What started as an exploration of the minigolf courses in the UK and around the world has exploded into all areas of the weird, wonderful and especially the unique. Sharing the great (and not so great) things we find, learn about and appreciate as we go!
Tenpin bowling is an area of the indoor entertainment industry that has been hit by lockdown rules during the coronavirus pandemic with re-openings being pushed back in England.
We enjoy playing tenpin bowling, bowlingo and skittles and it'll be nice when we're able to safely play again in the future.
With the boom in the popularity of minigolf and the growth in new courses, a number of tenpin bowling centres have added minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf courses.
Traditionally the two leisure activities have been quite separate and distinct, with people choosing to do either one or other and most operators running either a minigolf course or tenpin bowling alley.
We're fans of both games and we've been to quite a few places on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour that have both entertainment options.
Our 900th minigolf course visit in the British Isles was the Pirate Cove Adventure Golf course at the New York Thunderbowl tenpin bowling centre in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
A new indoor adventure golf course is planned to open at The Oracle shopping centre in Reading, Berkshire and the news was covered on BBC Radio Berkshire afternoon's show yesterday.
I was a guest on the programme to talk about the wide world of minigolf.
The episode is available for 29 days and can be listened to at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08l9kc5
The piece about Crazy Golf begins at 3h 19m 50s.
The new venue at The Oracle in Reading will replace the House of Fraser department store. As well as indoor minigolf the location will also be home to a food hall and tenpin bowling.
The new Caddy Shack Mini Golf course at Sol Central in Northampton is opening this month.
The new Caddy Shack indoor games venue is due to open on Friday 17th July. It was originally planned to open earlier this year.
Caddy Shack is a New York-themed venue and home to a minigolf course, tenpin bowling and darts and is part of the Gravity Activity Entertainment centre at Sol Central.
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.
Tenpin bowling, minigolf and more at Gutterball Alley in North Shields.
The team behind Lane7 have opened a new family friendly venue with Gutterball Alley.
The first Gutterball Alley family entertainment centre in North Shields is home to tenpin bowling, guttergolf minigolf, pool, arcades, ping pong and indoor baseball batting cages.
A visit to the Putters Adventure Golf course at the Superbowl in Warrington.
We had a very nice day out in Warrington, Cheshire on Saturday and visited Superbowl Warrington in the Golden Square shopping centre.
The 12-hole indoor Adventure Golf course has a funfair and circus theme and looks amazing. We've played miniature golf courses at funfairs, theme parks and at Circus Circus in Las Vegas but the Putters Adventure Golf layout in Warrington was the first we've played that has gone full on with the theme.
When we arrived we had to go to the tenpin bowling reception desk to ask to play. The member of staff who came over to the minigolf reception was really good and explained the layout. It was also a nice touch to be able to store our big coats and bags for free in the lockers next to the course.
The first hole eases you in by playing the Tea Cups. You then move on to the Dodgems, before riding the Carousel.
Videos from our visit to Putters Adventure Golf at Superbowl Warrington.
Putters Adventure Golf was the 938th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006. It was the 899th minigolf course we've been to in the British Isles.
A visit to Putters Adventure Golf at Superbowl Warrington.
We played the 12-hole funfair and circus themed indoor Adventure Golf course at Superbowl Warrington yesterday afternoon. It was the 899th minigolf course we've visited in the British Isles!
There's a new indoor Adventure Golf course at the New York Thunderbowl in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
While planning a route to Ipswich we checked out some potential stop-off points and saw there was a tenpin bowling centre in Kettering that is also home to a recently opened indoor Adventure Golf course.
The Pirates Cove themed Crazy Golf course is a 9-hole layout.
We're looking forward to checking it out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Where to find minigolf and tenpin bowling entertainment centres.
Traditionally the two leisure activities have been quite separate and distinct, with people choosing to do either one or other and most operators running either a minigolf course or tenpin bowling alley.
The Mini Golf course and tenpin bowling alleys sit side-by-side at Lane7 in Newcastle
With the boom in the popularity of minigolf and the growth in new courses, a number of tenpin bowling centres have added minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf courses.
A cricket-themed hole on a crazy golf course on the floor below a bowling alley at the Level Preston entertainment centre
We're fans of both games and we've been to quite a few places on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour that have both entertainment options.
Minigolf and tenpin bowling centres:
Lane7 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne - Mini Golf and tenpin bowling.
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