Ghetto Golf opening in Glasgow next month

The latest Ghetto Golf venue is opening in Glasgow in July.

The 18-hole indoor crazy golf course will be opening on Lancefield Street in Glasgow city centre.

Ghetto Golf Glasgow is the latest location for the minigolf brand, following sites in Toxteth, Liverpool; Digbeth, Birmingham and Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Check out the Ghetto Golf website for more information.

New mini golf course in Falkirk

A new mini golf course is opening at the Falkirk Wheel.

The new 9-hole mini golf course at the Falkirk Wheel will have a water-way theme.

Visit the Falkirk Wheel website for more information.

We last visited Falkirk in 2014 when we were in Scotland for the Commonwealth Games. It'll be nice to travel up again and have a game on the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

New Lane7 venue opening in Glasgow

A new Lane7 venue is planned to open at the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow.

The new location at the St Enoch Shopping Centre will include mini golf, ping pong, ten-pin bowling and more.

Visit the Lane7 website for more information.

We've played minigolf at Lane7 in Newcastle upon Tyne on a couple of occasions.

New Adventure Golf course in Perth, Scotland

There are plans for a new adventure golf course in Perth.

The Willowgate Trout and Salmon Fishery has created plans for an 18-hole animal and wildlife themed adventure golf layout.

Visit the Willowgate Trout and Salmon Fishery website for more information.

Minigolf in Perth

We visited Perth on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2012. It was the location of one of our strangest course visits as we found a huge, abandoned Crazy Golf course in South Inch Park.

New minigolf course in Peterhead

There are plans for a new minigolf course in Victoria Park, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

The 9-hole minigolf course will be created on former bowling greens in the park. The community park will also be home to a BMX track, exercise area, new pavilion and more.

The project is being led by Peterhead Area Community Trust (PACT) and further information on the Victoria Park project can be found on the trust's website.

We haven't been up to Scotland for a few years and are looking forward to returning to visit some more courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New Crazy Golf course in Aberdeen

There are plans for a new Flip Out trampoline park to open in a former BHS store in Aberdeen. The centre will also be home to an indoor crazy golf course.

The latest Flip Out trampoline and adventure centre opened in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire last month. That too opened in a former BHS.

Visit the Flip Out website for more information.

Retailtainment

A number of shopping malls, town centres and retail parks are adding minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf and other experiential entertainment and activity leisure offerings to their sites to attract and retain customers.

New crazy golf course for Gourock

Gourock Park Bowling Club is planning to create a new crazy golf course.

We look forward to playing the 9-hole crazy golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future. We haven't been to Gourock on our previous travels in Scotland. It'll be nice to get back up there.

Gourock Park is home to a Putting Green and this will be redeveloped as part of the plans to transform the park.

Links:

- Gourock Park Bowling Club website

- Gourock Park Bowling Club on Facebook

Portal Minigolf opening in Edinburgh

A new minigolf course is opening in Edinburgh.

There are plans for a new minigolf course to open in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Portal Minigolf will be a 1980's themed indoor layout.

Visit the Portal Minigolf website for more information.

We're looking forward to getting back up to Scotland on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

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Fore Play Crazy Golf goody bags

We love seeing minigolf merchandise and the team at Fore Play Crazy Golf in Glasgow are offering the first 100 guests at the course a 'Baw Bag' containing a selection of items, including a branded face mask.

🎉 Be one of our first 100 golfers and get a Fore Play goody bag! 🎉

To welcome youse back on August 1st, our first 100 guests at our Glasgow venue will get their own Baw Bag.

Dinnae wait - you'll have to be fast!#ForePlayCrazyGolf #ReadyToPlay #ForePlayGlasgow #Glasgow pic.twitter.com/teGA8nEFFj

— Fore Play Crazy Golf (@4PlayCrazyGolf) July 24, 2020

Fore Play Crazy Golf reopens its doors on Saturday 1st August.

Visit the Fore Play Crazy Golf website for more information on the Glasgow and Edniburgh venues.

We're looking forward to playing at both locations on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future. Both sites opened since our last visits to the Scottish cities.

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Woolworths in Brunstane, Edinburgh

A look at an old Woolworths store in Brunstane, Edinburgh.

The abandoned Woolworths store in Brunstane, Edinburgh in August 2011

My recent revisit to the old Blockbuster Video store in Fallowfield, Manchester reminded me of the old Woolworths shopfront we saw in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent last November. That in turn prompted me to look in our archives for the photos I took of the abandoned Big W Woolworths store at The Jewel retail park next to the railway station in Brunstane, Edinburgh, Scotland from 2011.

A closer look at the old entrance

Brunstane railway station on the left is dwarfed by the old abandoned Woolworths store on the right

The building is now home to The Range.

The last Woolworths

The last Woolworths shop in the UK closed in January 2009 so we were amazed to see the sign was still up at the Stoke-on-Trent store last year.

Ghost signs

We see a lot of ghost signs on shops and building on our travels. Many of these are from decades ago and they help tell the story of an area.

Unfortunately in the coming months and years we are likely to see a number of other brands disappear.

In addition to these Woolworths shops and the Blockbuster Video store we've seen the remnants of retail brands from recent years including Tandy in Hitchen, RadioShack in Lytham Saint Annes and Kwik Save in Barrow-in-Furness.

Do you have a favourite brand from years gone by? Are the remains of an old brand still visible on a building where you live or work? Do let me know.

Woolworths Pick n' Mix

Interestingly there's a Woolworths-themed miniature golf hole at Teezers Retro Golf course in Coventry, we played that course in April last year.

A loop-di-loop obstable on a Pick n' Mix minigolf hole

The Himalayas at St Andrews

A look at The Himalayas putting course, the world's first Miniature Golf course.

Playing The Himalayas course at the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club back in 2012.

The layout was created in 1867 and is the world's first Miniature Golf course.

When we visited there were two courses to play, an 18-hole course and a 9-hole layout. They were an absolute pleasure to play and one of my very best putting experiences.

Visit the St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club website for more information.

The two courses at The Himalayas became the 292nd and 293rd miniature golf courses played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 948 courses since September 2006.

New Crazy Golf course in Dundee

A new Crazy Golf course is planned to open in Dundee.

A new indoor Crazy Golf course is hoped to open as part of a new adventure play centre. The venue will also have tenpin bowling lanes.

The site is a former Toys 'R' Us superstore on Kingsway West Retail Park in Dundee.

The family entertainment centre would be built by House of Play.

The proposal is another example of the popularity of using former retail spaces for retailtainment options giving a people to visit, revisit and stay in a shopping area.

It's also another example of a venue combining crazy golf and tenpin bowling in its offer.

New minigolf courses in the UK

Details of new miniature golf courses opening in the UK.

Do you want to have a guess where the next new minigolf course will be opening in the UK?

So far this year new miniature golf courses have been announced to be opening / have opened in Walsall, Pembrey, Crawley, Northampton, Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich, Hull (two venues), Rochdale, York, Leeds (two venues), King's Cross London, Harrow in London, Reading, Milton Keynes and Glasgow.

There's also going to be a new adventure golf course at Les Mielles Golf & Country Club in Jersey.

If you know of a new minigolf course opening do let us know in the comments.

If you are interested in installing or building a minigolf course and would like to receive specialist help, Richard Gottfried is able to provide experience, knowledge and support for all aspects of minigolf business, at any stage of the process. Get in touch to find out more.

Minigolf in Glasgow

A look at the miniature golf courses in Glasgow, Scotland.

We were last up in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and a lot has changed on the crazy golf scene since then.

The first course we played in the city on a visit in 2009 was a grass Putting Course set up on a Bowling Green in Victoria Park. That course was the 89th on our travels. We've now been to 947 in total.

On that trip we also found an abandoned Crazy Golf course in another part of the park.

There are two indoor 18-hole courses at Paradise Island Adventure Golf at intu Braehead. They were among some of the first indoor minigolf courses that opened in the UK.

There is a Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf venue in the city centre where you will find two indoor 18-hole courses.

Fore Play Crazy Golf has two 9-hole indoor courses at the venue in the city centre.

Outside the city centre is Jurassic Parrr Adventure Golf, an 18-hole course at Great Western Golf

Jungle Creek Adventure Golf is a 12-hole indoor course located at SoccerWorld Glasgow.

Queen's Park is home to a Pitch & Putt miniature golf course.

There will be a new indoor minigolf course when Ghetto Golf Glasgow opens its doors later this year.

There are also plans for a Treetop Adventure Golf course to open in the city.

We're looking forward to a return visit to Glasgow and playing the courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

If you know of any other minigolf courses in Glasgow do let us know in the comments below.

Ghetto Golf opening in Glasgow

Glasgow Ghetto Golf course opening soon.

The team at Ghetto Golf are opening a new venue in Glasgow.

The indoor crazy golf course will be the first from Ghetto Golf in Scotland following Liverpool, Birmingham and Newcastle upon Tyne.

There will be another of the adults-only courses opening in Leeds this year too.

Visit the Ghetto Golf website and Glasgow Ghetto Golf Facebook Page for more info.

Fore Play Crazy Golf heading to Edinburgh

A new Fore Play Crazy Golf course is opening in Edinburgh.

The team at Fore Play Crazy Golf in Scotland will be opening their second venue with an adults-only pop-up minigolf site in Edinburgh this Spring.

The original Fore Play Crazy Golf course opened in Glasgow in 2018.

The new Edinburgh course will be a pop-up and opens this Spring.

In addition to the Edinburgh-themed Crazy Golf element the venue will feature a bar and street food.

Visit the Fore Play Crazy Golf website for more information.

Related blog posts:
- Fore Play Crazy Golf
- Edinburgh

New Treetop Adventure Golf course in Glasgow

Plans have been submitted for a new Treetop Adventure Golf course to be built in Glasgow.

Mini golf, big adventures

It is hoped that the indoor adventure golf centre will open at St Enoch Centre in Glasgow city centre.

Treetop Adventure Golf in Cardiff

You can find Treetop Adventure Golf courses in Cardiff, Manchester and Leicester.

Treetop Adventure Golf in Manchester

Visit the Treetop Adventure Golf website for more information on the venues.

Treetop Adventure Golf in Leicester

We need to head back up to Glasgow on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and visit the new courses that have opened since we last played in the city back in 2009!

Treetop Adventure Golf is one of the brands setting up in shopping centres around the UK.

Scrapheap Golf opening in Edinburgh

New indoor Scrapheap Golf course opening in Edinburgh.

A new indoor minigolf venue is opening in Edinburgh next month.

The venue will be home to two 9-hole courses - 'Wizard Golf' and 'Scrappy Doo'.

The opening date is Friday 4th October 2019.

More info can be found on the Scrapheap Golf website.

Related blog posts:
- Edinburgh
- Crazy Golf
- Indoor Crazy Golf

New Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf course opening in Glasgow

A new Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf course is opening in Glasgow.

The team at Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf are opening a new indoor Adventure Golf course in Glasgow, Scotland.

Many thanks to our friend and minigolf rival John Moore for letting us know about it after he spotted this sign on a recent trip to the city.

Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf will soon be open in Glasgow

We've visited the Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf courses in Bristol and Leeds, plus the former venue in Liverpool. We've yet to play the Jungle Rumble outdoor course on the site of what was the old Peter Pan Minigolf course in Brighton.

The Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf courses in Leeds were the 822nd and 823rd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour 

Visit the Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf website for more information.

Related blog posts:
- Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf
- Indoor Adventure Golf
- Glasgow

Fore Play Crazy Golf in Glasgow

There's a new indoor Crazy Golf course in Glasgow.

A new 9-hole indoor Crazy Golf course recently opened in Glasgow - Fore Play Crazy Golf.

Check out the Fore Play Crazy Golf website for more info.

It's another course we'll have to visit on our never-ending quest to visit every minigolf course in the UK. When we began in 2006 there were 600 courses. To date we've visited 853, including 38 courses overseas.