4D Cosmic Golf at Xplore at the Xscape Centre in Castleford

A look at the glow-in-the-dark Cosmic Golf courses at the Xscape Centre in Castleford.

Xplore at the Xscape Centre in Castleford, West Yorkshire is home to two indoor Cosmic Golf glow-in-the-dark courses.

One is the Search for Atlantis. A 6-hole layout with an underwater theme.

The second course is the Curse of the Mummy in 3D (or 4D depending on which sign you read).

This is a 9-hole courses and one where you need to wear 3D glasses to enjoy the full effects as you putt around the layout.

The Xplore courses were the 199th and 200th visited on our travels back in 2010.

Check out the Xplore website for more information, opening times and prices.

The two courses at Xplore were among the 20 courses we visited in the first 20 days of 2020.

The entertainment, leisure and retail area at Junction 32 of the M62 in Castleford is a real minigolf hotbed.

There are six miniature golf courses with a total of 87-holes to play.

Art Attack FX and GlowGolf

It was great to chat to the Art Attack FX team at the Family Attraction Expo and Holiday Park & Resort Innovation Show in Birmingham.

I'm a big fan of UV / glow-in-the-dark minigolf and enjoy playing them on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

My brother and Charter Member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Christopher has played one of Art Attack FX's GlowGolf creations in Amsterdam.

Time Machine GlowGolf in Amsterdam

As well as miniature golf courses Art Attack FX also create laser tag arenas, mini bowling alleys, play systems and more.

A visit to The Floodgate in Digbeth, Birmingham

Checking out The Floodgate, a new experiential entertainment venue in Digbeth.

Last Wednesday I headed down to Birmingham to check out the new indoor entertainment venue at the Custard Factory in Digbeth.

The Floodgate is home to three activities - indoor baseball batting cages, curling and Pit-Pat table golf.

As a BIG fan of all things minigolf-related my main interest was the Pit-Pat table golf.

Pit-Pat is similar to crazy golf in that you have to play over, up, through and around different obstacles on each of the tables. The main difference though is that you use a cue rather than a club.

After checking out the baseball cages in the main bar area I walked through a corridor to find the curling rink.

The baseball batting cage

Curling

A little further down the corridor was a sign for Pit-Pat and then to the left was a doorway into the Pit-Pat course.

The Pit-Pat layout is split into three, with most of the tables in one large retro graffiti art covered room. The tables have been UV painted and so there's a nice glow-in-the dark look to it.

Table 12 can be found all on its own in a very cool black & white room. The mono look is a very nice contrast to the UV sections.

Tables 13 to 18 then follow, with more graffiti art on the walls and some tricky obstacles including a bridge, ramp & net, pipes and a loop-di-loop to tackle.

It was brilliant to be the first person to play the UK's first and only indoor UV Pit-Pat Table Golf course. I had five rounds at The Floodgate, scoring 47, 51, 37, 34 and 36. I was very happy with my rounds in the 30s and the 34 was very sweet as I shot four aces.

I'd previously played Pit-Pat at the UK's only previous course back in 2014. Sadly that course in Littlehampton became a lost course a couple of years ago.

As I was leaving to catch my train back home the Pit-Pat area began to fill up with more players taking to the tables.

This is a nice obstacle and hole to play into

It was nice to see people enjoying the batting cages and curling too, along with the street food and well stocked bar.

Table 18

Check out The Floodgate website for more information, opening times and prices.

The Floodgate is housed in this old building built in 1938

Globalls Mini Golf in Brighton

A look at the colourful Globalls Crazy Golf courses in Brighton.

Many thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Stephen Skinner of the Welsh Minigolf Club for sending over these superb snaps from he and his wife Laura's visit to the Globalls Crazy Golf course in Brighton.

It's a course Emily and I have wanted to play on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour for a while. It opened up after our last visit to the seaside town. We're hoping to get back down there again next year.

Globalls is home to two 12-hole indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf courses. One has a dinosaur theme while the other has a jungle theme.

Check out the Globalls Mini Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.

The team at Globalls love Halloween and each year decorate the courses accordingly.

 

  

I'm a big fan of UV Glow-in-the-Dark miniature golf courses and it's lovely to see how bright and colourful Globalls is. The scary obstacles and decorations look really smart too.

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- Jurassic Globalls
- Indoor glow in the dark minigolf in Brighton