North Shore Holiday Centre / Caravan Park in Skegness - Mini Golf

A visit to the North Shore Holiday Centre and Caravan Park's Mini Golf and "The Pitch And Putt Inn".

While in Skegness, Lincolnshire we visited the North Shore Holiday Centre to play their 8-hole Miniature Golf course, however, with all the other Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf courses to play, we didn't have time to play the Pitch & Putt course at the centre.

We did however make some time to have a few drinks in the Pitch and Putt Inn!

Related blog posts:
- List of courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses on the Lincolnshire Coast

Miniature Golf at the North Shore Holiday Centre, Caravan Park in Skegness

The first of the many minigolf and crazy golf courses we were lucky enough to visit and play in Skegness, Lincolnshire on the 20th May 2011 was at the North Shore Holiday Centre.

The Miniature Golf course became the 233rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006.

The 8-hole layout is part of the North Shore Holiday Centre/Caravan Park, but the course is open to the general public.

Despite almost losing my ball (and only just making it back to tee-off before the time-limit expired) I defeated Emily 27-31 in our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up on the testing course.

The North Shore Holiday Centre is also home to a Pitch & Putt course, and the excellent, friendly and welcoming Pitch and Putt Inn!

Related blog posts:
- List of courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses on the Lincolnshire Coast

Richard and The Jolly Fisherman in Skegness

The Official Skegness Jolly Fisherman Website and the Jolly Fisherman's Story.

Skeg-Vegas!

We noticed in a few souvenir shops in Skegness, Lincolnshire, you could buy items bearing the name 'Skeg-Vegas'! There was also an amusement arcade there called 'Las Vegas'!

I really enjoyed the trip to Skegness and will go back. I also enjoyed our holiday to Las Vegas last summer (where we will also be returning).

If you enjoy the British seaside, with its Crazy Golf, beaches, Pier, rock, saucy postcards and lots to see and do, then you should definitely check the town out.

While we were visiting there was a news story in the local press about a review of the town in the latest Lonely Planet Guide, where Skegness was described as a 'tacky spectacle'.

In a way the Lonely Planet review was correct - the seaside is a bit 'tacky', but so are lots of UK seasides, and it depends on if you think 'tacky' is a bad thing or not? Along with the millions of other visitors to the resort, I enjoyed our stay and will go back again.

The review also said the town had the "ABC of the English seaside – amusements, bingo and candy floss" - on this I disagree. With twelve Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf courses on offer to visitors, surely the 'C' should stand for 'Crazy Golf'!

Emily and I have so far visited 137 seasides since we made a resolution in 2006 to try and visit every seaside in the UK. We've visited places like Great Yarmouth (which is great), Blackpool - which offer Minigolf and Amusements, to Southwold and Aldeburgh - which are a bit more sedate, but still nice to visit.

Really, you can visit loads of different types of seasides in the UK, some are tacky, some offer a more slow-paced resort, others offer great beaches, some are more like harbours with a little bit of beach, many offer great views and seascapes. With so much on offer, you can take your pick!

Related blog posts:
- List of courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses on the Lincolnshire Coast

Skegness - a whole host of Crazy World of Minigolf Tour courses to visit and play!

Skegness is somewhat of a mecca for minigolf, while we were there we managed to visit and/or play a grand total of twelve Crazy Golf, Minigolf, Adventure Golf, Mini Golf and Putting Courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Photos and details of our visits to the courses below to follow...
233 Skegness (North Shore Caravan Park) - Miniature Golf
234 Skegness (Arnold Palmer) - Crazy Golf
235 Skegness (Arnold Palmer) - Putting
236 Skegness (Arnold Palmer) - Crazy Golf
237 Skegness (Jolly Roger) - Adventure Golf (Skull Trail)
238 Skegness (Jolly Roger) - Adventure Golf (Treasure Trail)
239 Skegness (Bottons Pleasure Beach) - Gold Mine Adventure Golf (Adventure Putting) & Cactus Canyon River Ride
- Skegness (North Shore Caravan Park) - Mini Golf - Pitch & Putt - Also home to "The Pitch And Putt Inn"
- Skegness (Pebble Adventure Golf) - Adventure Golf - Closed on Visit
- Skegness (South Parade) - Crazy Golf - Closed on Visit
- Skegness (South Parade) - Putting - Closed on Visit
- Skegness (South Parade) - Pitch & Putt - No Time Left To Play

Other Minigolf 'Hotbeds'

• Great Yarmouth is another seaside that is stacked with interesting and fun to play miniature golf courses.
• Hastings too has three main courses on the seafront, and has certainly been a competition hotbed for minigolf in recent years too.

Related blog posts:
- List of courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses on the Lincolnshire Coast

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137 Seasides Visited on Our UK Coastal Tour to Date

Our trip to windy Hunstanton last Sunday took us to a total of 137 Seasides visited since we made a resolution to visit as many different seasides all over the UK back in 2006.

At the last count, in January 2011, we had visited 110 seasides.

So far we've played Minigolf or Crazy Golf in 86 of them!

We've also visited 34 of the remaining 51 Piers in the UK on our travels!

Here's to the next 137 Seaside Visits!

Piers visited on our Lincolnshire & Norfolk Seaside Tour

On our seaside and minigolf road trip along the Lincolnshire and Norfolk coast we managed to visit two 'new' Piers - at Cleethorpes & Skegness - and also visit the amusement arcade in what remains of Hunstanton Pier.

Looking at the Coast Magazine 'Pier Prom Tick List', of the 51 surviving Piers in the UK, we've now visited 34 of them on our travels since 2006! We have also visited five other closed Piers (or their remains) - Hastings, Brighton West, Colwyn Bay, New Brighton & Hunstanton.

Cleethorpes Pier, Lincolnshire

Skegness Pier, Lincolnshire

Hunstanton Pier, Norfolk

Previous Blog Post - Piers we've visited and a new Coast Magazine 'Pier Campaign'

The Great Pier Promenade Flickr Page

The Great Pier Promenade Facebook Page

Coast Magazine on twitter

Derelict Crazy Golf course, or a Deserted Model Village?

Driving out of Chapel St Leonards after visiting the Boating Lake Crazy Golf course we spotted what looked to be the remains of either Crazy Golf course, or a Model Village perhaps.

It was quite derelict whatever it was!?

Related blog posts:

- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses on the Lincolnshire Coast

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Laser Quest on Skegness Pier, but not in Cleethorpes

While away on our Seaside and Minigolf Roadtrip to Lincolnshire, we visited two Laser Tag game centres, and managed to play one of them.

In Cleethorpes we were unable to play as the game requires at least four players for it to be finacially viable for the Amusement Arcade to run. The Labyrinths of Doralia at Fairworld does sound intriguing though! We will be back, and in greater numbers...

We had better luck on Skegness where, after a great big Steak Dinner (at Steak n Stuff), Emily and I went for a one-on-one Laser Tag Battle at the Laser Quest on Skegness Pier!

I won :-) Emily scored 117, and I scored 287. Our 'colour' was MIXED rather than the standard RED or GREEN!

There has been no change in the Laser Tag Rankings since the last update.