Minigolf and tenpin bowling

Where to find minigolf and tenpin bowling entertainment centres.

Traditionally the two leisure activities have been quite separate and distinct, with people choosing to do either one or other and most operators running either a minigolf course or tenpin bowling alley.

The Mini Golf course and tenpin bowling alleys sit side-by-side at Lane7 in Newcastle

With the boom in the popularity of minigolf and the growth in new courses, a number of tenpin bowling centres have added minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf courses.

A cricket-themed hole on a crazy golf course on the floor below a bowling alley at the Level Preston entertainment centre

We're fans of both games and we've been to quite a few places on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour that have both entertainment options.

Minigolf and tenpin bowling centres:

Lane7 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne - Mini Golf and tenpin bowling.

Mini Golf at Lane7 in Newcastle

Level Preston - Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf and tenpin bowling.

Jabba the Putt at Level Preston

MFA Bowl in Hereford - Crazy Golf and tenpin bowling.

Putting from an indoorr bit of the outdoor Crazy Golf course at the MFA Bowl in Hereford

Namco Funscape in Tamworth - Medieval-themed Castle Adventure Golf and and tenpin bowling.

The outdoor section of the medieval-themed Adventure Golf course in Tamworth

Riverside Bowl in Andover - Glo-Golf indoor Crazy Golf and tenpin bowling.

Crazy Golfing at the Riverside Bowl in Andover. Andover of course is known as 'the Paris of Hampshire'

Caddyshackers in Leicester - Crazy Golf and a new tenpin bowling centre called East Street Lanes opening in 2019.

Caddyshackers Crazy Golf in Leicester has a tenpin bowling-themed hole

Superbowl UK in Warrington - Putters Adventure Golf and tenpin bowling.

The Flower Bowl Entertainment Centre in Preston - Crazy Golf and and tenpin bowling.

New bowling and minigolf centres in development / opening soon:

- York Stadium Leisure Complex
- Market Walk Shopping Centre, Chorley
- Rochdale Riverside

A bowling hole at Ghetto Golf in Liverpool

Do get in touch if you know of any other tenpin bowling alleys with minigolf courses, or crazy golf courses with bowling elements.

Roxy Ball Room on Boar Lane in Leeds has a tenpin bowling-themed hole. But you'll need to visit Roxy Lanes for a bowl

Related blog posts:
- Minigolf
- Crazy Golf
- Tenpin bowling

If you are interested in installing or building a minigolf course and would like to receive specialist help, Richard Gottfried is able to provide experience, knowledge and support for all aspects of minigolf business, at any stage of the process. Get in touch to find out more.

Minigolf in Greater Manchester

A look at miniature golf courses in Greater Manchester.

There are a lot of options for minigolfing in Greater Manchester, with a variety of courses to play, ranging from traditional crazy golf to indoor minigolf to new adventure golf layouts.

We've been travelling to play minigolf in Manchester since 2009 when I won the Mini Masters and Mini Open at the Trafford Golf Centre. I also won the Chrizy Golf Masters at Piccadilly Place in 2012. We moved to Stockport in 2016 and have continued to compete in events. Emily is the reigning Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open champion, while I won the tournament in 2018. I also won the DinoFalls Masters at the Trafford Golf Centre last year.

Courses we've visited in Greater Manchester:

Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre - two 18-hole indoor Adventure Golf courses.

Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre

Dino Falls Adventure Golf at the Trafford Golf Centre - an 18-hole outdoor Jurassic-themed Adventure Golf course.

Dino Falls Adventure Golf at the Trafford Golf Centre

Junkyard Golf at First Street - three 9-hole indoor Crazy Golf courses.

Junkyard Golf at First Street in Manchester

The Lost Valley Adventure Golf at Amazonia, Market Place Shopping Centre, Bolton - an 18-hole indoor Adventure Golf course.

The Lost Valley Adventure Golf course in Bolton

Haigh Woodland Park, Wigan - an 18-hole outdoor Wigan-themed Adventure Golf course.

Adventure Golf at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan

Haigh Woodland Park, Wigan - an 18-hole outdoor Crazy Golf course.

Crazy Golf at Haigh Woodland Park in Wigan

Treetop Adventure Golf at The Printworks in Manchester City Centre - two 18-hole indoor Adventure Golf courses.

Treetop Adventure Golf at The Printworks in Manchester City Centre

Roxy Ball Room in Deansgate, Manchester City Centre - an 18-hole indoor Crazy Golf course.

Crazy Golf at Roxy Ball Room on Deansgate

UV Crazy Golf at One Adventure in Droylsden - a 12-hole indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf course.

UV Crazy Golf at One Adventure in Droylsden

Pitch & Putt at Bruntwood Park in Cheadle, Stockport - an 18-hole miniature golf course. It's also a Foot Golf course.

Pitch and Putt at Bruntwood Park

Heaton Mersey Valley Golf course at Burnage Rugby Club, Stockport - Miniature Golf / Par-3 course with Footgolf.

Heaton Mersey Valley Golf course at Burnage Rugby Club, Stockport

Courses we're yet to visit in Greater Manchester:

- Crazy Golf at Moss Bank Park in Bolton.

New courses in development / under construction:

Dino Falls at Trafford Golf Centre - the second 18-hole Adventure Golf course is currently under construction.

Puttstars at Rochdale Riverside - three minigolf courses will be a part of the new indoor venue when it opens in April 2020.

Derelict / abandoned courses in Greater Manchester:

- Stamford Park, Stamford Street, Stalybridge, Tameside - an outdoor Crazy Golf course.

The abandoned Crazy Golf course in Stalybridge

- Crazy Golf at Wythenshawe Park - a 9-hole outdoor Crazy Golf course.

The abandoned Crazy Golf course at Wythenshawe Park

Other courses in Greater Manchester:

Over the years we've played a number of other minigolf courses in Manchester on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Some have been portable courses, while others have been temporary or pop-up locations.

There's also a grass Putting course at Park Square in Cheadle Heath, Stockport. This private Putting Green is for use by tenants and employees at the office complex. It's actually our closest course, but one we're not allowed to play.

Former courses in Greater Manchester:

- Miniature Golf at Adswood Park, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport
- Chrizy Golf at Piccadilly Place
- Birdies Pop Up Golf
- Crazy Golf at Heaton Park
- Junkyard Golf pop-up at Piccadilly Place
- Junkyard Golf pop-up at the Great Northern
- Championship Miniature Golf at the Trafford Golf Centre - a 9-hole minigolf course
- Tea Party Mini Golf at Spinningfields, Manchester
- Crazy Golf at Alexandra Park in Edgeley, Stockport

Related blog posts:

- Manchester
- Greater Manchester
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

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New minigolf course opening at Rochdale Riverside

Three indoor minigolf courses to open at Puttstars Rochdale.

The new Rochdale Riverside entertainment, leisure and shopping centre in Rochdale will be home to an indoor minigolf venue called Puttstars.

Puttstars is a new concept from the Hollywood Bowl Group and will feature three 9-hole minigolf courses.

Rochdale Riverside and Puttstars are due to open to the public in April next year.

We're interested to see what the new Puttstars venue looks like.

Links:
- Rochdale Riverside
- Hollywood Bowl Group

Related blog posts:
- Hollywood Bowl
- Greater Manchester

Crazy Golf in Church Stretton

A visit to the Crazy Golf course in Church Stretton, Shropshire.

We travelled through Shropshire on our drive down to South Wales last Friday and after leaving Shrewsbury we stopped off at Church Stretton to visit the Crazy Golf course in the main town park.

There are quite a few activities to do in Church Stretton Park

Here's a full list of games and prices

A nice sign at the course

The 9-hole course was the 913th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Unfortunately the course was locked up on our visit

It looked like an interesting layout and one we'd liked to have played if it was open.

A view of a couple of holes

It appeared to be a mixture of Eternit miniature golf and Beton concrete styles, types more commonly found in continental Europe.

Hole 1

  

Hole 2

A ditch on hole 2

Hole 3

Holes 4 and 5

Hole 5's green

Hole 6

 

Hole 7

Hole7

 

Hole 8

Hole 8's green

Hole 9

Hole 9 - I bet that concrete block can collect a lot of minigolf balls!

Free Crazy Golf at Affinity Outlet Staffordshire

There's a free to play Crazy Golf course at Affinity Outlet Staffordshire this summer.

A free 6-hole miniature crazy golf course has been set up at Affinity Outlet Staffordshire for the summer.

More information can be found on the Affinity Outlet Staffordshire website.

New Crazy Golf course at Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull

There's a new Scrap Yard Golf course at Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull.

Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull has a 9-hole Crazy Golf course set-up for the summer.

The Crazy Golf course - known as Scrap Yard Golf - has been created as part of Touchwood’s Costa-Del-Solihull summer activities at the shopping centre.

More information can be found on the Touchwood Shopping Centre website.

Summer Mini Golf Checklist 2019

As we're BIG fans of minigolf and the summer we've created a Summer Mini Golf Checklist containing 18 fun minigolf 'things to do' to get as many people playing the great game as possible.

1. Play at five different minigolf courses
2. Score par or better on a course
3. Compete in a miniature golf tournament
4. Score seven holes-in-one
5. Play a game of Pitch & Putt miniature golf
6. Play at a Pirate Adventure Golf course
7. Play a course with a Jungle-theme
8. Play a dinosaur-themed course
9. Play three windmill obstacles
10. Play at a space-themed course
11. Read a book about minigolf
12. Play a portable or pop-up course
13. Play at an indoor course (it doesn't have to be on a rainy day)
14. Play a course on a pier
15. Find and post a minigolf postcard
16. Post about minigolf on social media and use the hashtags #minigolf and #summerminigolf19
17. Play three loop-di-loop obstacles
18. Play minigolf at a garden centre
19th hole – Win a FREE GAME on a Lucky Last Hole!

We hope you enjoy ticking off the activities on the Summer Mini Golf Checklist wherever you are in the world.

The first three people to complete the Summer Mini Golf Checklist 2019 will win a free game with us, either at their local course (if we're in the area), or at one of our local courses (if they're in the area).

Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre in Manchester

Last Saturday we visited Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre in Manchester for a couple of games against our friend and minigolf rival Seth 'Clockwork Orange' Thomas.

Having recently won the PIAG Open championship Emily was the one to beat and in the first round, played on the Tiki Hut Trail, Emily took the win with a score of 37. Seth was second with a 39, while I hit a 40.

Emily playing hole 5 of the Tiki Hut Trail Adventure Golf course

Round two took place on the Temple Ruins layout. I scored a round of 35, including seven holes-in-one! Emily was second with a 38, while Seth was one-shot back to finish third.

Seth playing hole 4 of the Tiki Hut Trail Adventure Golf course

Emily and I tied for the win on 75 shots each, with Seth on a combined score of 78.

Emily playing hole 17 of the Temple Ruins Adventure Golf course

Link:
- Paradise Island Adventure Golf

Related blog posts:
- PIAG
- Paradise Island Adventure Golf