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

Benches in Scarborough

A look at some benches in Scarborough.

A bench at the Victoria Park Crazy Golf course in Scarborough

On our travels we see a lot of different things. Since being members of the Dull Men's Club and finding out about the Park Bench Appreciation Society from our friend Leland we can't help but see interesting benches everywhere we go!

A bench next to the tramway overlooking the South Bay in Scarborough

Here are a few of our recent finds from a trip to Scarborough.

A sculpture by Ray Lonsdale - Freddie Gilroy & the Belsen Stragglers in Scarborough

The story behind the sculpture 

The view from the big bench

A very long bench at Scarborough railway station

We were lucky enough to see a Saturday Special Service departing from Scarborough and heading to Ipswich

A closer look from the end of the bench

   

Benches under cover at Holbeck Putting at South Cliff Gardens in Scarborough

Benches looking out at the Holbeck Putting at South Cliff Gardens in Scarborough

Check out the related blog posts below and the Park Bench Appreciation Society for more interesting benches.

Related blog posts:
- Bench
- Park Bench Appreciation Society

Links:
- Park Bench Appreciation Society
- Dull Men's Club

New guest blog post on Minigolfnews

Check out my latest guest blog post on Minigolfnews.

At our 900th minigolf course visit, at the North Bay Crazy Golf course in Scarborough

Putting course at the Cober Hill Hotel in Scarborough

We bought some nice old minigolf postcards at a collector's fair in Stockport on Sunday, the first of which was found by Emily who spotted this card of the Cober Hill Guest House in Scarborough.

Cober Hill Guest House, Scarborough. E.T.W. Dennis & Sons Ltd. Undated and postally unused

It's now called the Cober Hill Hotel and look on the website they still have a grass Putting course there.

We were recently in Scarborough and visited all of the minigolf courses we knew about in the North Yorkshire seaside resort. The North Bay Mini Golf course was the 900th we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We'll have to swing by the Cober Hill Hotel on a return visit to Scarborough to see if we can have a game there too.

It's really fun and interesting to find new, old and forgotten courses and the multi-view postcard of the Cober Hill Guest House was a great way to find out about the Miniature Golf course.

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.

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- Scarborough
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour