireland.

The last Blockbuster Video shop ceased trading in the UK in December 2013 and there is now only one Blockbuster Video store in the world - it's in Bend, Oregon, USA.

Nostalgia and lost brands

We've spent the last few years reminiscing about 'the good old days'. One of our areas of interest is in old retail brands - we're both marketers by profession and two of my first jobs in the 1990's and the year 2000 were at Tandy and Toys R Us, while Emily's first job was at a Happy Shopper shop. It's been fascinating to find remnants of these brands - and a number of other lost, dead and defunct brands - on the high street and at retail parks around the UK.

Free Mini-Golf in Canary Wharf, London

A free-to-play pop-up mini golf course is being set-up in Canary Wharf, London next month.

‘Minigolf by Craig & Karl’ (designed by artists Craig Redman and Karl Maier) will be in Montgomery Square in Canary Wharf from Friday 4th April until Sunday 5th October.

Check out the Canary Wharf and Craig & Karl websites for more information on the 9-hole minigolf course.

Free Crazy Golf in Colne, Lancashire on Saturday 19th April

There will be a free-to-play Crazy Golf course at the Easter Extravaganza event in Colne on Saturday 19th April.

The Crazy Golf layout will be one of many activities for visitors to the event to do for free.

You can find out more about the Colne Easter Extravaganza event on the Colne Town Council website.

Mini Golf in Sleaford Market Place

There will be a pop-up mini golf course set-up in the Market Place in Sleaford, Lincolnshire on Saturday 29th March.

The 'Yard Putz' 9-hole mini golf activity will be supporting the Junior Sports Programme in Sleaford.

Spring Adventure Golf at The National Trust Ickworth Estate in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

There will be an adventure golf course in the gallery at The National Trust Ickworth Estate this February.

The National Trust Ickworth Estate in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk will have a pop-up Adventure Mini Golf course in the gallery from Saturday 15th February to Sunday 23rd February.

The pop-up 9-hole indoor miniature golf course will be set-up in the West Wing Gallery.

Visit The National Trust Ickworth Estate website for more information, and book your Adventure Golf tickets here.

Mini Golf at Worthing Winter Fest

There will be a pop-up mini golf course at Worthing Winter Fest this Sunday.

Globetrotters Golf will have a pop-up mini golf course at the Worthing Winter Fest event at Montague Place this Sunday, 22nd December.

Find out more on the Worthing Town Centre Initiative website.

Mini-Golf at Winter Funland in Manchester

There's a mini-golf course at the Winter Funland festive event in Manchester.

Winter Funland runs at the BEC Arena from Saturday 14th December to Thursday 26th December 2024.

Visit the Winter Finland website for more information.

Playing Christmas Crazy Golf in Northwich

We recently played the Christmas-themed minigolf course from Lancashire Crazy Golf at the 2024 Northwich Christmas Extravaganza in Northwich, Cheshire.

The Christmas-themed pop-up Crazy Golf course in Northwich was the 1,068th course we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the 580th layout we've played on our travels.

Check out the Visit Northwich website for more about the town and its various events throughout the year. We visit Northwich a few times each year, and although Crazy Golf features at several of the events until today we'd not had a chance to have a go on the course.

You can find out more about hiring the pop-up course on the Lancashire Crazy Golf website.

Festive Crazy Golfing in Northwich

We recently played the Christmas-themed minigolf course from Lancashire Crazy Golf at the 2024 Northwich Christmas Extravaganza in Northwich, Cheshire.

The Christmas-themed pop-up Crazy Golf course in Northwich was the 1,068th course we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the 580th layout we've played on our travels.

Check out the Visit Northwich website for more about the town and its various events throughout the year. We visit Northwich a few times each year, and although Crazy Golf features at several of the events until today we'd not had a chance to have a go on the course.

You can find out more about hiring the pop-up course on the Lancashire Crazy Golf website.

Christmas Crazy Golfing in Northwich

We recently played the Christmas-themed minigolf course from Lancashire Crazy Golf at the 2024 Northwich Christmas Extravaganza in Northwich, Cheshire.

The Christmas-themed pop-up Crazy Golf course in Northwich was the 1,068th course we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the 580th layout we've played on our travels.

Check out the Visit Northwich website for more about the town and its various events throughout the year. We visit Northwich a few times each year, and although Crazy Golf features at several of the events until today we'd not had a chance to have a go on the course.

You can find out more about hiring the pop-up course on the Lancashire Crazy Golf website.

Festive Crazy Golf at the Glenpark Estate in Omagh, Northern Ireland

Glenpark Estate Festive Crazy Golf tees-off on the 6th December.

Glenpark Estate in Omagh, Northern Ireland will have an 18-hole Winter Wonderland Crazy Golf course set-up inside a marquee from Friday 6th December 2024 until Saturday 4th January 2025.

Check out the Glenpark Estate website for more information.

Christmas Crazy Golf in Northwich

Playing the Christmas-themed minigolf course from Lancashire Crazy Golf at the 2024 Northwich Christmas Extravaganza in Northwich, Cheshire.

On hole 10 of the festive minigolf course in Northwich

The Christmas-themed pop-up Crazy Golf course in Northwich was the 1,068th course we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the 580th layout we've played on our travels.

Check out the Visit Northwich website for more about the town and its various events throughout the year. We visit Northwich a few times each year, and although Crazy Golf features at several of the events until today we'd not had a chance to have a go on the course.

You can find out more about hiring the pop-up course on the Lancashire Crazy Golf website.

Scoring a hole-in-one on hole 8 of the pop-up Crazy Golf course

Christmas and Crazy Golf comes to Northwich

Playing the Christmas-themed minigolf course from Lancashire Crazy Golf at the Northwich Christmas Extravaganza.

Christmas Crazy Golf in Northwich

We love Crazy Golf and Christmas, so what better way to spend the last day before the 'real' festive season tees-off than to have a game of Christmas-themed Crazy Golf.

A nice sign to see

Holes 2 and 3 of the set up outside the indoor market

Organised by Visit Northwich, this year's Christmas Extravaganza was held over two weekends in the Cheshire town as the weather was dreadful last weekend and put a halt to the Crazy Golf attraction among others.

The festive obstacle on hole 8

Emily playing hole 3

Luckily today was a lot more pleasant a day, and really quite warm for the time of year, so we headed over to Northwich for a game on the free-to-play pop-up minigolf layout.

Emily putting on the 9th hole

The course from Lancashire Crazy Golf is unusual as it's a 10-hole configuration rather than a 9 or 12-holer. We played our round as a 9-hole match as the 10th hole is quite different in the scoring method applied!

The rules of hole 10

As with most of our games it was very close, but a hole-in-one from me on the 8th hole secured a one-shot victory over Emily.

Emily on the 2nd hole

The Christmas-themed pop-up Crazy Golf course in Northwich was the 1,068th course we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the 580th layout we've played on our travels.

The course was proving popular when we arrived around midday, but luckily the area housing the course had enough space for players to move around and skip any bottlenecks. And we managed to get some nice snaps of the course during some of the gaps in play.

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 9

Hole 10

Check out the Visit Northwich website for more about the town and its various events throughout the year. We visit Northwich a few times each year, and although Crazy Golf features at several of the events until today we'd not had a chance to have a go on the course.

You can find out more about hiring the pop-up course on the Lancashire Crazy Golf website.

Northwich is home to a pair of permanent miniature golf courses that we've visited several times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. You can find a Crazy Golf course and Putting course at Vickersway Park next to the town centre. Both are worth a look, and the park is a very pleasant spot.

Crazy Golf at the Whittlesey Christmas Extravaganza

Crazy Golf will be among the activities on offer at the Whittlesey Christmas Extravaganza taking place in the Market Square, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire on Saturday 14th December.

Find out more on the Whittlesey 2024 Christmas Extravaganza Facebook Page.

Crazy Boules in Shoreditch

There's a Crazy Boules pop up in Shoreditch, London this festive season.

Crazy Boules is a cross between Petanque and Crazy Golf!

The Crazy Boules pop up in Shoreditch is a six hole (or should that be piste?) course (or should that be terrain?).

The Crazy Boules pop-up will be open from Thursday 5th December and runs for eight weeks to Sunday 26th January 2025.

Check out the Crazy Boules website for more information.

Crazy Boules sounds like a lot of fun. We're big fans of Crazy Golf and Petanque, so it could be the perfect combination!

Crazy Golf at Northwich's Christmas Extravaganza

There will be a free-to-play festive-themed 9-hole Crazy Golf course at the Christmas Extravaganza in Northwich, Cheshire on Saturday 23rd November.

Find out more on the Christmas in Northwich website.

Mini Golf at Canterbury Christmas Market 2024

There will be an 18-hole Mini Golf course at Canterbury Christmas Market 2024.

The event runs from Friday 15th November to Tuesday 24th December. Find out more on the Canterbury Christmas Market website.

Mini Golf at The Big Christmas Adventure in Ipswich

There will be a 9-hole Mini Golf course at The Big Christmas Adventure at Trinity Park in Ipswich, Suffolk this December.

The event runs from Friday 20th to Tuesday 24th December. Find out more on The Big Christmas Adventure website.

Crazy Golf at Basildon's Christmas Lights Switch-On

There will be a Crazy Golf course at Basildon's Christmas Lights Switch-On on Saturday 16th November.