Neon Golf at Urban Fun in Kingston upon Thames

A new indoor mini-golf course is opening at Urban Fun in Kingston upon Thames, London.

Urban Fun is opening a new indoor entertainment and activity venue in Kingston upon Thames, London in December.

Urban Fun in Kingston upon Thames will be home to Neon Golf - an indoor 9-hole arcade-themed mini-golf course.

The Urban Fun venue will also be home to several other games, including ice free curling, duck pin bowling, shuffleboard, AR darts and more.

Find out more.

Visit the Urban Fun website for more information on the venue, and its sister site in Reading.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Neon Golf course at Urban Fun in Kingston upon Thames will be a new one for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

PuttHub Mini Golf at Rivals Social in Canterbury, Kent

Rivals Social is opening in Canterbury, Kent in December.

A mini golf course will be part of the new Rivals Social venue in Canterbury, Kent. The location is planned to open in December.

The new Rivals Social indoor entertainment centre in Canterbury will be home to an interactive mini golf course called PuttHub as one of the attractions on offer at the venue.

Rivals Social is also planned to have AR-enhanced tenpin bowling, AR darts and more at the site in Wincheap, Canterbury.

Find out more.

Check out the Rivals Social website for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The interactive mini golf course at Rivals Social will be a new one for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Live, Laugh, Loft Social in Stockport

Loft Social - a new competitive socialising venue - is open in Stockport town centre.

We spotted this new sign for the venue today

Loft Social is home to indoor archery, curling, deck shuffle and pétanque, and can be found on the 3rd Floor of The Courts (above Sports Direct near the market place).

Playing Pétanque.

We're big fans of Pétanque so it's interesting to know there's a place to play in Stockport.

Find out more.

Check out Loft Social's Facebook Page for more information.

Related blog posts:

• Loft Social
• Stockport
• Petanque
• Competitive Socialising

Kaboodle Mini-Golf in Derry, Northern Ireland

Finding out more about Kaboodle Mini-Golf in Derry, Northern Ireland.

Kaboodle Mini-Golf opened on the Strand Road in Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland in May this year, and the venue is proving popular.

It was nice chatting to the team at Kaboodle about Miniature Golf Day, and they kindly sent me some photos of the Kaboodle Mini-Golf course to share on the blog. It looks like a fantastic setting and layout for a game or two. Emily and I are looking forward to a trip over to Northern Ireland again in the future.

Photos of the Kaboodle Mini-Golf course in Derry / Londonderry.

More than mini-golf.

Kaboodle is just that, a mix of everything. The venue has a bar, dining options, mini-golf, karaoke, shuffleboard, arcade games, social darts and more.

Find out more.

Check out the Kaboodle website for all the details about the mini-golf course and venue.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We're really looking forward to checking out Kaboodle Mini-Golf and the whole venue on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

We haven't been to Northern Ireland for some time and haven't been to Derry before.

Playing Golf Fang indoor crazy golf in Nottingham

A visit to the Golf Fang indoor minigolf course at the Big Fang Collective venue in Nottingham.

We played the Golf Fang indoor crazy golf course in Nottingham on our trip to the city last month.

Golf Fang crazy golf in Nottingham is a themed, 18-hole indoor minigolf layout where the journey through the 18 holes gives you a wild experience of obstacles, sights and sounds!

There are a lot of pop culture references throughout the course, interactive elements (in addition to the actual putting), and plenty of fun photo opportunities.

The Blockbuster Video themed minigolf hole

Find out more.

Check out Golf Fang's website for more information on the Nottingham venue, and the brand's other crazy golf course locations in Liverpool, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield and Cardiff.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Golf Fang indoor crazy golf course in Nottingham was the 1,088th course visited and 587th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

We've now been to 1,099 miniature golf courses to date, with 1,038 of them being in the British Isles. Of these 1,099 we've been able to play 591 of the courses (some many many many times over).

Related blog posts:

• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Golf Fang
• Nottingham

Competitive socialising spots in Manchester

A look at places to play a range of competitive socialising games and activities in Manchester city centre.

Looking for fun places to play some games in Manchester, then read on...

While minigolf is the main game we play, we're big fans of a wide-range of what are now termed 'competitive socialising' activities.

And luckily for us, Manchester city centre has a brilliant variety of different places to play.

The landscape of competitive socialising venues is constantly changing, with locations opening, closing, and being refurbished, while others expand or change the activities available entirely.

That said, please do check with the venue in advance to make sure they are open and have the game(s) you want to play before travelling!

Places to play some fun games in Manchester city centre.

Below is a list of places to play a range of different games in Manchester city centre.

Minigolf, Crazy Golf, Adventure Golf:

• Junkyard Golf, First Street
• King Pins, Arndale Centre
• Putters Tech-Infused Mini Golf at Urban Playground, Arndale Centre
• Roxy Golf at Roxy Ball Room, Deansgate
• Treetop Adventure Golf, The Printworks

Crazy Pool:

• Roxy Ball Room, Arndale Centre

Arcade Games:

• King Pins, Arndale Centre
• NQ64, Peter Street
• NQ64, Northern Quarter
• Pixel Bar Manchester, Thomas Street

Axe Throwing:

• Boom Battle Bar, The Printworks

Beer Pong / Prosecco Pong:

• Boom Battle Bar, The Printworks
• Lane7, Deansgate
• Roxy Ball Room, Deansgate

Cricket / Batting Cages:

• King Pins, Arndale Centre
• Sixes Social Cricket, Corn Exchange

Escape Rooms:

• Breakout Manchester, Church Street
• Breakout Manchester, Newton Street
• Escape Hunt Manchester, Corn Exchange
• Lucardo Escape Rooms, Great Ancoats Street

'Game Shows':

• Challenge Point, Newton Street
• The Crystal Maze, Lower Byrom Street
• The Cube at Urban Playground, Arndale Centre

Golf / Virtual Golf:

• Pitch Golf (opening in Quarter 4 of 2025)

Ice Free Curling:

• Boom Battle Bar, The Printworks
• King Pins, Arndale Centre
• Roxy Ball Room, Deansgate

Interactive / Tech / AR Darts:

• Black Cat Club, Brown Street
• Boom Battle Bar, The Printworks
• Flight Club, King Street
• King Pins, Arndale Centre
• Roxy Ball Room, Arndale Centre
• Twenty Twenty Two, Little Lever Street
• The Gas Works Brewbar, Jack Rosenthal Street

Ping Pong / Table Tennis:

• Pong & Puck, Deansgate
• Roxy Ball Room, Arndale Centre
• Roxy Ball Room, Deansgate
• The Brotherhood Of Pursuits And Pastimes, Mount Street
• Twenty Twenty Two, Little Lever Street

Shooting Galleries:

• King Pins, Arndale Centre
• Point Bank, Deansgate

Shuffleboard:

• 7Sins, Northern Quarter
• Black Cat Club, Brown Street
• Boom Battle Bar, The Printworks
• Electric Shuffle, Deansgate
• King Pins, Arndale Centre
• Pong & Puck, Deansgate
• Roxy Ball Room, Arndale Centre
• Roxy Ball Room, Deansgate
• The Bierkeller Manchester, The Printworks
• The Gas Works Brewbar, Jack Rosenthal Street

Ten Pin Bowling / Duck Pin Bowling:

• King Pins, Arndale Centre
• Lane7, Deansgate
• Roxy Ball Room, Arndale Centre
• Tenpin, The Printworks

Virtual Reality (VR) / Gaming:

• DNA VR Manchester, Brown Street
• Immersive Gamebox, Arndale Centre

All-round venues:

These places offer a range of different games and activities, these are also listed above in the specific activities.

• Boom Battle Bar, The Printworks
• King Pins, Arndale Centre
• Roxy Ball Room, Arndale Centre
• Roxy Ball Room, Deansgate
• Trax Social, The Printworks
• Urban Playground, Arndale Centre

Something missing?

Have we missed any places to play in Manchester city centre? Do let us know.

Your favourite games and places?

What's your favourite game and place to play? Let us know in the comments.

Beyond Manchester city centre.

Moving out from the city centre you'll find several more places to play games in the borough of Manchester, such as the Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre where you can find tenpin bowling, indoor minigolf, laser tag, escape rooms and more. And over at The Trafford Centre and Trafford Palazzo - and some of their neighbours - you can find a lot of fun things to see, do and play too.

Our home town of Stockport is also increasing in the number of competitive socialising places to play a range of games.

And when you take into account all of the competitive socialising venues in Manchester's metropolitan boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan you have got an incredible choice of places to play!

Roxy Ball Room opening in High Holborn, London

A new Roxy Ball Room is opening in High Holborn, London in 2026.

Next year will see a new Roxy Ball Room venue opening in High Holborn, London.

Roxy Ball Room in High Holborn will be the second London location for the competitive socialising brand, following the opening of Roxy Ball Room at St Mary Axe.

Roxy Ball Room venues have a range of competitive socialising games including American Pool, Ping Pong, Beer Pong, Shuffleboard, Karaoke, Ice Free Curling, Darts, Crazy Pool, Shooting Galleries, Crazy Golf, Duck Pin Bowling, Shuffleboard, Tenpin Bowling and more.

It'll be interesting to see what games will be on offer at Roxy Ball Room in High Holborn.

Roxy Ball Room, Merrion Street in Leeds (May 2025)

Find out more.

Check out the Roxy Leisure website for more information.

You can currently find 20 Roxy Ball Room venues in Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield and York.

Visiting Roxy Ball Rooms.

We've visited several Roxy Ball Room locations on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and played Crazy Golf and Crazy Golf there, as well as games of shuffleboard and pool.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Deansgate in Manchester (July 2025)

We're looking forward to a return to Roxy Ball Room Deansgate (one of two locations local to us in Manchester) for a game of Tech Darts - as it includes a minigolf mini-game within it!

Tech Darts and Karaoke at Roxy Ball Room Deansgate in Manchester (July 2025)

Related blog posts:

• Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Deansgate in Manchester
• Roxy Ball Room

Loft Social in Stockport

There's a new competitive socialising venue in Stockport town centre.

Loft Social is home to indoor Archery, Curling, Deck Shuffle and Pétanque.

Loft Social can be found on the 3rd Floor of The Courts (above Sports Direct near the market place).

Find out more.

Check out Loft Social's Facebook Page for more information.

Playing Pétanque.

We're big fans of Pétanque so it's interesting to know there's a place to play in Stockport.

Related blog posts:

• Stockport
• Petanque
• Competitive Socialising

Crazy Pool at Cuetopia Stockport in Cale Green

Cuetopia Stockport is now open.

There's a new indoor entertainment venue in Stockport, and it has a Crazy Pool layout.

We spotted the signs for Cuetopia Stockport while walking in the nearby Cale Green area of Stockport today - the venue is home to a Crazy Pool course!

Crazy Pool is a cross between the cue sport of Pool and the putting game of Crazy Golf, with wacky and tricky obstacles placed upon the baize. Rather than using a putter, players use a pool/snooker cue to get the ball passed the obstacles and into the cup/hole/pocket.

Some of the 'Pool', 'Snooker' or 'Billiard' table layouts we've seen in these cue-sport and minigolf crossovers have been quite irregular to say the least.

Cuetopia Stockport is also home to an arcade, pinball, regular pool tables, and a bar. The venue is open Monday to Saturday, with details of the opening times on the Cuetopia Stockport website.

Find out more.

Check out Cuetopia Stockport's website, Facebook Page and Instagram for more information.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Crazy Pool at Cuetopia Stockport will be a new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

It's also less than a mile away from us, so is technically our new nearest 'crazy golf' course!

Mini Golf at LEVEL1 at Southampton FC

Southampton Football Club is opening a new indoor entertainment centre at St Mary's Stadium.

The new LEVEL1 indoor entertainment and activity centre at Southampton FC's St Mary's Stadium will include a mini golf course.

The indoor crazy golf course at Southampton FC's new LEVEL1 centre will be a 9-hole layout.

In addition to the mini golf course, LEVEL1 will also be home to climbing walls, a high ropes course, AR darts, arcade machines, a bar & kitchen, and more.

LEVEL1 at Southampton FC is planned to open in October 2025.

Puttify Mini Golf.

The course will be a Puttify Mini Golf - an indoor tech-minigolf course.

Puttify Golf is a new type of interactive mini golf. You can find out more about Puttify Golf on the Greenspan website.

Find out more.

Visit the Southampton FC and LEVEL1 websites for more information on LEVEL1.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

LEVEL1 at St Mary's Stadium will be a new venue and crazy golf course for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Golf Fang indoor crazy golf in Nottingham

A blog post about Golf Fang indoor crazy golf in Nottingham.

Playing the Golf Fang indoor minigolf course at the Big Fang Collective venue in Nottingham.

We played the Golf Fang indoor crazy golf course in Nottingham on our recent trip to the city.

The Claw hole

Having a wander round we timed it perfectly as the doors opened just after we arrived so we were able to be the first on the course on a Saturday - a nice bonus as minigolf courses can get VERY busy, especially on weekends!

The first thing we noticed about the Golf Fang venue was how large and spacious it was.

The lighting, look and feel of the place is cool, and as well as the crazy golf course Golf Fang Nottingham also has a bar (and they serve food), large arcade, and options to do karaoke.

Golf Fang crazy golf in Nottingham is a themed, 18-hole indoor minigolf layout where the journey through the 18 holes gives you a wild experience of obstacles, sights and sounds!

There's a lot of pop culture references throughout the course, interactive elements (in addition to the actual putting), and plenty of fun photo opportunities.

There was one hole that - when you see it - was always going to be my favourite to see, however my favourite hole to play was the interactive rave hole!

Photos of the Golf Fang crazy golf course in Nottingham.

Redrum!

Emily playing The Claw hole

Grabbed by the claw!

A Blockbuster Video themed mini golf hole at Golf Fang

A Blockbuster Video themed mini golf hole at Golf Fang

A Blockbuster Video themed mini golf hole at Golf Fang

Results of our game.

Unfortunately the scorecard app at the course crashed on the seventh hole, so we were unable to record the scores of our minigolf match.

We both tied for second in our game

A real shame there wasn't a hardcopy scorecard too - and it's also annoying as it's the first time when we've played a course that is app-only that we've also not kept score on a piece of paper too, just in case. Bah!

Videos of the Golf Fang crazy golf course in Nottingham.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Golf Fang indoor crazy golf course in Nottingham was the 1,088th course visited and 587th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

Golf Fang was formerly known as Ghetto Golf, and we've previously been to their locations in Digbeth, Liverpool and Byker.

Find out more.

Check out the Golf Fang website for more information.

Related blog posts:

• Golf Fang
• Nottingham
• Mini Golf in Nottingham