Merrivale in Great Yarmouth - Model Village, Crazy Golf, Gluten Free Food and an Old Arcade Museum!

A trip to Great Yarmouth uncovered a great spot for Crazy Golf, Gluten Free Food and more!

On Sunday 7th August 2011 Emily and I visited the Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth. It was the first Model Village we'd been to together, and the first visited in years. On our Lincolnshire roadtrip earlier this year the Model Village in Skegness wasn't open, and on the 5th of June this year we also visited Great Yarmouth, however on that occasion the Model Village had already closed for the day.

As well as the Model Village, there is also an Old Penny Arcade Museum, a 'modern' amusement arcade, and a great Tea Room that serves an extensive menu of Gluten Free items!

And there's a Crazy Golf course there too, with Free Play included in the ticket price for the Model Village!

Perfect.

Photos of the Merrivale Model Village

A miniature Golf Course

A Police Station and Crime Scene

A Miniature Great Yarmouth Stadium

One of the adverts in the miniature stadium was advertising the Crazy Golf course!

Some Morris Dancing

A fun fair

A Shooting Shack on the miniature fun fair

The 9-hole Crazy Golf was the 265th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and in our match Emily and I tied on scores of 22(+4).

Richard & Humpty

The menu at the Merrivale Tea Rooms shows lots of items marked ‘GF’ and when ordering we found out that other dishes could be adapted if necessary. The Gluten Free cakes, pies and pastries etc. were home made, and all of the cooking was done in separate cookers/fryers, meaning I was able to have Fish & Chips (which was also served with a good side-salad and lots of peas), it was a very big portion indeed.

As there were so many GF options available I was greedy and also ordered the Mushroom, Potato, Tomato and Onion Pasty, which was very well made and very very tasty.

Richard attempting to scoff a Pasty AND a big portion of Fish & Chips!

After our food had settled we headed off for a paddle in the sea and a wander around the Pleasure Beach and then went back to the Merrivale Tea Rooms for a Cake. The choice again was huge and I opted for the Chocolate Cake.

It made our trip to Great Yarmouth extra special to visit such a nice Tea Room, with excellent service and a wide-range of GF options! It was such a pleasant spot to have a nice lunch.

The Merrivale Tea Rooms were established in 1903 and this year won the Tea Room of the Year Award! Well deserved indeed.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Great Yarmouth
- Gluten free

Links:
- Merrivale Model Village
- Merrivale Tea Rooms

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Fritton Minigolf and Crazy Golf - Not Played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

On our way from Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth on our recent roadtrip we made a detour to visit Fritton to see if we could find the two Minigolf courses there.

Our first stop was to the Golf Course at the Caldecott Hall Leisure Complex to play the Crazy Golf, however we found out that it had been removed as land was needed to extend the Golf Course

Next up was a flying visit to Fritton Lake to visit the Putting course, however the park was far too busy for us to make a stop as we wanted to spend plenty of time in Great Yarmouth.

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Kirkley Cliff Putting Green - Course Revisit and First Play #264 - Lowestoft, Suffolk

On our visit to Lowestoft on the 6th of August 2011 we were finally able to play the Kirkley Cliff Putting Green.

On our previous visits in February and June 2007 the Minigolf course had been closed. Happily for us the course was open on this occasion and the course became the 264th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up Emily defeated me 43-45 scoring a Hole-in-One on the 18th after I had scored the first four of the match.

The 18-hole layout is in great condition, and at £2.25 a round for adults is great value.

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- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Then & Now - Minigolf at the East Point Family Adventure Golf in Lowestoft, Suffolk - #20 on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

On our first Crazy World of Minigolf Tour visit to Lowestoft Suffolk in February 2007 we had found the Eastpoint Family Golf Adventure Golf course there to be closed (as well as every other one we visited in Great Yarmouth).

However, when we returned on the 9th of June 2007 we were able to play the course, which was nice. Review Here. In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up I defeated Emily 37-40.

On the 6th of August 2011 we were once again in Lowestoft and had a round on the course. This time Emily defeated me 32-34.

An interesting fact is that the course lies at the Easternmost point of the British Isles!

Photos from August 2011.

Photos from June 2007.









Photos when the course was closed/out-of-season in February 2007.













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A Landmark On Our Travels - Photographing Our First Milestone

On a recent visit to Luton's Wardown Park Museum I picked up a leaflet about The Milestone Society and joined their Facebook group. Upon joining I was asked to keep my eye out and photograph any Milestones as they may be unknown to the society.

So, on our recent roadtrip to Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth, by way of Sudbury and Ipswich, I took the landmark first photo of a Milestone on our travels. The Milestone is on Ipswich's Albion Road (the A1071) and gives distances to London, Yarmouth, Woodbridge, St Margaret and Colchester.

Upon joining The Milsetone Society's Facebook Group my minigolf rival Anthony Pope quipped "You were their 10,000th member but sadly they were unable to think of any suitable measurement to recognise it by."

Link to The Milestone Society