Alton Water Mini Golf in Stutton, Suffolk

A look at the Alton Water Mini Golf course in Suffolk.

A big thank you to our friend Sophia Cook for sending over these photos of the Alton Water Mini Golf course in Stutton, Suffolk from her recent visit to Alton Water.

The Alton Water Mini Golf course is a 9-hole outdoor layout.

Alton Water is a manmade reservoir located on the Shotley peninsula near Ipswich, Suffolk.

Find out more

Check out the Alton Water website for more information on the Alton Water Mini Golf course.

The prices and rules of the Alton Water Mini Golf course

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Emily and I haven't made it to the Alton Water Mini Golf course on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour yet. However, my brother Christopher - a Charter Member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - did visit the course in September 2020.

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• Alton Water
• Ipswich
• Suffolk

The Hole In Wand Wizard Golf in Leeds

A look at the Hole In Wand Wizard Golf at St Johns Shopping Centre in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

We played the indoor 9-hole Wizard Golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour last December.

Visit the Hole in Wand website for more information.

Happy National 7-Eleven Day

It's National 7-Eleven Day.

Today is National 7-Eleven Day!

7-Eleven convenience stores celebrate National 7-Eleven Day on the 11th July.

The first 7-Eleven Day was held in 2002.

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The former Woolworths in Selby

Spotting a Woolworth ghost sign in Selby, North Yorkshire.

We noticed the remains of a Woolworth sign on the former store on Gowthorpe in Selby while having a wander through the town.

The H of the original WOOLWORTH sign above one of the doors

Before its closure in 2009 the shop had been a Woolworths Local store.

Woolworth became Woolworths in 1984

It's now a Yorkshire Trading Company shop.

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Mini Golf Kapital in Puerto Colón, Tenerife

A look at the courses at Mini Golf Kapital in Puerto Colón, Tenerife, Spain.

The two courses at Mini Golf Kapital in Puerto Colón on Tenerife in the Canary Islands became the 1,124th and 1,125th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006.

Link:

• Mini Golf Kapital

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How to play minigolf

Here's a minigolf sign about 'How to play minigolf' - in three languages (English, German and French).

We found the sign at the minigolf course in Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2008. We revisited and replayed the course at Stoke Park on National Miniature Golf Day in 2016.

Pie Chart

We spotted this funny 'Pie Chart' at Moss Bakery in Hunstanton, Norfolk.

Putting Green and Crazy Golf course in Hunstanton

A look at the Putting Green and Crazy Golf course in Hunstanton, Norfolk.

We spent a couple of hours in the seaside town of Hunstanton on our recent trip to Norwich and Norfolk to visit family and friends. While there we swung by North Promenade for a look at the miniature golf courses.

Photos of the Putting Green and Crazy Golf course in Hunstanton.

The 9-hole Crazy Golf course at the Victorian Pavilion on the seafront in Hunstanton became the 1,116th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006.

The last time we visited Hunstanton was in 2011. Back then there was a different crazy golf course on the other side of the path. This new crazy golf course also takes up the lower part of what was a two-tier grass putting green.

Videos of the miniature golf courses.

Related blog posts:

• Crazy Golf in Hunstanton, Norfolk
• Crazy Golf on North Promenade in Hunstanton, Norfolk
• Putting and Crazy Golf at the Victorian Pavilion, North Promenade in Hunstanton
• Hunstanton

Videos:

• Crazy Golf and Putting at the Victorian Pavilion in Hunstanton, Norfolk
• Crazy Golf at the Victorian Pavilion in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England - course walk round 1 of 2
• Crazy Golf at the Victorian Pavilion in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England - course walk round 2 of 2
• A view of the Grass Putting course and Crazy Golf at the Victorian Pavilion in Hunstanton
• A view of the Crazy Golf course at the Victorian Pavilion on North Promenade in Hunstanton, Norfolk
• Crazy Golf at the Victorian Pavilion in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England

Toys R Us at TGJones in Norwich

There's a Toys R Us at TGJones in Norwich city centre.

You can find a Toys R Us concession at TGJones in Norwich, Norfolk. It differs to many of the other new Toys R Us shops I've seen since the return of the brand by having a shopfront of its own next door to the TGJones (formerly WHSmith) that it is housed within.

The end of WHSmith, and the start of TGJones.

The start of July 2025 marked the end of WHSmith on the British high street after 233 years. Following the sale of the business to Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital WHSmith shops underwent a rebrand to the new name of TGJones.

WHSmith on the high street, and travel stores.

There were around 500 high street WHSmith shops, and another 580 travel stores in the UK. The WHSmith shops at railway stations, service stations and airports etc. are not affected by the rebrand as they were not part of the sale.

Toys R Us at TGJones and WHSmith.

As well being inside the rebranded TGJones shops, the relaunched Toys R Us brand can be found in sections of some travel hub WHSmith stores.

Toys R Us at Hobbycraft.

You can also find Toys R Us concessions at Hobbycraft stores.

Toys R Us in 2026.

Toys R Us returned to the UK shopping scene with an online presence in 2022 and with concessions opening inside some WH Smith shops in 2023. There are currently 146 Toys R Us stores open nationwide.

Working at Toys R Us.

My first job while at university in the year 2000 was as one of Geoffrey's helpers at the Luton Toys R Us store. I worked on the video game and electronics section.

The old Toys R Us.

At its peak there were 105 Toys R Us stores in the UK. It's been very interesting to find that there are still remnants of the brand on some retail parks in the UK and we've visited several of these closed, abandoned, derelict and demolished Toys R Us locations on our travels.

Former Toys R Us locations we've visited on our travels:

• Brighton Hill Retail Park in Basingstoke
• Central Retail Park in Manchester
• Cathedral Retail Park in Norwich
• Deepdale shopping centre in Preston
• Festival retail park in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
• Gateway retail park in Reading
• Gemini Retail Park in Warrington
• Interchange Retail Park at Copdock Mill, Ipswich
• St James Retail Park in Northampton
• Teesside Retail Park in Stockton-on-Tees
• The Leisure Plaza in Milton Keynes
• Western Esplanade in Southampton
• Wolverhampton Road in Oldbury
• Wyvern Retail Park in Derby

Find out more.

Visit the Toys R Us and TGJones websites for more information.

Links:

• Toys R Us
• TGJones

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• Toys R Us
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