A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Friday, October 20, 2023
Mini Golf at The Light cinema in Banbury
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Plans for a new mini golf course in Oxford
There are plans to create a new mini golf course at Bury Knowle Park in Headington, Oxford.
This was the old course at Bury Knowle Park |
Playing the old the old course at Bury Knowle Park in the late noughties. How time flies! |
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Crazy Croc's Mini Golf at Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park in Oxford
A look at Crazy Croc's Mini Golf course at Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park in Oxford.
Crazy Croc's Mini Golf at Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park in Oxford |
Crazy Croc's Mini Golf at Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park in Oxford |
Crazy Croc's Mini Golf at Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park in Oxford |
Crazy Croc's Mini Golf at Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park in Oxford |
Crazy Croc's Mini Golf at Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park in Oxford |
Mini Golf at Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park in Oxford |
Wednesday, September 07, 2022
Crazy Golf at Millets Farm in Frilford near Abingdon
A look at the Crazy Golf course at Millets Farm in Frilford near Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Check out the Millets Farm website for more information.
Monday, April 18, 2022
Mini Golf in Banbury, Oxfordshire
There are plans for a Mini Golf course to open at The Light cinema and entertainment centre at the Castle Quay Waterfront in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Visit the Castle Quay Waterfront website for more information.
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Adventure Golf at Millets Farm
A new Adventure Golf course is being created at Millets Farm in Oxfordshire.
Check out the Millets Farm website for more information.
It'll be another new layout for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Thursday, December 23, 2021
15 years ago today
A look back at the 10th course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Crazy Golf at the Horse and Harrow Pub in West Hagbourne, Oxfordshire - December 2006 |
Crazy Golf at the Horse and Harrow Pub in West Hagbourne, Oxfordshire - April 2011 |
Monday, March 22, 2021
Crazy Golf at Millets Farm near Abingdon
I've found out there's a Crazy Golf course at Millets Farm Centre near my hometown of Abingdon in Oxfordshire.
I haven't been to Millets Farm for years, but have got lots of great memories of visiting with my family when I was growing up. It was brilliant fun doing Pick Your Own and going on the tractor rides there.
It'll be nice to revisit and have a game on the Crazy Golf course as part of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.
Visit the Millets Farm Centre website for more information.
Tuesday, February 02, 2021
New Adventure Golf course in Henley
Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire could become home to a new Adventure Golf course.
There are plans to create a new 9 or 18-hole Adventure Golf course on the site of the Putting Green at Mill Meadows in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
It'll be another new course to play in my home county!
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Social distancing signs in Abingdon's Market Place
I've been documenting the Covid-19 social distancing signs I've seen during the coronavirus pandemic here and on my Instagram.
The ones in my home town's Market Place are nice and clear. They also include the Abingdon-on-Thames town crest which I think is a nice touch.
The Market Place is famous as the location for Bun Throwing and the starting point for the Michaelmas Fair. Both events normally see thousands of people pack in or pass through to be a part of the occasions.
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Minigolfing in Oxford's Parks
A look back at three minigolf courses in Oxford's Parks.
On this day in 2009 we played three Swedish Felt Mini Golf courses in Oxford.
We first visited the three Swedish Felt type minigolf courses in my home city on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in December 2008. We got to play them on the 13th August 2009 at the start of a nine-day road-trip that took us around the coast of Wales. Back then you could find layouts in Bury Knowle Park in Headington, Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park and Florence Park in Cowley.
Mini Golf in Bury Knowle Park, Headington.
Emily playing the first of many crazy golf holes we played on the holiday |
This Swedish Felt Mini Golf was called Crazy Golf... |
...and Putting! |
A lesser spotted type of rules sign |
Spectating |
Swedish Felt Mini Golf courses contain some tricky optical illusion obstacles |
Here's another lane that requires precision |
Mini Golf at Florence Park in Cowley.
Teeing-off on the second of three courses in Oxford |
Emily playing a very tricky obstacle |
A nice line |
Mini Golf at Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park in Oxford.
At the third Swedish Felt Mini Golf course in the third park |
Another long, straight shot required |
And another! |
An uphill dog-leg lane |
Mini Golf in Oxford
Sadly the Florence Park Minigolf course was removed in March this year.The course at Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park is now Crazy Croc's Mini Golf.
As far as I'm aware the course at Bury Knowle Park in Headington is still there.
Other places to play minigolf in Oxford include Gravitee Adventure Golf at the Ozone Leisure Park and Junkyard Golf venue in the Westgate Centre.
Earlier this year I found out there's also a minigolf course at the Fulbrook Centre at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.
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Friday, May 15, 2020
Adventure Golf at The Leys Recreation Ground in Witney, Oxfordshire
A look at the Adventure Golf course at The Leys Recreation Ground in Witney, Oxfordshire.
We visited the layout in May last year.
It was the 869th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Spotting a minigolf course in Oxford
Finding a minigolf course at the Fulbrook Centre at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.
Many thanks to my friend Matt Roebuck for sending over some photos of a minigolf course he spotted on his daily lockdown exercise over the weekend.
I didn't recognise the course location when Matt sent me the photo |
It's amazing what you see on your doorstep and find out doing a spot of urban exploration.
The path passing by the course |
What a thing to spot while having a wander! |
A look at the Crazy Golf course |
Oxford's my home city and I never knew this particular course existed!
Back in 2011 a tournament was held on the course.
Interestingly it's a Swedish Felt B-Run minigolf course. While there are a few of them around the UK it's not the most common type of course. However, in Oxford we've visited three other Swedish Felt B-Run layouts. These were in Bury Knowle Park in Headington, Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park and Florence Park in Cowley.
As far as we're aware the course in Bury Knowle Park is still there.
The one in Cutteslowe and Sunnymead Park has been replaced by Crazy Croc's Mini Golf.
Matt tells me that until six weeks ago the course in Florence Park was in place.
Florence Park in Oxford by Matt Roebuck 2020 |
Have you spotted a minigolf course during your daily lockdown outdoor exercise during the coronavirus pandemic? Do let us know. We might not have it on our To Visit list yet.
Matt is the author of The Other Olympics. It's a brilliant book and well worth a read. It covers a number of international multi-sports competitions.
Thursday, March 05, 2020
Mini Golf in Cutteslowe Park, Oxford
Crazy Croc's Mini Golf at Cutteslowe Park in Oxford.
I recently found out there's been a change to one of the minigolf courses in my home city.
Our fellow minigolf adventurers Matt and Helen Dodd were in Oxford and swung by Cutteslowe Park and let us know the course there is now an adventure golf-style layout.
When Emily and I visited back in 2008 and 2009 the course in the park was a Swedish Felt Mini Golf B-Run.
How the now lost minigolf course looked on a frosty day in December 2008 |
The new Crazy Croc's Mini Golf in Cutteslowe Park is a 9-hole layout.
Visit the Crazy Croc's Mini Golf website for more information, opening times and prices.
It'll be a new course to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.
Monday, January 06, 2020
World of Bun Throwing: A visit to Abingdon's County Hall Museum
Check out the full post from our visit on my World of Bun Throwing blog.
Junkyard Golf in Oxford's Westgate Centre
A look at Junkyard Golf in the Westgate Centre, Oxford.
We were back in my home town at the weekend and swung by Junkyard Golf at the Westgate shopping centre in the city centre.
Junkyard Golf in Oxford is home to three 9-hole indoor Crazy Golf courses.
You can find other Junkyard Golf venues in Manchester, London, Leeds and Liverpool.
Check out the Junkyard Golf website for more information.
The Junkyard Golf course was the second course we visited in 2020. The first was the Putting Green at the Park Square offices in Cheadle Heath.
Monday, December 23, 2019
Crazy Golf at the Horse & Harrow Pub in West Hagbourne, Oxfordshire
Thirteen years ago today we visited the 10th course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
On a bitterly cold 23rd December 2006 Emily, Christopher and I headed along to the Horse & Harrow Pub in West Hagbourne, Oxfordshire to have a game on the beer garden Crazy Golf course there.
In all the years and hundreds upon hundreds of courses we've seen since, none have been anything quite like the 9-hole course.
Crazy |
Back in 2006 we never realised how BIG our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour would become. To date we've visited 942 courses!
We popped back to the pub for a look at the course in April 2011.
How the course looked five years later |
Looking online it doesn't look like the course is in the pub's beer garden anymore.