Boom: Battle Bar heading to Lakeside

The Lakeside Shopping Centre in West Thurrock, Essex will be home to a new Boom: Battle Bar.

Boom: Battle Bars are competitive socialising venues and home to minigolf (known as crazier golf), axe throwing, electric darts, shuffleboard and more.

There are other Boom: Battle Bars in Norwich and Cardiff and plans for others in Liverpool, Glasgow, Oxford and Coventry.

Visit the Boom: Battle Bar Lakeside Facebook Page for more information.

Boom: Battle Bars are a relatively new entrant to the world of competitive socialising and retailtainment. A number of shopping malls, town centres and retail parks are adding minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf and other experiential entertainment and activity leisure offerings to their sites to attract and retain customers.

Read more in my blog post about the retailtainment and minigolf boom.

Britain's Smallest Pub - The Lakeside Inn at Southport

Revisiting Britain's Smallest Pub, The Lakeside Inn at Southport.

We finished off our trip to Southport and Miniature Golf Day 2019 in the best way possible by visiting Britain's Smallest Pub, The Lakeside Inn.

The Lakeside Inn measures 22ft by 16ft and lays claim to being Britain's Smallest Pub.

We first visited it in October 2016.

We've also visited the Smallest Pub on the Planet. That's at the Cleethorpes Light Railway in Lincolnshire.

Christmas Crazy Golf at Lakeside Village Shopping Centre in Doncaster

The Lakeside Village Shopping Centre has a free-to-play Christmas Crazy Golf course set up for shoppers to play during the festive season!

We visited Lakeside Village Shopping Centre to play the summer Crazy Golf course last year. The unique layout was good fun and became the 397th played and 678th visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Crazy Golf Adventure Golf course in summer 2016

Visit the Lakeside Village Shopping Centre website for more info.

The Lakeside Inn at Southport, Britain's Smallest Pub

A visit to Britain's Smallest Pub, The Lakeside Inn at Southport.

While on our recent day out in Southport we were walking along the prom and noticed a pub in the distance. Once we saw the sign outside declaring it to be 'Britain's Smallest Pub' we had to stop there for a drink.

Another miniature thing visited on our travels

The Lakeside Inn measures 22ft by 16ft and lays claim to being Britain's Smallest Pub.

Britain's Smallest Freestanding Pub

It's a brilliant little pub with a surprising amount of seating - mostly outside - with great views of the giant lake.

A lovely lakeside view

We'll definitely go back on our next visit to Southport.

Great views and plenty of space for a nice sit down. The Lakeside Inn at Southport is well worth a visit

Back on our roadtrip along the Lincolnshire coast in 2011 we discovered the Smallest Pub on the Planet at the Cleethorpes Light Railway. That pub - The Signal Box Inn - now also has a miniature golf course in its games area!

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