A video shop shopfront

Spotting a 'video shop' in Watford.

I spotted this nice shop sign for GTV TV & Video on St Albans Road in Watford, Hertfordshire on my recent visit to the town.

I wonder how many TVs and VCRs get rented out in 2025?

Puttshack High Tech Indoor Minigolf in Watford

A look at the Puttshack High Tech Indoor Minigolf venue at the Harlequin Centre in Watford, Hertfordshire.

Puttshack Minigolf in Watford

A sign for Puttshack in Watford

I swung by Puttshack at the Harlequin shopping and entertainment centre on a recent trip to Watford, Hertfordshire on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The high tech indoor minigolf venue is home to four 9-hole courses - Amber, Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire.

There's a lot going on on this hole!

Puttshack Prizes

Puttshack Prizes

Minigolf signs

Minigolf merch!

Minigolf socks!

Minigolf hats and caps!

A minigolf bag!

Find out more.

You can also find Puttshack venues in Bank and White City in London, and at Lakeside in Essex.

Visit the Puttshack website for more information.

The Watford Pyramid

A look at the pyramid in Watford town centre.

Watford Pyramid was built in 1985 and was designed by Arthurell and Kirkland Architects to be home to a Blockbuster Video store!

The front of the pyramid (or should that be pyramids?)

The shop - located at 161-165 High Street, Watford - is now home to a Cotswold Outdoor store.

A view from the side

More lesser-known UK pyramids.

Check out this thread on Twitter/X from the Twentieth Century Society for more examples of lesser-known pyramids in the UK.

The other side of the pyramid

Pyramid hunting.

I enjoy seeing and discovering different and interesting examples of architecture. And living in Stockport we have a myriad of intriguing buildings. Most notable of which is possibly the Stockport Pyramid! It's a striking sight and clearly seen by thousands of people passing by on the M60 and railway lines each day.

The rear of the Watford pyramid

The Watford Pyramid was doubly interesting to me as it was a) a pyramid, and b) a former Blockbuster Video store - another area of study of mine.

How tall is the Watford Pyramid?

I'd be interested in finding out how tall the Watford Pyramid is, and how it compares in size to the Stockport Pyramid.

Links:

• Arthurell and Kirkland Architects
• Cotswold Outdoor Watford
• Twentieth Century Society

Related blog posts:

• Pyramid
• Pyramids
• Watford
• Architecture
• Blockbuster Video

Puttshack in Watford

A look at Puttshack in Watford.

I swung by Puttshack on a recent trip to Watford, Hertfordshire on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. The venue is home to four 9-hole indoor high-tech minigolf courses - Amber, Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire.

Find out more.

You can also find Puttshack venues in Bank and White City in London, and at Lakeside in Essex.

Visit the Puttshack website for more information.

Glow In One mini golf in Watford

Swinging by Glow In One mini golf in Watford, Hertfordshire.

Glow In One mini golf in Watford is an indoor 14-hole glow-in-the-dark mini golf course.

Find out more.

Visit the Glow In One website for more information.

Glow In One indoor mini golf in Watford

There's an indoor glow-in-the-dark mini golf course in Watford, Hertfordshire.

I've just found out about the Glow In One indoor mini golf in Watford. It's a 14-hole layout on The Parade in the town.

Check out the Glow In One website for more information.

When we lived down south we often visited Watford and some of the first courses we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour were there.

Glow In One is a new course for us to check out.

Football Crazy Golf at Football Fiesta in Watford

A new football-themed Crazy Golf course has opened in Watford, Hertfordshire.

Check out the Football Fiesta website for more information. Looking on the site there are also Football Fiesta locations in Cardiff and Swindon, with the Swindon venue also home to a Football Crazy Golf course.

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

Mini Golf in Watford

A look at Mini Golf courses in Watford, Hertfordshire.

One of the first miniature golf courses we ever played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was at TopGolf in Watford. A course we returned to many times when we lived nearby.

With the popularity of minigolf booming there have been a number of new courses opening in the town, including:

• Putt Club Crazy Golf 
• Glow in One Golf
• Puttshack

There is also a Crazier Golf course being created as part of the new Boom: Battle Bar at the Atria Watford shopping centre.

The Adventure Golf course at TopGolf in Watford was the 8th played on our travels in 2006. We've now been to 982 courses.

Glow in One Golf opening in Watford

A new glow-in-the-dark minigolf course is opening in Watford, Hertfordshire.

The indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf course will have a mixture of an urban/street theme for part of the course and a space-theme for the other!

Visit the Glow in One Golf website and Instagram for more information.

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

Putt Club crazy golf opening in Watford

A new Putt Club minigolf venue is opening in Watford, Hertfordshire.

The team at Putt Club are gearing up to open the brand's second venue with a new location in Watford.

The first Putt Club opened in Hull in January this year.

The new Putt Club in Watford is scheduled to open on the 21st October.

For more information on motorsport-themed indoor crazy golf courses visit the Putt Club website.

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New Puttshack opening in Watford

A new Puttshack indoor crazy golf course is opening at intu Watford in 2020.

A new Puttshack indoor minigolf centre is planned to open at the intu Watford shopping centre next summer.

Puttshack at Westfield London last Christmas

Puttshack's first venue opened at Westfield London in White City in 2018. The second Puttshack will be opening at intu Lakeside this month.

Caption the Photo...

...a long time ago in Minigolf.

Me and Christopher Gottfried at TopGolf Watford's Adventure Golf course in April 2007!

The 18-hole Adventure Golf course at TopGolf Watford was the eighth (of the 523 courses) we've visited to-date and we first played there in December 2006!

Related Blog Posts:
- Watford
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Minigolf Challenge Match at TopGolf Watford

Results and report from the latest head-to-head Miniature Golf match-up between ‘Squire’ Richard Gottfried & ‘Rowdy’ Russell Fenner.

TopGolf Watford's Adventure Golf

On Tuesday 21st February I headed over the border into Hertfordshire to visit the TopGolf game centre in Watford and face-off against my old Dodgeball UK rival and sometimes Minigolf opponent ‘Rowdy’ Russell Fenner in a Challenge Match on the 18-hole Adventure Golf course.

Our last match-up in November 2011 had ended in victory for me with a score-line of 44-55, with Hatfield’s ‘Rowdy’ Russell hitting a few unfortunate shots to end some way off.

This time the game was to be much closer and more like some of the previous contests we’ve had at the course.

Over the front-9 I shot a 23 to Russell’s 29, but on the 10th hole an excellent fightback began from the Stevenage Borough fan as he scored a hole-in-one – the only one for either of us in the whole match.

'Rowdy' Russell Fenner playing the 10th hole at TopGolf Watford's Adventure Golf course - the scene for the match's solitary hole-in-one

Hole 11 was to prove slightly tougher though and ‘Rowdy’, a Tottenham Hotspur supporter, scored an unfortunate four on the stone circle obstacle hole.

Russell hitting his second shot on the 'green' at the stone circle 11th hole

Me playing my tee-shot on the 13th hole

With Fenner hitting a solid run of six twos on the back-9 there were just two shots in it heading into the modified and nightmarish 18th hole!

The way the final hole is now laid out means that a perfectly paced shot needs to be played as an approach to the ball connection mini-ramp and tunnel. Too light a shot, or slightly too hard, and another lay-up would be required, possibly two. Tackling the newly added, but slightly skewiff, central obstacle that contains an enclosed ramp, some netting and another exposed ramp would be the ploy of a madman and so both of us went for the lay-up safe two.

Russell was playing the even numbered holes, stepped up and nailed the two.

I stepped up, hit the tee shot, and waited. It stopped slightly shorter than Russell’s had, but not far enough that it required another lay-up. I also scored a two, which was enough to secure a victory of 46-48. Russell’s back-9 score of 19 to my 23 was very commendable indeed.

As is now tradition following a game on the Adventure Golf course we headed indoors to the warm to have a game of Pool. Russell won both games. The first seemed to take about half an hour as neither of us were playing particularly well, but to an outside onlooker they may well of thought we were playing the ‘snookers’ on purpose!

Another great evening of minigolf, looking forward to more challenge matches in warmer weather later in the year.

Photos of the TopGolf Watford Adventure Golf course prior to the game's start.

Link:
- TopGolf Watford

Previous Blog Posts:
- Minigolf at Watford TopGolf - Major Course Improvements & Match vs. 'Rowdy' Russell Fenner
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour