Showing posts with label Piers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Piers. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

New Crazy Golf course opening at Claremont Pier in Lowestoft

Claremont Pier in Lowestoft, Suffolk is home to a new pirate-themed crazy golf course.


Claremont Pier in Lowestoft, Suffolk will be home to a new pirate-themed crazy golf course

A new pirate crazy golf course is opening at Claremont Pier in Lowestoft on Friday 29th March.

The 18-hole indoor crazy golf course will be called Pirates at the Clarement and is planned to open before Easter this year.

Visit the Claremont Pier website for more information.

We've been to Lowestoft several times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the years. It's a nice seaside town and we're looking forward to revisiting.

When it opens, the new course in Lowestoft will become the easternmost crazy golf course in the British Isles.

Friday, January 19, 2024

New Crazy Golf at Claremont Pier in Lowestoft

Claremont Pier in Lowestoft, Suffolk will be home to a new pirate-themed crazy golf course.


Claremont Pier in Lowestoft, Suffolk will be home to a new pirate-themed crazy golf course

A new pirate crazy golf course is planned to open at Claremont Pier in Lowestoft.

The 18-hole indoor crazy golf course will be called Pirates at the Clarement and is planned to open before Easter this year.

Visit the Claremont Pier website for more information.

We've been to Lowestoft several times on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour over the years. It's a nice seaside town and we're looking forward to revisiting.

When it opens, the new course in Lowestoft will become the easternmost crazy golf course in the British Isles.

Monday, August 21, 2023

Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier

There's an Adventure Golf course on Paignton Pier in Devon.


Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2023
Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier

A big thank you to our friend and minigolf rival Jam Trubridge for sending us these photos of the Lost City Adventure Golf course on Paignton Pier from his recent visit.

Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2023
Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier

Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2023
Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier

Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2023
Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier

Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2023
Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier

Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2023
Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier

Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2023
Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier

Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2023
Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier

Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier. Photo by James Trubridge, August 2023
Someone ignored the rules on the sign at Lost City Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier!

Jam is a big fan of Paignton and on an trip to the seaside resort earlier this year he saw the course under construction.

Paignton Pier Crazy Golf under construction. Photo by James Trubridge, April 2023
Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier under construction, April 2023

Paignton Pier Crazy Golf under construction. Photo by James Trubridge, April 2023
Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier under construction, April 2023

Paignton Pier Crazy Golf under construction. Photo by James Trubridge, April 2023
Adventure Golf on Paignton Pier under construction, April 2023

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


We visited Paignton in 2015, but there wasn't a course there then.

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Southend Pier Crazy Golf (April 2023)

A look at the Crazy Golf course at the end of Southend Pier.


Southend Pier Crazy Golf (April 2023)


Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Skull Point Adventure Golf on Clacton Pier

A look at the Skull Point Adventure Golf course in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.


Skull Point Adventure Golf in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

We visited Clacton Pier during our East Anglian Road-Trip in August and while there checked out the Skull Point Adventure Golf course at the No.1 North Sea address.

Skull Point Adventure Golf in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
The 18-hole course is spread out over two levels, with some holes indoors and others outside

Skull Point Adventure Golf in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex
The lucky 19th hole

Skull Point Adventure Golf in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

Check out the Clacton Pier website for more information.

Skull Point Adventure Golf on Clacton Pier
A Covid-19 sign

Skull Point Adventure Golf was the 972nd course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Crazy Golf course on Hastings Pier

A look at the new Crazy Golf course on Hastings Pier.


Crazy Golf on Hastings Pier. Photo by David Gomm, August 2021

Many thanks to my friend, minigolf rival and Putt18 superstar David Gomm of the Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club for sending over some snaps of the Crazy Golf course on Hastings Pier.

Crazy Golf on Hastings Pier. Photo by David Gomm, August 2021

Crazy Golf on Hastings Pier. Photo by David Gomm, August 2021

Crazy Golf on Hastings Pier. Photo by David Gomm, August 2021

Monday, August 09, 2021

Crazy Golf on Hastings Pier

There's a new minigolf course on Hastings Pier.


Hastings Pier is now home to a Crazy Golf course

Hastings Pier is now home to a Crazy Golf course.

We've spent a lot of time playing minigolf in Hastings over the years, but haven't been since 2017. The last time we were there we had a wander on the rebuilt pier.

Minigolf on piers

We've played minigolf courses on piers in Clacton, Southend on Sea, Southsea, St Annes on the Sea and Sandown on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and know of another in Boscombe. It's always fun playing minigolf above the sea.

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Crazy Golf on Southsea Beach

There are plans for a new Crazy Golf course on Southsea Beach.


There are plans for a new Crazy Golf course on Southsea Beach

A new Crazy Golf course is planned to open at Southsea Beach in Hampshire.

The minigolf layout has been proposed by South Parade Pier and would be located on the shingle beach to the west of the pier.

Visit the South Parade Pier website for more information.


Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour began in Southsea back in 2006 and we've played a number of miniature golf courses there over the years. One of those courses was a 12-hole Swedish Felt layout on South Parade Pier in 2010. That course can now be played on Southend Pier!

It'll be nice to get back down to visit again in the future.

Wednesday, July 08, 2020

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

A look back at our visit to play Crazy Golf on Southend Pier.


Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

We headed to the seaside town of Southend on Sea for a day out of fun and games back in June 2016.


Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

It was the last seaside trip we made while still living down south. We started the big day out with a visit to the brilliant Southend Pier Crazy Golf course - 1.3 miles out to sea!

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier
The view back towards dry land

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier
Playing above the sea

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier
  
Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

Crazy Golf on Southend Pier

Related blog posts:
Swedish Felt Mini Golf courses in Essex
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
Essex

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Monday, March 04, 2019

Saltburn Cliff Tramway

Having a ride on the Saltburn Cliff Tramway.


Saltburn Cliff Tramway
A view from the top of the Cliff Tramway

Last September we had a brilliant day out in Salturn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire. Before playing the Saltburn Minigolf course we took a ride on the Saltburn Cliff Tramway down to the promenade.

Saltburn Cliff Tramway
It's always nice to follow a brown tourist sign

Saltburn Cliff Tramway
A plaque about the history of the Cliff Tramway's predecessor 

Saltburn Cliff Tramway
The entrance at the top of the cliff

Saltburn Cliff Tramway
Always nice to see a Fun

The Saltburn Cliff Tramway is an iconic part of Saltburn-by-the-Sea and you get a wonderful view of the pier and the seaside from it.


Saltburn Cliff Tramway

Saltburn Cliff Tramway

Visit the Saltburn Cliff Tramway website for more information, opening times and prices.

Saltburn Cliff Tramway
The entrance on the Lower Promenade

Saltburn Cliff Tramway
A view of the Cliff Tramway from the pier 

Saltburn Cliff Tramway
A view inside the carriage

Related blog posts:
- Saltburn-by-the-Sea
- Funicular railway

Monday, January 21, 2019

A Crazy Golf postcard from Boscombe

A look at an old Crazy Golf postcard from Boscombe.


I recently bought 50 more postcards for my collection and among them was this card of the Crazy Golf course near Boscombe Pier.

Boscombe Crazy Golf postcard. JH 40 Plastichrome by Colourpicture. Pub. by J. Hammersley, Boscombe, Bournemouth
A Boscombe Crazy Golf postcard. JH 40 Plastichrome by Colourpicture. Pub. by J. Hammersley, Boscombe, Bournemouth. Posted in 1967

The course on the postcard is long gone, but Boscombe Pier itself does now have it's own Crazy Golf course.

We haven't played the Boscombe Pier course yet, however we have played the course at Boscombe Chine Gardens a number of times over the years.

Related blog posts:

Friday, January 18, 2019

A Crazy Golf postcard from Skegness

A look at a minigolf postcard from Skegness sent in 1946.


I recently bought 50 more postcards for my collection of minigolf cards and among them was this nice old postcard showing the waterways and pier in Skegness. Also clearly in view is a Crazy Golf course.

The Waterways and Pier, Skegness. The Graphic Series postcard. Postally used on 14 August 1946
The Waterways and Pier, Skegness. The Graphic Series postcard. Postally used on 14 August 1946

The course in the card was on North Parade. On our last visit to Skegness in 2015 we found an abandoned Indoor Jungle 3D Mini Golf course at the Lost World Adventure Park. A world away from the course in the postcard that was on more or less the same spot 70 years before!

The first Crazy Golf course in the country opened on South Parade in Skegness in 1926.

England's first Crazy Golf course was in Skegness
There are a number of miniature golf courses in Skegness with 102-holes spread across nine seafront courses

Related blog posts:
- Skegness
- Postcards
- Craz-e-Golf at Skegness

Monday, June 26, 2017

Bench at the end of Saint Annes Pier

As well as having a Crazy Golf course at the end of Saint Annes Pier there is a wide bench to have a nice sit down on.

Bench at the end of Saint Annes Pier
The sea always seems to be a long way away in Saint Annes on the Sea

The view looks back towards the rest of the pier and the seafront itself, rather than out to sea.

Saint Annes Pier
Behind this fence there is a Crazy Golf course

Saint Annes Pier
A view to the left

Saint Annes Pier
And to the right

Saint Annes Pier
Over the left shoulder

Saint Annes Pier
And a turn to the right
Bench at the amusements on Saint Annes Pier
Just before you head out on the deck to walk to the end of the pier there's another bench to have a sit down on. Nice to see the Crazy Golf course advertised at this point too


Related blog posts:
- Bench
- Crazy Golf at Saint Annes Pier

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Revisiting Hastings Pier

We recently visited Hastings for the first time since 2015 and it was great to have a walk on the new pier. We'd only ever been on it once before back in 2008.

Hastings Pier

We were really impressed with what has been built following the fire which almost totally destroyed it in 2010.

Hastings Pier
A view of the new pier from White Rock Gardens

Hastings Pier
The end of the pier is a nice wide-open space. We've visited a lot of piers on our travels and Hastings Pier is certainly different to most

A pair of Minions on the pier

We visited the pier just after the Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb had opened!
We visited the pier just after the Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb had opened!

Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
There was a lot of knitted bunting

Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
Having a nice sit down next to a mermaid
  
Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
A knitted beach hut

Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
The knitting got almost everywhere

Hastings Pier
One of the un-yarn bombed benches at the end of the pier

While we were on the pier on Sunday we spotted an ice cream cart going round offering free knitted ice creams! They were gluten free to boot
While we were on the pier on Sunday we spotted an ice cream cart going round offering free knitted ice creams! They were gluten free to boot

Enjoying my knitted Ice Cream alongside Hastings character John 'Big Top Ted' McIver
Enjoying my knitted Ice Cream alongside Hastings character John 'Big Top Ted' McIver

Visit the Hastings Pier website for more information.