20 for 20 - Minigolf in Felixstowe

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We first visited Felixstowe in Suffolk on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in November 2006 - and we've been back many many many times since.

We've played a lot of minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf there. And some grass putting.

While minigolf has been a constant in the seaside town for decades, the actual courses themselves have seen changes over the years.

Playing minigolf at Manning's Amusements.

We've played minigolf at Manning's Amusements in Felixstowe a lot over the years. The first time we played there was back on the 19th November 2006 when it became the fifth course we ever visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. It was also the first indoor minigolf course we played.

The green on the old first hole used to revolve!

Back then it was one of only two indoor minigolf courses in the whole of the UK! The other was at The Windmill Theatre in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and is still there too.

There are now a lot more indoor minigolf venues than there were back in the mid-noughties.

The Golf FX course at Manning's Amusements was a brilliant layout, with lots of optical illusions and practical effects. It was a unique course and ahead of its time with its sound and light effects. 20 years later and over a thousand courses later, very few we have been to have come close to capturing the fun of it.

Since our first visit to Manning's Amusements the course had a several upgrades, refurbishments and name changes - it was called 'Golf FX' when we first played and has been known as 'Magical Golf', 'Magical Golf FX' and 'Harry Putter and the Magical Crazy Golf'. Until the course finally closed and reopened as a new indoor Street Golf course in 2025.

Related blog posts:

• 20 for 20
• Felixstowe
• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is 20 years old this month

Alton Water Mini Golf in Stutton, Suffolk

A look at the Alton Water Mini Golf course in Suffolk.

A big thank you to our friend Sophia Cook for sending over these photos of the Alton Water Mini Golf course in Stutton, Suffolk from her recent visit to Alton Water.

The Alton Water Mini Golf course is a 9-hole outdoor layout.

Alton Water is a manmade reservoir located on the Shotley peninsula near Ipswich, Suffolk.

Find out more

Check out the Alton Water website for more information on the Alton Water Mini Golf course.

The prices and rules of the Alton Water Mini Golf course

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Emily and I haven't made it to the Alton Water Mini Golf course on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour yet. However, my brother Christopher - a Charter Member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - did visit the course in September 2020.

Related blog posts:

• Alton Water
• Ipswich
• Suffolk

Crazy Golf at the Boulevard in Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad, Suffolk

There's a crazy golf course at the Boulevard in Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

A new crazy golf course has opened at the Boulevard in Nicholas Everitt Park in Lowestoft.

The crazy golf course is a 9-hole outdoor layout.

Find out more on The Boulevard - Oulton Broad Facebook Page.

The Ipswich Portal in Ipswich, Suffolk

There's a portal to different cities in Ipswich town centre.

No one was at the Brazil side of the portal while we were in Ipswich on Saturday afternoon

The Ipswich Portal is a live public art sculpture that links different places around the world.

The Ipswich Portal opened in October 2025 and has a real-time video link to six cities around the world between 6am and 11pm (UK time).

The seven places linked by the portals are:

• Ipswich, UK
• Dublin, Ireland
• Manila, Philippines
• Lublin, Poland
• Philadelphia, USA
• Vilnius, Lithuania
• Piauí, Brazil

Ipswich linked to Manila last Saturday afternoon

Find out more

Check out the Portals website for more information.

Sneaky Links Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Sneaky Links Crazy Golf is an indoor minigolf course in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

We played the Sneaky Links Crazy Golf course last May.

Link:

• Sneaky Links Crazy Golf

Related blog post:

• Playing at Sneaky Links Crazy Golf in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Northgate Video & DVD in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

There's a video and DVD rental shop in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

While visiting family in Bury St Edmunds in 2024 we spotted the sign for Northgate Video & DVD - a video rental shop!

We returned last year and were back in town again last week and are happy to report that the shop is still there.

Link:

• Northgate Video & DVD

Related blog posts:

• Video rental shops in the UK (January 2026)

TGJones (formerly WHSmith) closed in Ipswich, Suffolk

The TGJones shop (formerly WHSmith) closed down in Ipswich, Suffolk last month.

TGJones closed in Ipswich on the 9th June 2025.

The end of WHSmith, and the start of TGJones

The start of July 2025 marked the end of WHSmith on the British high street after 233 years. Following the sale of the business to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital WHSmith shops underwent a rebrand to the new name of TGJones.

Crazy Golf on Sea Road in Felixstowe, Suffolk

A look back at the crazy golf course on Sea Road in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

Last week I asked the question "Where in the world was this crazy golf course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour?".

The answer was the crazy golf course on Sea Road in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

We first visited the 12-hole crazy golf course on Sea Road in Felixstowe on the 19th of November 2006.

We played it several times before parts of it (some of the holes and obstacles) were moved to the Ocean Boulevard minigolf course along the Seafront to make up an 8-hole crazy golf course in 2010. That course is now long gone too.

Adventure Golf at High Lodge in Brandon, Suffolk

A look at the Adventure Golf course at High Lodge in Brandon, Thetford Forest, Suffolk.

We visited the outdoor 18-hole Adventure Golf course at High Lodge in Brandon, Suffolk in December 2022.

Find out more on the Forestry England and High Lodge Adventure Golf websites.

Dino Adventure Golf at Broadland Sands Holiday Park in Corton

A look at the Dino Adventure Golf course at Broadland Sands Holiday Park in Corton near Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Many thanks to our friend Sophia Cook for sending us more snaps of the Dino Adventure Golf course at Broadland Sands Holiday Park in Corton near Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Sophia and her family stayed at the holiday park last summer and sent us photos then too.

Visit the Broadland Sands Holiday Park pages on the Park Holidays website for more information about the venue.