Friday, June 24, 2022

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - courses we've visited to date

Information about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Details of the miniature golf courses we've visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

At the Crazy Golf course in Prestatyn (photo by Seth Thomas)
At the Crazy Golf course in Prestatyn

A wide-range of minigolf courses.

We've seen the good, the bad and the ugly of minigolf courses on our travels, but feel that each and every one of them is worth a look in its own right.

The game of minigolf is one of fun and frustration and mixes skill and luck to tackle the obstacles set-up to trip you up and trick you as you play.

A BIG minigolf thank you.

We'd like to thank course owners, operators and suppliers everywhere for building, running and maintaining miniature golf courses of all shapes, sizes and types and look forward to playing and revisiting courses for more minigolfing fun in the future.

We'd also like to thank our family, friends, minigolf rivals, the wider minigolf community, and everyone who has let us know about a course over the years!

Southend Pier Crazy Golf course
Visiting the Crazy Golf course at the end of the Pier in Southend-on-Sea

How many minigolf courses have we visited so far?

Below is the list of the 1,111 miniature golf courses visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour to date. 1,050 of them have been in the British Isles.

As well as playing minigolf in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Jersey and the Isle of Man we’ve travelled to minigolf courses in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Spain (including Lanzarote and Majorca), Sweden and the USA.

We've been able to play a total of 594 of them as many have been found to be abandoned, closed, out-of-season or derelict on our initial visit. Luckily some courses that were closed on our original visit have since been played. And we've played some of these courses many many times over as they're so good. It's interesting to return to a course some time later to see what has, or hasn't, changed.

Richard & Emily Gottfried at the World's First Miniature Golf Course - The Himalayas Putting Course in St Andrews, Scotland
The Himalayas at St Andrews - the world's first Miniature Golf course

The list of minigolf courses we've been to.

Please be aware that courses come and go and this list is not a 'live' list of miniature golf courses. If you find that a course is no longer there, or has significantly changed, please let us know by leaving a comment.

Here's a list of the courses we have played between the 30th September 2006 and the 17th October 2025.


Here's a list of the courses we have visited, but not played between the 30th September 2006 and the 17th August 2025.


Crazy Golf course in Ayr
An abandoned Crazy Golf course in Ayr



* Due to closure, flooding, dereliction, or a number of other reasons. Some of these layouts have since been revisited and played.

Another branch of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

My brother Christopher was with us when we played the first minigolf course on what would become the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Christopher and his family have visited courses around the British Isles as well as visits to courses in TĂĽrkiye, Spain (Majorca), Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Indonesia, Croatia and the USA.

The Minigolf course at Vista Alegre in Porto Cristo, Majorca by Nina Dukes 120415
The Minigolf course at Vista Alegre in Porto Cristo, Majorca

Here's a list of minigolf courses visited by Christopher Gottfried on he and his family's branch of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour 2011-2025.


The combined Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The combined total of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is now at 1,165 courses visited!

New minigolf courses in the UK.

Minigolf is an incredibly popular leisure and sporting activity for all ages, and we're seeing an exciting boom in new courses opening up across the UK. From vibrant indoor venues in towns and city centres to sprawling outdoor adventure golf parks, the game continues to evolve and captivate players all year round.

While minigolf was traditionally a seaside summer pastime in the UK, the last decade or so has seen its growth into more urban settings, with many venues now catering to a late night audience. It can be the perfect activity for groups of friends, families, and young and old alike.

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Mini Golf at Hillier Garden Centre in Cheddar

There's a new 9-hole Mini Golf course at Hillier Garden Centre in Cheddar, Somerset.


There's a new 9-hole Mini Golf course at Hillier Garden Centre in Cheddar, Somerset

Visit the Hillier Garden Centre website for more information.


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

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Minigolf in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

A look at minigolf courses in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.


Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth
Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth

One of the first places we visited on what would become our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. We chose the seaside resort for a big minigolf trip in 2007 as we knew there were a lot of courses there.

Arnold Palmer Putting Course on Marine Parade in Great Yarmouth
Playing the Arnold Palmer Putting Course on Marine Parade in 2011. This course has been replaced by Castaway Island Adventure Golf - the latest course to occupy the minigolf hotspot since the 1920s!

We've returned a number of times since then, including a trip in May to help launch the Big Mini Golf Tour 2022.

Castaway Island Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth
Castaway Island Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth

Mini-Golf at Clippesby Hall
Mini-Golf at Clippesby Hall

Hollywood Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth
Hollywood Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth

Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby
Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby

Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth
Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf in Great Yarmouth

Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf in Gorleston
Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf in Gorleston. This location was once home to an Arnold Palmer Putting Course

Stonehenge - the BIG mini golf in Hemsby
Stonehenge - the BIG mini golf in Hemsby

Putting in Gorleston
Putting in Gorleston

Minigolf has been played in the area since the early 20th century and there are plenty of options for a game in 2022. Here are the courses we currently know of:

Belton
  • Mini Golf at Haven Wild Duck Holiday Park

Caister-on-Sea
  • Crazy Golf at Haven Caister-on-Sea Holiday Park
  • Crazy Golf at Haven Seashore Holiday Park

Clippesby
  • Mini-Golf at Clippesby Hall

Great Yarmouth
  • Pirates Cove Adventure Golf on Marine Parade
  • Hollywood Indoor Adventure Golf at the Windmill Theatre on Marine Parade
  • Castaway Island Adventure Golf on Marine Parade
  • Crazy Golf at Merrivale Model Village on Marine Parade
  • Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf on South Beach Parade
  • Adventure Golf at Parkdean Resorts Vauxhall Holiday Park
  • Pitch & Putt at Bure Park

Gorleston-on-Sea
  • Pop's Meadow Crazy Golf on Pavilion Road
  • Gorleston Putting Green at Gorleston Cliffs Sports Pavilion

Hemsby
  • Lost World Adventure Golf on Beach Road
  • Stonehenge Adventure Golf on Beach Road

Scratby
  • Minigolf at California Cliffs Holiday Park

If you know of any other minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf, putting or pitch & putt courses in the Great Yarmouth area please do let us know.

Minigolf history in Great Yarmouth

One of the earliest miniature golf postcards we have in our collection is this one showing the Putting Green on Marine Parade in Great Yarmouth.

Putting Green, Great Yarmouth. Postcard postally used on the 11th November 1927. Publisher unknown
Putting Green, Great Yarmouth. Postcard postally used on the 11th November 1927

The postcard was sent to Hayes, Middlesex on the 11th November 1927.

You can see the Hippodrome in the left of the image and this building is still standing and is the Hippodrome Circus on St George's Road. If you visit now you'll find a row of buildings in front of the Hippodrome itself! You will also find that there is still a minigolf course on the same spot as the Putting Green. Now called Castaway Island Adventure Golf the site was an Arnold Palmer Putting Course that we played a number of times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Big Mini Golf Tour

Several miniature golf courses across the Greater Yarmouth Tourism & Business Improvement Area have come together to promote the game this summer as the Big Mini Golf Tour has teed-off across seven layouts. You can find all the details of the Big Mini Golf Tour, prize draw and places to play via the Big Mini Golf Tour Linktree page.

The Big Mini Golf Tour map

You can plan your visit to the participating miniature golf courses in Hemsby, Clippesby, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea by checking out the Big Mini Golf Tour map.


Follow the Big Mini Golf Tour


Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA

Funding from Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA has helped to bring you the ‘Big Mini Golf Tour’. Visit Great Yarmouth/GYTABIA uses money raised from a business improvement district levy which is designed to raise the profile of the area, increase the number of people visiting and staying, improve the visitor experience and increase repeat visits, encourage people to stay longer and to visit more attractions and to provide incentives and opportunities to spend more in local businesses.

Dr Pac-Man's Covid-19 Testing Centre in Lanzarote

We've been documenting the signs of the covid times since the pandemic began in 2020 and have seen a number of different, interesting and fun ways to promote social distancing, testing and getting a jab.


Doctors Covid-19 Testing in Lanzarote
Doctors Covid-19 Testing in Lanzarote

This escalator advertising for a Covid-19 Testing Centre that Emily spotted in Lanzarote last month is one of the best!

Doctors Covid-19 Testing in Lanzarote
Surely Pac-Man should be avoiding the covvy though!

Doctors Covid-19 Testing in Lanzarote
Doctors Covid-19 Testing in Lanzarote

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

A look at the Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf course at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.


Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

A big thank you as always goes to our friend and minigolf rival Stephen Skinner for sending us these photos of the Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf course at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis.

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf at Hotham Park in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

We haven't played the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour yet, but back in 2011 we did play the old Crazy Golf and Putting course where the new Adventure Golf now sits.

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis

Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
A scorecard from the Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf course in Bognor Regis

Visit the Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf course website for more information.


Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis. Photo by Stephen Skinner, June 2022
Wildforest Falls Adventure Golf in Bognor Regis