Minigolf on the Isle of Wight

A look at minigolf courses on the Isle of Wight.

Emily recently returned from a trip to the Isle of Wight and while there played and visited a number of minigolf courses.

Sandown

Dino Islands Adventure Golf at Sandham Gardens in Sandown

Lost World Adventure Golf on Sandown Pier

Shanklin

Caddy Shack Crazy Golf at Shanklin Seafront

Jurassic Bay Adventure Golf at Shanklin Seafront

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf at Shanklin Seafront

The Pirates Cove course is next to the Jurassic course on Shanklin Seafront. When we first visited the Isle of Wight in 2007 the course was a grass Putting layout

Jungle Adventure Golf at Shanklin Village

Crazy Golf at Rylstone Gardens

Alum Bay

Jurassic Adventure Golf at The Needles

Ventnor

Putting Green at Ventnor Park

Other minigolf courses on the Isle of Wight

We've been to the Isle of Wight a few times over the years and have also played the Mini Golf Garden at Puckpool Park and the Pirate Adventure Golf at Peter Pan's on Esplanade in Ryde.

Other minigolf courses on the Isle of Wight include:

• The Cow Putt crazy golf course at Tapnell Farm Park in Yarmouth
• Crazy Golf at the Horse & Groom pub in Ningwood
• Crazy Golf at Calbourne Water Mill in Calbourne, Newport
• Mini Golf Putting at Luccombe Hall Hotel in Shanklin

Lost minigolf courses on the Isle of Wight

There used to be another adventure golf course in Shanklin too - Jungle Jim's - but that closed a few years ago.

Some of the courses that are on the Isle of Wight now have been built on top of older courses or have totally replaced grass Putting courses that were there before.

It's certainly interesting seeing the changes and developments on the island.

The Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

We've now been to a total of 965 courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

NO GOLF at Appley Park in Ryde on the Isle of Wight

We couldn't find the Pitch & Putt course listed on the signpost either.

Pitch & Putt and NO GOLF signs in Appley Park

Pitch & Putt at Appley Park in Ryde, Isle of Wight

Looking for, but not finding, the Pitch & Putt course at Appley Park in Ryde.

Back in October 2016 we revisited the Isle of Wight on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Our first stop was to the seaside town of Ryde where we had a look at the out of season Pirate Adventure Golf course at Peter Pan's Funfair and Amusements on the Esplanade.

We then headed towards Puckpool Park to play the Crazy Golf course there.

En route we passed through Appley Park and saw a sign for a Pitch & Putt course. However we couldn't find it.

Pitch & Putt was supposedly that way

No Golf allowed

Harcourt Sands derelict holiday camp in Ryde

A look at the abandoned Harcourt Sands holiday camp in Ryde on the Isle of Wight.

Back in October 2016 we visited the Isle of Wight and the first place we looked round was Ryde.

We're always looking for miniature golf courses and found the Pirate Adventure Golf course on the esplanade, the Mini Golf at Puckpool Park and a sign for a non-existent Pitch & Putt course at Appley Park.

While wandering back from Puckpool Park to the seafront we saw the remains of the derelict Harcourt Sands derelict holiday camp.

It's always a sad, but interesting, sight to see an abandoned holiday camp.

Harcourt Sands holiday camp closed its doors in 2006.

When the camp was open it was home to a Putting Green.

Pirate Adventure Golf in Ryde

Revisiting the Pirate Adventure Golf course in Ryde.

The first minigolf course visited on our trip to the Isle of Wight in October was the Adventure Golf course at Peter Pan's Funfair and Amusements on the Esplanade in Ryde. As we were on the isle slightly out of season we weren't expecting all of the courses to be open for a game.

A BIG minigolf skull. And Mr Bump

We also weren't expecting to see the course quite as flooded as it was! We'd clearly escaped being thoroughly drenched while on the hovercraft over from Southsea.

Floody hell!

Good luck teeing off

I believe there's a skellington in a cell in that tunnel

An even trickier uphill shot now

The course still looks to be in great condition

The Pirate Adventure Golf course in Ryde was the 68th course visited and played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2009.

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Tube trains on the Isle of Wight

Train nerdery of the highest order.

An old London Underground tube train in the sidings at Ryde St John's Road station

There's something very pleasing about seeing old London Underground tube trains in regular service on the Isle of Wight.

Trains in the sidings at Ryde St John's Road

Another view of the trains from the bridge

Train 007 from Shanklin to the Pier Head

007

007 heading to the end of the line

007 on its return to Shanklin

On our Crazy Golfing day out on the Isle of Wight we rode the rails from Ryde St John's Road to Shanklin, and then from Shanklin to Ryde to catch the hovercraft.

Advert for Shanklin Seafront on the Island Line 'tube' trains on the Isle of Wight

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Mini Golf at Puckpool Park on the Isle of Wight

A visit to the 12-hole Mini Golf Garden at Puckpool Park in Ryde.

Puckpool Park's Mini Golf Garden - Built in 2006 by the owners of Puckpool Tea Gardens

While on a recent trip to the Isle of Wight we managed to play a course that we didn't have time to on our only previous visit to the island back in 2009.

A view of the Mini Golf Garden from up the hill next to it

In our match-up on the Puckpool Park 'Mini Golf Garden' course I picked up the victory with a score of 30. Emily was runner-up with a round of 33, with Cat Patterson in bronze with a score of 39.

A nice straight shot was required on this tough hole

A tricky second shot

Emily tapping home a shot

The sign at the gates also said there was Putting in the park as well. We couldn't see any though.

There's lots to do in Puckpool Park. As well as the Crazy Golf course we also had a look at the Mortar Battery Emplacements

Could this be where the Putting course should be?

We did however see a sign for Petanque. They've got a very nice terrain there. And a Petanque team.

If we'd had more time we'd have had a game of Petanque. A fine sport

The Petanque Terrain / Boules Piste at Puckpool Park

All in all Puckpool Park was a nice spot for a round of fun minigolf. We'd play there again.

We played the course in some nice weather. But there'd obviously been quite a lot of rain earlier in the day

The Puckpool Park Mini Golf Garden was the 415th course we've played and the 705th visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

At course number 705

We've played a lot of types of minigolf over the years, but the Puckpool Park course was the first we'd seen called a 'Mini Golf Garden'.

Emily about to get a two from a tricky spot. And during a light mid-round shower

Photos of the 12-hole Mini Golf Garden at Puckpool Park.

Hole 1

Hole 1 - Green

Hole 2

Hole 2 - Green

Hole 3 - loop-di-loop

Hole 3 - the tyre loop and green

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 5 - Green

Hole 6

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 7 - Easter Island

Hole 8

Hole 8 - Green

Hole 9

Hole 9

Hole 10

Hole 10 - Green

Hole 11

Hole 11 - Green

Hole 12

Hole 12 - Green

Video:
- Hole in one at Puckpool Park

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