Crazy Golf at Rowley Park Sports Stadium in Stafford

A look back at a visit to the crazy golf course at Rowley Park Sports Stadium in Stafford.

The 778th course we visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the 750th course we visited in the UK, was the 9-hole crazy golf course at Rowley Park Sports Stadium in Stafford in September 2017.

The course was an 'Eternit' type of Miniature Golf layout.

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 7's 'green' 

Hole 8

Hole 9

Find out more.

Looking online the crazy golf course is still at Rowley Park Sports Stadium. Visit the Freedom Leisure website for more information.

Parlor Golf - a minigolf game from 1930

A look at the Parlor Golf game from 1930.

The Crazy Golf Museum is home to a number of interesting, fun and old items from the world of miniature golf.

One such item that ticks all three boxes is this, Parlor Golf from 1930. The game was made by Parlor Golf MFGR. Co. of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA.

The set instructs players on how to create an 18-hole course by using the four wooden base plates and five obstacles.

By making the holes shorter and varying the placement of the obstacles you can create even more combinations.

Check out the Crazy Golf Museum website for more minigolf toys and games.

20 for 20 - Minigolf in Felixstowe

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We first visited Felixstowe in Suffolk on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in November 2006 - and we've been back many many many times since.

We've played a lot of minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf there. And some grass putting.

While minigolf has been a constant in the seaside town for decades, the actual courses themselves have seen changes over the years.

Playing minigolf at Manning's Amusements.

We've played minigolf at Manning's Amusements in Felixstowe a lot over the years. The first time we played there was back on the 19th November 2006 when it became the fifth course we ever visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. It was also the first indoor minigolf course we played.

The green on the old first hole used to revolve!

Back then it was one of only two indoor minigolf courses in the whole of the UK! The other was at The Windmill Theatre in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and is still there too.

There are now a lot more indoor minigolf venues than there were back in the mid-noughties.

The Golf FX course at Manning's Amusements was a brilliant layout, with lots of optical illusions and practical effects. It was a unique course and ahead of its time with its sound and light effects. 20 years later and over a thousand courses later, very few we have been to have come close to capturing the fun of it.

Since our first visit to Manning's Amusements the course had a several upgrades, refurbishments and name changes - it was called 'Golf FX' when we first played and has been known as 'Magical Golf', 'Magical Golf FX' and 'Harry Putter and the Magical Crazy Golf'. Until the course finally closed and reopened as a new indoor Street Golf course in 2025.

Related blog posts:

• 20 for 20
• Felixstowe
• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is 20 years old this month

Liminal space - Indoor Mini Golf at The Palace Fun Centre arcade in Rhyl, Wales

A look at a liminal space in Rhyl, Wales.

This was the indoor mini golf course at The Palace Fun Centre arcade in Rhyl, Wales in December 2025.

5 Star Crazy Golf in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire

A look back at the 5 Star Crazy Golf course at Bainland Country Park in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.

We played our first, and to date only, '5 Star Crazy Golf' course at Bainland Country Park in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in May 2011.

Photos of the 5 Star Crazy Golf course at Bainland Country Park in Woodhall Spa in 2011.

As the course has 5 cups to putt into on each 'green' I was able to score a 'Perfect Round' of minigolf - shooting a Hole-in-One on each of the 9-holes!

We also had a game on the grass Putting miniature golf course while there.

Looking online, the site is now known as Bainland Lodge Retreats and no longer has a crazy golf course.

Kings Parade Gardens Crazy Golf course in New Brighton

A look back at the old crazy golf course at Kings Parade Gardens in New Brighton, Wirral.

We visited New Brighton back in March 2011 and swung by the 18-hole crazy golf course at Kings Parade Gardens in the seaside town.

The course was closed as it was out of season.

Photos of the Crazy Golf course at Kings Parade Gardens in New Brighton in March 2011.

It has since been replaced by the two Championship Miniature Golf courses on the site.