Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton

Visiting Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton

On Saturday 13th May (National Miniature Golf Day) we headed to New Brighton to play the two Championship Adventure Golf courses on King's Parade.

Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton is home to 36-holes of minigolf

Championship Adventure Golf opened in 2014 and we've been looking forward to playing the courses since then. It was worth the wait. Both the Championship and Local Landmark layouts are superb miniature golf courses and in great condition.

The Championship Adventure Golf course

The Landmark Adventure Golf course

The courses became the 730th and 731st visited and 430th and 431st played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Championship course and Landmark course beyond the lighthouse

A view of the Championship Adventure Golf course

There's a nice little four-hole putting green to warm-up before hitting the full 18-holes

I really like the golf ball topped flag poles at the course

In our matches I defeated Emily 48-52 and 50-53.





The courses are not easy, but they do reward good putting skills. While you're unlikely to get a lot of holes-in-one, there is a nice incentive to do so, as you receive a badge to mark the achievement!

Minigolf winnings

I managed to get one ace on each course, while Emily scored two perfect shots on the Landmark course.

Emily after her ace on the lighthouse hole

We enjoyed our day out at the resort and we're looking forward to a return visit to the courses and New Brighton as a whole.



Head over to the Championship Adventure Golf website for more info, prices and opening times.

The new courses are certainly different to the old 18-hole Kings Parade Crazy Golf course that we had a look at on our only other visit to New Brighton back in 2011. The Adventure Golf courses at Kings Parade Gardens were built on the area once used for tennis courts. The old concrete Crazy Golf course sat to the left of the steps you took to reach the courts.

How Kings Parade Gardens looked in 2011

May 2017

May 2017

You can see more photos of what the area looked like in the photos and videos on my Kings Parade Gardens minigolf blog post.





Link:
- Championship Adventure Golf website

Related blog posts:
- New Brighton
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Championship Mini Golf in New Brighton
- Landmark Adventure Golf in New Brighton
- Kings Parade Gardens - Crazy Golf and Mini Golf in New Brighton

Videos:
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton 1 of 10
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton 2 of 10
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton 3 of 10
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton 4 of 10
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton 5 of 10
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton 6 of 10
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton 7 of 10
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton 8 of 10
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton 9 of 10
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton 10 of 10
- Old Mini Golf course and Tennis Courts in King's Parade Gardens, New Brighton
- Old Mini Golf course at King's Parade Gardens in New Brighton

Benches of New Brighton

Spotting an array of benches in the Wirral seaside resort.

We spotted a lot of different benches while visiting New Brighton at the weekend. I'm sure our friends at the Park Bench Appreciation Society and Dull Men's Club will have a passing and/or mild interest in them.

One of the first benches we saw was this example on King's Parade. It faces the sea. However, the view behind it is better as there's a 36-hole Adventure Golf course, Art Deco kiosk and Brutalist block of flats to look at

The Wirral Older Peoples Parliament have put these colourful benches in place along the promenade. They were certainly eyecatching

Not dull

There are benches all around the sewerage building on the front

This intriguing bench was on the Magazines Promenade

The benches put in by the Wirral Older Peoples Parliament fit perfectly in the space on the sea wall. As do the litter bins

They certainly brighten up the dull promenade

Near the model boating pond is a bench in the concrete wall

Two of the older benches in 'camouflage' on the sea wall

Links:
- Park Bench Appreciation Society
- Dull Men's Club

Related blog posts:
- Benches
- New Brighton

Kings Parade FootGolf in New Brighton

While visiting the Championship Adventure Golf courses on Kings Parade in New Brighton we spotted the old Pitch & Putt minigolf course we visited back in 2011 had been turned into a FootGolf course.

Links:
- Kings Parade FootGolf
- UK FootGolf

Related blog posts:
- FootGolf
- New Brighton
- Kings Parade Gardens - Crazy Golf & Mini Golf - New Brighton

Mini Golf at Allhallows Leisure Holiday Park

A look at the Mini Golf course at Allhallows Leisure Holiday Park.

Our friends Sophia and Karl Moles kindly sent us some great snaps of the 12-hole Mini Golf course at the Haven Allhallows Leisure Holiday Park in Rochester, Kent.

The 12-hole Crazy Golf course has holes themed after areas of local interest such as the White Cliffs of Dover and Killick's Windmill.

I thought it was a bit odd that one of the holes is themed on Adventure Island in Southend-on-Sea - in Essex!? But Sophia explained that the holiday park has a clear view across the Thames Estuary to Southend-on-Sea. I wonder if you can see the Crazy Golf course that's at the very end of the pier too?

There are two Adventure Golf courses at Adventure Island in Southend-on-Sea. In fact I made my tournament debut on the course in the 2008 British Masters!

The course looks like a fun layout.

There's no sneaking passed this loop-di-loop obstacle

Sophia and Karl have previously sent us snaps of the Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf at Haven's Caister-on-Sea Holiday Park, as well as the course at Minigolf Sport Club Sanremo in Arma, Italy.

Link:
- Allhallows Leisure Holiday Park

Related blog posts:
- Haven

Visit to Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton

We had a brilliant time playing the two courses at Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton yesterday. What a marvellous place to spend National Miniature Golf Day.

The Local Landmarks Adventure Golf course in New Brighton

Check out the ten videos from our visit on our YouTube Channel.



Related blog posts:
- New Brighton
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Championship Adventure Golf in New Brighton
- Championship Mini Golf in New Brighton
- Landmark Adventure Golf in New Brighton

Worthing Mini Golf Club Open tournament at Splash Point

Details of the Worthing Mini Golf Club Open competition.

The first Worthing Mini Golf Club Open competition is taking place at the Splash Point Mini Golf course in Denton Gardens on Saturday 15th July. The fee includes all day practice on the tricky 18-hole course and entry into the three-round tournament teeing-off at 5pm.

Links:
- Worthing Mini Golf Club
- Splash Point Mini Golf course

Happy National Miniature Golf Day

Today's the day to play!

Have a brilliant National Miniature Golf Day wherever you're playing.

According to the Dull Men's Club Calendar today is also National Train Day and National Windmill Day

Wasps Open minigolf tournament in Peterborough

Details of the Wasps Open minigolf competition in Peterborough.

The inaugural Sussex Wasps Mini Golf Club Open will be taking place at Peterborough Mini Golf, located at Dobbies Garden Centre, on Sunday 3rd September. Further details of the event, entry fees and timings can be found on the Facebook event page.

Peterborough Minigolf

Links:
- Sussex Wasps Mini Golf Club
- Peterborough Minigolf course

Lots happening this Saturday

'Three days in one' taking place this Saturday!

Saturday the 13th - anything but dull

So, this Saturday is National Miniature Golf Day, National Train Day AND National Windmill Day. Saturday 13th May will certainly be ticking a lot of my boxes!

'Driving' a little train at Falkirk High station

The floral train at Boscombe Chine Mini Golf course

  

The old Putting Course in Weston-super-Mare used to have a miniature railway running round the outside!

At one of the stations at the now defunct course in Weston-super-Mare

On the wrong side of the tracks!

The very BIG minigolf windmill at Oddballs Crazy Golf course in Cleethorpes

Playing the windmill hole at Prestatyn's Crazy Golf course

 

The old Windmill Theatre in Great Yarmouth is home to a very crazy minigolf course

Emily playing the windmill hole at Hastings Crazy Golf. The course is hosting the 14th annual World Crazy Golf Championships this June

End of the line...

Related blog posts:
- National Miniature Golf Day
- Trains
- Windmills
- Miniature Railways

New Adventure Golf course at Highfields Park in Nottingham

Highfields Adventure Golf course opening at the end of May.

The new Adventure Golf course at Highfields Park in Nottingham is taking shape ahead of its opening day on Friday 26th May. Check out the photos below that were kindly supplied by David at Showcase Greens. It looks like a nice layout.

We're looking forward to a return to Nottingham for a game on the new course.

Check out the Highfields Park Adventure Golf website for more details, opening times and prices. It's nice to see the course will be running a Leaderboard at the venue.

Links:
- Highfields Park Adventure Golf
- Showcase Greens

National Miniature Golf Day on Saturday 13th May

Not long until National Miniature Golf Day 2017.

Each year National Miniature Golf Day falls on the second Saturday in May. In 2017 this will be on Saturday 13th May.

Where will you be playing the game?

Playing at the Arnold Palmer Putting Course in Skegness on a previous National Miniature Golf Day

For us most days seem like they are Minigolf Days!

However, there are two quasi-official annual awareness 'days' to celebrate the game. After National Miniature Golf Day is Miniature Golf Day. This is always on the 21st of September, this year it'll be on a Thursday.

For last year's National Miniature Golf Day we were in Woking and Guildford to compete in the Surrey Invitational Minigolf Tournament

If you're looking for a place to play in the UK you could take a look at the list of courses we've visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Our friends over at The Putting Penguin and A Couple of Putts have some great lists of courses in the USA.

Emily and I appear in the 2017 Dull Men's Club Calendar in the month of July. We've also got National Miniature Golf Day listed. The 13th is going to be quite the day considering it's Train AND Windmill Day too!

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the world's first Miniature Golf course, while the month of May is also National Golf Month.

Related blog posts:
- National Miniature Golf Day
- Miniature Golf Day
- Minigolf info for the year