The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Chester

The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Chester is temporarily closed with plans to re-open later this year after a refurbishment following flood damage to the venue.

In addition to the Chester venue you can find The Hole In Wand minigolf courses in Blackpool, York and Seaham. The brand recently announced plans for a new location in Leeds.

Good luck to the team at The Hole In Wand in the refurbishment of the course following the flood damage caused to the property.

Visit The Hole in Wand website for more information.

Emily has played the York course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and we visit Leeds a lot so will check that course out when it opens.

Refurbishment at Volcano Falls Adventure Golf in Castleford

The Volcano Falls Adventure Golf venue at Xscape Yorkshire in Castleford has received a refurbishment.

The work was completed to mark the venue's tenth year and has seen the two 18-hole Volcano Falls Adventure Golf courses updated with new carpet and obstacles.

You can find Volcano Falls Adventure Golf courses in Castleford, Edinburgh and Milton Keynes.

Check out the Volcano Falls Adventure Golf website for more information.

The Volcano Falls Adventure Golf courses at Xscape Yorkshire were the 594th and 595th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2015.

Crazy Golf at Lexden Wood Golf Club in Colchester

There's a dinosaur-themed Crazy Golf course at Lexden Wood Golf Club in Colchester, Essex.

Fossil Falls Crazy Golf is an 18-hole outdoor course.

Lexden Wood Golf Club are in the process of refurbishing the layout in advance of February half-term 2025.

Check out the Lexden Wood Golf Club website for more information.

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

Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Park

The Crazy Golf course at Higher Bebington Park in Birkenhead on the Wirral peninsula is being renovated.

Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Park

The team at Love Bebington have started the refurbishment of the abandoned Crazy Golf course at Higher Bebington Park in Birkenhead.

We visited the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in July 2017.

Hole 3

The 15-hole course is a unique layout and we thought it looked like it'd be very interesting to play.

Hole 4 is a long one

Half way up hole 4

The green of hole 4

The course became the 747th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Hole 5 - a dogleg

Good luck to the Love Bebington team with their efforts on the Crazy Golf course at Higher Bebington Park.

It'll be nice to revisit the course and actually have a game there in the future.

Check out the Love Bebington pages on Facebook and Instagram to follow the progress of the course refurb.

Videos of the course in 2017:
- Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Recreation Ground 1
- Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Recreation Ground 2
- Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Recreation Ground 3
- Crazy Golf at Higher Bebington Recreation Ground 4

Ilfracombe Crazy Golf course to be revamped

There are plans to revamp the minigolf course in Ilfracombe, Devon.

We visited the course on Ilfracombe Promenade during our south west coast road-trip back in 2015.

It'll be nice to revisit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

Plonk Crazy Golf in Hackney

The Plonk Crazy Golf in Hackney, London has had a makeover and reopens on Friday 2nd August.

Plonk Crazy Golf Hackney is an outdoor version of Plonk Crazy Golf, courses that are more often found at indoor locations in the capital.

Check out the Plonk Crazy Golf website for more information about the 9-hole layout in Hackney, as well as the other Plonk Crazy Golf courses.

We've visited several of the Plonk Crazy Golf venues on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, including the very first Plonk Crazy Golf course when it was a pop-up at Efes Snooker Hall in Dalston back in 2015.

Mini-Golf at Rosa in Newquay

There's a renovated minigolf course at the Rosa bar, restaurant & mini-golf in Newquay, Cornwall.

The 18-hole course is located at what was previously Gilmore's Golf (a course we played back in 2015). There's been a crazy golf course on the site for more than 60 years.

Check out the Rosa Newquay website for more information.

We'll have to visit on a return trip to Newquay on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at McGavin Park in Kilwinning

The Crazy Golf course at McGavin Park in Kilwinning, Scotland is being refurbished.

The updated Crazy Golf course is planned to re-open later this year.

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

Crazy Golf in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire

The seafront Crazy Golf course in Ardrossan, Scotland is being refurbished.

The Ardrossan Community Development Trust is undertaking work to develop the promenade in the seaside town. Part of the redevelopment will see the 18-hole Crazy Golf being refurbished.

We visited the Crazy Golf in Ardrossan on our trip to Scotland for the Glasgow 2014 Comonwealth Games. The course was right outside our hotel.

Crazy Golf in Ardrossan, July 2014

Visit the Ardrossan Community Development Trust website and Facebook Page to find out more about the project.

We really enjoyed our holiday along the Scottish coast and really need to book a return visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre in Hambrook

There will soon be two Adventure Golf courses at Bristol Golf Centre in Hambrook, Bristol.

Bristol Golf Centre in Hambrook is home to Kong Adventure Golf and will soon add an Around the World themed layout to the venue.

We looked for the original Pirate Bay Adventure Golf course / Bristol Golf Centre on a Crazy World of Minigolf Tour road-trip back in November 2012 and couldn't find it at all. Hopefully on our next trip there we'll be able to better navigate!

Visit the Bristol Golf Centre and Caddy Gilmore's websites for more information.

Mini-Golf at Richmond Swimming Pool in Richmond, North Yorkshire

There's an 8-hole Mini-Golf course at Richmond Swimming Pool in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

The layout recently re-opened after receiving a refurbishment.

Visit the Richmondshire Leisure Trust website for more information.

Stratford Adventure Golf

Stratford Adventure Golf at Swans Nest Recreation Ground in Stratford-upon-Avon has re-opened after a refurbishment.

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Many thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Simon Brown for these photos of the layout.

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

Visit the Stratford Adventure Golf Facebook Page for more information.

Stratford Adventure Golf. Photo by Simon Brown, March 2023

The course was originally the 49th visited and played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2008. And we've played several tournaments on the layout over the years.

Plonk Golf on Hoxton Street in Shoreditch

Plonk Golf is re-opening on Hoxton Street, Shoreditch.

Plonk Golf are re-opening their venue on Hoxton Street in Shoreditch, London.

You can find Plonk Golf courses at Borough Market, Camden Market and Hackney.

Visit the Plonk Golf website for more information.

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

Princess Parade Crazy Golf in Blackpool

The Princess Parade Crazy Golf course in Blackpool has now been open again for a year and a day.

Princess Parade Crazy Golf is on the North Shore in Blackpool

The Princess Parade Crazy Golf course in Blackpool was re-opened on the 28th May 2021.

A view of the 18th hole

Holes 1-9

Holes 10-18

Check out the Princess Parade Crazy Golf course Facebook Group for more information.

Reopening the abandoned North Shore course

Blackpool and the Fylde Street Angels and Blackpool Fulfilling Lives joined forces to refresh and reopen the Princess Parade Crazy Golf course on Blackpool's North Shore in 2019 and a number of other people and groups have been a part of the project. Including me.

The base of the course itself has changed very little since it was first created in the late 1950's and it's wonderful that the area is easily recognisable from old postcards from the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

There have still been some very noticeable improvements to the course and the whole area it sits in. Most notable are the repairs to the obstacles as well as the addition of professional putting carpet to the holes. It makes the course very nice to play.

More information can be found in my blog post from the launch event in May 2021, in one of my previous posts charting the progress on the refurbishment and this blog post from September 2020.

Crazy Golf at Romsey Rapids Sports Complex

There are plans to refurbish the Crazy Golf course at Romsey Rapids Sports Complex in Romsey, Southampton, Hampshire.

We visited the sports-themed Adventure Golf course at Romsey Rapids Sports Complex on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in May 2019.

Adventure Golf at Romsey Rapids Sports Complex in Southampton

Visit the Romsey Rapids Sports Complex website for more information.

Adventure Golf at Wokingham Family Golf

Updates to the Adventure Golf course at Wokingham Family Golf.

The Jurassic Adventure Golf course at Wokingham Family Golf in Wokingham, Berkshire is being updated.

The course will have a further 6-holes added to it to create an 18-hole layout.

Visit the Wokingham Family Golf website for more information.

We're yet to play the Adventure Golf course at Wokingham Family Golf on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Jurassic Island Adventure Golf in Stokesley

New Jurassic Island Adventure Golf course at Stokesley Golf Range in Middlesbrough.

Stokesley Golf Range is now home to a refurbished minigolf course. The layout has been changed from a Crazy Golf course to Jurassic Island Adventure Golf.

Visit the Stokesley Golf Range website for more information.

We played the previous incarnation of the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in November 2011. It was the 277th course played on our travels. We've now been to 983 courses since September 2006.

Pavilion Adventure Golf in Clacton-on-Sea

A revisit to the Pavilion Adventure Golf course in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

We took a look at the Pavilion Adventure Golf in Clacton-on-Sea during our visit to the town on our East Anglian Road-Trip.

We first played the course in May 2009 when it was a 10-hole layout. It was the 94th course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 973 courses since September 2006.

These holes haven't changed much since we first visited

On a return trip in June 2015 another hole had been added to make it 11-holes.

One of the original holes

On our visit in August the name of the course had changed from Augusta Adventure Golf to Pavilion Adventure Golf and it was a 14-hole course.

This is part of the new additions

Visit the Clacton Pavilion website for more information.

Crazy Golfing at Princess Parade in Blackpool

Playing the Princess Parade Crazy Golf course in Blackpool.

Princess Parade Crazy Golf is on the North Shore in Blackpool

I was recently back in Blackpool and swung by the Princess Parade Crazy Golf course. Luckily I was just in time for a round on the 18-hole course.

A view of the 18th hole

It was the first time I've had a game on the fully refurbished layout and it was a delight.

The course was created in the 1950's but had been in a state of disrepair for the last twenty years.

It now plays like a dream. I can't wait to get back for a few more goes on it.

Take a look at the photos of the front and back nine holes below.

Holes 1-9

Holes 10-18

I shot a round of 36 - with one hole-in-one and a dropped shot (on the 18th). The course record stands at 34, which is a very good score indeed.

Check out the Princess Parade Crazy Golf course Facebook Group for more information.

Reopening the abandoned North Shore course

Blackpool and the Fylde Street Angels and Blackpool Fulfilling Lives joined forces to refresh and reopen the Princess Parade Crazy Golf course on Blackpool's North Shore in 2019 and a number of other people and groups have been a part of the project. Including me.

The base of the course itself has changed very little since it was first created in the late 1950's and it's wonderful that the area is easily recognisable from old postcards from the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

There have still been some very noticeable improvements to the course and the whole area it sits in. Most notable are the repairs to the obstacles as well as the addition of professional putting carpet to the holes. It makes the course very nice to play.

More information can be found in my blog post from the launch event in May, in one of my previous posts charting the progress on the refurbishment and this blog post from September 2020.

Princess Parade Crazy Golf course in Blackpool

Playing the Crazy Golf course on Blackpool's North Shore.

I finally got to play the Crazy Golf course on Blackpool's North Shore as it reopened last month. We've been to the course a number of times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the years but it had always been closed.

Blackpool and the Fylde Street Angels and Blackpool Fulfilling Lives joined forces to refresh and reopen the Princess Parade Crazy Golf course on Blackpool's North Shore in 2019 and a number of other people and groups have been a part of the project.

The base of the course itself has changed very little since it was first created in the late 1950's and it's wonderful that the area is easily recognisable from old postcards from the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

There have still been some noticeable improvements to the course and the whole area it sits in. Most notable are the repairs to the obstacles as well as the addition of professional putting carpet to the holes. It makes the course very nice to play.

Here are videos of me playing the crazy golf course on Blackpool's North Shore at the launch event on Friday 28th May 2021.

The course is now open to play at weekends with plans to increase the opening times in the future. Take a look at the Princess Parade Crazy Golf Facebook Group for more information.

It's been a pleasure to be a part of the Princess Parade Crazy Golf project and I've enjoyed working with the teams at Blackpool Fulfilling Lives and Blackpool & the Fylde Street Angels, Blackpool Council and the Blackpool Civic Trust to get the course reopened.

We're looking forward to getting back to Blackpool again later this summer and playing a few more rounds on the course.