King Pins opening in Belfast

A new King Pins tenpin bowling & entertainment centre is opening at The Keep in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The Keep retail and leisure venue in Belfast will be home new a new King Pins tenpin bowling & entertainment centre. King Pins Belfast will have a mini golf course as part of its offering.

King Pins Mini Golf at the Manchester Arndale

The first two King Pins centres opened in Manchester and both have mini golf courses too.

King Pins Mini Golf at Trafford Palazzo in Manchester

Check out the King Pins website for more information.

It'll be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

King Pins opening at the White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds

A new King Pins tenpin bowling & entertainment centre is opening in Leeds.

The first two Manchester venues both have mini golf courses, so it'll be interesting to see if the new King Pins location in Leeds will have mini golf on offer when it opens.

Check out the King Pins website for more information.

King Pins opening in Bristol and Glasgow

New King Pins tenpin bowling & entertainment centres are opening in Bristol and Glasgow.

The two existing locations - both in Manchester - are home to indoor mini golf courses, so it'll be interesting to see if the new King Pins also have mini golf on offer when they open.

Check out the King Pins website for more information.

Mini Golf at King Pins at the Manchester Arndale

The Manchester Arndale Centre will soon be home to a Mini Golf course at King Pins Bowling.

King Pins Bowling is opening its second location in the city following the Trafford Centre venue. The new King Pins opens at the Arndale Centre on Friday 17th May, and one of the games there will be Mini Golf.

Check out the King Pins website for more information on the indoor venue.

The King Pins Mini Golf course will be another local course for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New mini-golf course at Brunswick Moviebowl in Derry

There are plans for a new mini-golf course at Brunswick Moviebowl in Derry, Northern Ireland.

Visit the Brunswick Moviebowl website for more information.

We haven't been to Northern Ireland for a fair few years and the course at the Brunswick Moviebowl will be another to add to our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at Tenpin in Sheffield

Sheffield has a new indoor minigolf course.

A Prison Putt crazy golf course has opened as part of the new Tenpin bowling and entertainment centre in Sheffield.

Check out the Tenpin website for more information.

It'll be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Mini Golf at Spalding Bowl

Spalding Bowl in Spalding, Lincolnshire now has a mini golf course.

There's a new indoor mini golf course at Spalding Bowl in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

The 9-hole layout at the bowling alley will be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Check out the Spalding Bowl website for more information.

Scrapyard Golf at Nottingham Bowl

There's a new Scrapyard Golf course at Nottingham Bowl.

Nottingham Bowl is now home to an indoor crazy golf course.

Scrapyard Golf at Nottingham Bowl is a 9-hole indoor minigolf course.

Visit the Nottingham Bowl website for more information.

Thanks go to our friend and minigolf rival Jam Trubridge for letting us know about the venue.

It'll be another new miniature golf course to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

I visited the Scrapyard Golf course at Worcester Bowl last year.

Crazy Golf at Canterbury Leisure

There's a crazy golf, tenpin bowling and laser tag centre in Canterbury, Kent.

The crazy golf, tenpin bowling and laser tag centre on Wincheap Industrial Estate in Canterbury, Kent has re-opened as Canterbury Leisure. The venue was formerly known as Play Islands.

It's a course we hadn't played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour before the pandemic, but one that is now on our to visit list.

Visit the Canterbury Leisure website for more information on Crazy Golf Canterbury.

Spinners Mini Golf opening in Reading

The new Spinners Mini Golf course in Reading, Berkshire is opening next week.

Spinners in Reading's Broad Street Mall will be opening its doors on Tuesday 29th June.

As well as the miniature golf course Spinners is home to tenpin bowling and darts activities.

Visit the Spinners Crazy Golf & Bowling website for more information, opening times and prices.

Spinners is another new venue for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New Crazy Golf course at Scunthorpe Bowl

A new 9-hole outdoor crazy golf course is now open at Scunthorpe Bowl.

The course opened last weekend and can be found at the Scunthorpe Bowl tenpin bowling centre on Warren Road in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.

More information, opening times and prices can be found on the Scunthorpe Bowl website.

Minigolf and tenpin bowling

Scunthorpe Bowl is the latest tenpin bowling centre to open a minigolf course. Until fairly recently the two leisure activities were quite separate, but a number of tenpin bowling venues have now added miniature golf to their entertainment offer.

Mini Golf at Sunderland Bowl

A new miniature golf course is opening at Sunderland Bowl.

The Sunderland Bowl tenpin bowling centre is opening a new indoor minigolf course.

As well as tenpin bowling and minigolf there will also be darts and shuffleboard at the venue.

Visit the Sunderland Bowl website for more information.

The layout will be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Tenpin bowling and miniature golf

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 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.

Lane7 opening in Leicester

A new Lane7 indoor bowling, minigolf and street food venue is opening at Leicester Central Station.

Lane7 will be opening a new venue in Leicester city centre in October.

The site at Leicester Central Station will be home to tenpin bowling, indoor crazy golf, arcade games, street food and more.

Visit the Lane7 website for more information.

We've been to Lane7 in Newcastle upon Tyne and played the crazy golf course there. We were last there a year ago yesterday!

We're looking forward to checking out the new Lane7 venue in Leicester on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

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National Bowling Day 2020

It's National Bowling Day!

Today is National Bowling Day.

The annual day to celebrate the game of tenpin bowling takes place on the second Saturday in August.

A tenpin bowling-themed hole at Puttshack super tech mini golf at White City, London

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.

Glow-in-the-dark Bowlingo at Mr B's amusement arcade in Rhyl last year

Tenpin bowling and minigolf

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.

Pirate Cove Adventure Golf at New York Thunderbowl in Kettering, December 2019

Playing Mini Golf next to the tenpin bowling alleys at Lane7 in Newcastle upon Tyne

You can see more in my blog post about Minigolf and tenpin bowling.

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New indoor adventure golf course heading to Reading

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.

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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.

Gutterball Alley now open in North Shields

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 look at the Lane7 indoor minigolf course

Visit the Gutterball Alley website for more information, opening times and prices.

We've played minigolf at the Lane7 location in Newcastle. It's a very good 9-hole course.

Playing the Lane7 Mini Golf course last August

Roxy Ball Room at Manchester's Arndale centre

A new Roxy Ball Room is opening in Manchester city centre.

There will soon be two Roxy Ball Room indoor minigolf courses in Manchester city centre

Roxy Ball Room will be opening a new venue in Manchester in April.

The new Withy Grove location will be home to a minigolf course among other games including tenpin bowling, beer pong, shuffleboard and pool.

Check out the Roxy Ball Room website for more information.

We've played minigolf at Roxy Ball Room in Leeds and the Manchester Deansgate location. We're yet to get over to the Liverpool course.

We played at Roxy Ball Room on New Year's Even 2018

We're looking forward to visiting the new Roxy Ball Room on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Related blogs:
- Crazy Golf at Roxy Ball Room in Manchester
- Mini Golf at Roxy Ball Room in Leeds

New minigolf and tenpin bowling centre in Bristol

There are plans for a new minigolf and tenpin bowling centre in Bristol's harbourside.

Bristol could soon be home to a new indoor minigolf and tenpin bowling centre with a venue proposed for the harbourside area.

If plans are submitted and approved the venue will become home to ten tenpin bowling lanes and three minigolf courses.

It'll be the latest in a number of venues combining bowling and minigolf and tapping into the rise in competitive socialising.

Related blog posts:
- Bristol
- New minigolf courses

BUNKER Mini Golf & Bowling Lounge heading to Reading

A new minigolf and tenpin bowling venue is opening in Reading.

Reading will be home to a new indoor minigolf venue as BUNKER Mini Golf & Bowling Lounge opens at the Broad Street Mall in the town.

There will be a 12-hole minigolf course and two tenpin bowling lanes.

Visit the BUNKER Mini Golf & Bowling Lounge website for more information.

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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.

With the rise 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. While other new sites are including both games from the start.