Showing posts with label Pirate Adventure Golf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pirate Adventure Golf. 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.

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre

A look at the Pirate Bay Adventure Golf course at Bristol Golf Centre.


Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022
Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022

Many thanks to our friend and minigolf rival Simon Brown for sending over these photos from his trip to play the Pirate Bay Adventure Golf course at Bristol Golf Centre. It's a course we haven't visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour yet.

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022
Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022
Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022
Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022
Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022
Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022

Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022
Pirate Bay Adventure Golf at Bristol Golf Centre. Photo by Simon Brown, May 2022

Thursday, July 01, 2021

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea

A revisit to Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea, Hampshire.


Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea

Emily swung by Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea on the way back from her trip to the Isle of Wight last month.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea
Some of the Covid-19 signage at the course

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea
Times have certainly changed in the last 15 years!

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea
A closer look at some of the Covid-19 signage and measures in place at the course

We played the Victory Trail course at Treasure Island Adventure Golf on Saturday 30th September 2006. I won a free game by firing the cannon on the lucky last hole and our minigolfing adventures have been rolling ever since!

Check out the Treasure Island Adventure Golf website for more information on the two 9-hole courses, opening times and prices.

Monday, May 24, 2021

New indoor adventure golf in Newquay

There's a new indoor mini golf course in Newquay, Cornwall.


There's a new Adventure Golf course at Pirate's Quest in Newquay

The Pirate's Quest attraction in Newquay has a new addition this year with an indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf course opening at the end of May.

The pirate-themed adventure golf course is a 12-hole layout.

Further information can be found on the Pirate's Quest website.


It's another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour next time we're in the South West.

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Pirates Cove Adventure Golf in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight

A look at the Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.


A big thanks to fellow minigolf fanatic Matt Dodd for these pics of the Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.

Shanklin Pirates Cove Adventure Golf, Isle of Wight. Photo by Matt Dodd, July 2020

Shanklin Pirates Cove Adventure Golf, Isle of Wight. Photo by Matt Dodd, July 2020

Shanklin Pirates Cove Adventure Golf, Isle of Wight. Photo by Matt Dodd, July 2020

Visit the Shanklin Seafront website for more information, opening times and prices.


Matt and his family have visited hundreds of courses on their crazy golf adventures and it's always great to meet up with them for a game.

The Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course was built on what was once a grass Putting Course.

Saturday, December 05, 2020

Minigolf course visit 900 - a year ago today

We visited our 900th miniature golf course in the British Isles a year ago today.



Pirate Cove Adventure Golf at New York Thunderbowl in Kettering
We had a brilliant time at the New York Thunderbowl. The 9-hole adventure golf layout was a good challenge and we'd visit again 

Check out the New York Thunderbowl website for more information, opening times and prices for all of the activities at the centre.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour


When our minigolfing adventures began in 2006 there were 600 miniature golf courses in the UK. We visited our 600th course at Goodrington Sands in Paignton, Devon. There are now well over a thousand places to play the game.

We've been to a total of 956 courses to date. In the last 14 years a number of new courses have come and gone, older courses have been updated or refurbished, while some layouts have been lost forever.

Our 900th course visit, including overseas venues, was at the North Bay Crazy Golf course in Scarborough in the summer of 2019.

We've been to 39 minigolf courses in eleven overseas countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and the USA.

Our stop off at the Thunderbowl was en route to visit family and friends in Suffolk. Something we haven't been able to do this year.

Last year we hit 82 courses. This year we've been to 46 courses, including revisits, with 15 of the layouts being new courses to us. During the coronavirus pandemic we've been able to visit eight courses, playing two of them.

We had been on schedule to reach our 1,000th course this year and had a very strong start to 2020, visiting 20 courses in the first 20 days of January!

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Friday, September 25, 2020

Treasure Island Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford

A look at the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course at Wonderland Telford in Telford Town Park in Shropshire.


Wonderland Telford

We had a look at the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course at the Wonderland Telford theme park in Telford Town Park earlier this month!

Crazy Golf at Wonderland Telford

We first visited the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour while en route to Oswestry on Friday 13th July 2012. It was the 500th course we'd been to and the 300th played!

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford

We really enjoyed our visit to Wonderland Telford and are looking forward to returning in the future.

Visit the Wonderland Telford website for more information.


Dinosaur at Wonderland Telford
Dinosaur at Wonderland Telford!

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

We've visited a total of 956 courses since our adventures began at Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Southsea on the 30th September 2006.

We've been to 46 courses in 2020, with 15 of those being new courses visited. We've swung by eight new courses in the time of coronavirus.

We've got 40 of the original 600 we set out to visit left and a lot of new courses to play at too!

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Monday, September 21, 2020

666

A look back at the 666th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

For the 666th blog post of the year here's a look at the 666th course we visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Bridlington.

Treasure Island Adventure Golf in Bridlington

The Treasure Island Adventure Golf course was the 384th played on our travels when we swung by on the 31st July 2015.

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Monday, August 17, 2020

Hastings Adventure Golf - social distancing in numbers

A look at the work of Hastings Adventure Golf in the time of Coronavirus.


The three miniature golf courses at Hastings Adventure Golf reopened with social distancing measures in place in June.

The team at the south coast seaside venue have put together an informative film showing the stats from the work they've been doing.


Check out the Hastings Adventure Golf website for more information.


Hole 4 of the Crazy Golf course at Hastings Adventure Golf
Hole 4 of the Crazy Golf course at Hastings Adventure Golf, one of my favourite courses

Tuesday, August 04, 2020

New minigolf course open in Hull

New pirate adventure golf course now open at East Park in Hull.


A new 9-hole pirate-themed crazy adventure golf course has opened at East Park in Hull.

A new 9-hole pirate-themed adventure golf course has opened at East Park in Hull

Visit the East Park Pirate Golf Facebook page for more information.

Minigolf courses in Hull

As well as the new crazy adventure golf course at East Park you can play miniature golf at the Pirate Adventure Golf course at One Stop Golf and at the Putt Club indoor crazy golf course at TeamSport.

A Lost City Adventure Golf venue is also being built at St Stephen's shopping centre.

Hull has been on our to visit list for a few years and we look forward to heading there and playing the minigolf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Captain Jack's Adventure Golf in Scarborough

New Adventure Golf course now open in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.


A new Adventure Golf course is now open in Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Captain Jack's Adventure Golf is now open next to the observation wheel in Scarborough's South Bay.

Visit Captain Jack's Adventure Golf website for more information.


The new Adventure Golf course is located where the Futurist Theatre once stood.

On our travels we see minigolf courses everywhere - even where there aren't any. Last June I took this photo of the empty plot of land and we thought it'd be an ideal location for a course.

Scarborough
Captain Jack's Adventure Golf course landed on this spot

Minigolf in Scarborough


Last summer we revisited Scarborough and had a brilliant long weekend playing minigolf on the seaside resort's courses.

The North Bay Crazy Golf course was the 900th course we've visited overall and the 861st in the British Isles.

Scarborough's two bays have got a lot of choice for fans of minigolf, with a nice mix of Crazy Golf, Putting Greens, Pitch & Putt and Adventure Golf.

We're looking forward to returning on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

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Monday, July 13, 2020

Jolly Rodger Crazy Golf at Wonderland Telford

A look back at our visit to the Treasure Island Adventure Golf course at Wonderland Telford.


Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford

We visited the 500th course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour while en route to Oswestry on Friday 13th July 2012.


Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford

It was memorable for a number of reasons. As well as being a landmark course visit we clearly remember how bad the weather was on that day. It was tipping it down! We were the only people brave (foolish) enough to play the course. It was also one of the most unique layouts we've played as each of the holes had a different playing surface. Some were concrete, others had felt, others were wooden and some were a mixture!

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford
Watering Hole was an incredibly appropriate name for this hole!

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford
The obstacle and shape of this hole reminded us of some Swedish Felt Mini Golf courses. Except it had metal rails and a concrete base!

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford
That's a huge obstacle in the way!

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford
Pitching my putt

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford
You wouldn't want to over hit your shot into the end of this hole 

The Treasure Island Adventure Golf course at Wonderland Telford became the 300th course we managed to play on our travels.

Emily won our minigolf match-up on the 9-hole course with a score of 29 to my round of 30.

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford
On board the wooden Pirate Ship hole

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford
Emily playing hole 1

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford
Quite the follow-through on my shot

We've now been to 949 courses since September 2006.

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford

Adventure Golf at Wonderland Telford
About to walk the plank

Check out the Wonderland Telford website for more information.


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Thursday, June 18, 2020

Social distancing at Hastings Adventure Golf

The three miniature golf courses at Hastings Adventure Golf have reopened with social distancing measures in place.


Visit the Hastings Adventure Golf website for more information.

We've played at Hastings Adventure Golf a lot over the years and look forward to having a few more rounds there in the future.

World Crazy Golf Championships at Hastings Adventure Golf
The World Crazy Golf Championships were due to take place at Hastings Adventure Golf earlier this month. This was me playing hole 2 in front of a crowd at the 2014 World Championships

The 18-hole Crazy Golf course at Hastings Adventure Golf in East Sussex turned 45 years old this year, having opened on Saturday 21st March 1975.

Crazy Golf at Hastings Adventure Golf
Hole 7 of the Crazy Golf course at Hastings Adventure Golf. One of my all-time favourite courses

Tuesday, June 02, 2020

Happy Mount Park in Morecambe is 93 years old

Happy 93rd birthday to Happy Mount Park in Morecambe, Lancashire.


Happy Mount Park in Morecambe

Happy Mount Park opened on this day in 1927.

The 16-hole Pirate Adventure Golf course there became the 891st course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour a year ago.

Adventure Golf at Happy Mount Park in Morecambe

Back in April 2012 the old Crazy Golf course on the same spot was the 455th visited. The Putting Course was the 456th.

Grass Putting course at Happy Mount Park in Morecambe

The park is also home to a miniature railway.

Miniature Railway at Happy Mount Park in Morecambe

Monday, June 01, 2020

Pirate Mini Golf at the centre:MK in Milton Keynes

Playing the pop-up Pirate Mini Golf course at the centre:MK. Six years ago today.


On Sunday 1st June 2014 we headed over to Milton Keynes to make the 560th course visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Pirate Adventure Golf at thecentre:MK in Milton Keynes

The 12-hole Pirate Mini Golf course became the 336th played since 2006.

The course was of the 'Eternit' type of Miniature Golf - with the addition of felt to the playing surface and a few non-standard hole types and obstacles.

The pirate-theming around the site was very well done and the striking blue of the felt on the course made a nice contrast with the green felt flooring surrounding it.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Minigolf in Cleethorpes

We were in Cleethorpes two years ago.


Time has flown by!


What a seaside.


There are five miniature golf courses there.

Miniature Golf courses in Cleethorpes
Clockwise from top left Terry's Traditional Crazy Golf (also home to a Putting Green), Oddball's Crazy Golf, Pirate Adventure Golf at the Fairworld Amusements and the Arnold Palmer Putting course 

We hope to return one day.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf at Stonham Barns

A look at the Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course at Stonham Barns.


Last April we revisited Stonham Barns in Suffolk to play the new Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course.

Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf at Stonham Barns Golf Park

In 2018 we'd called in to Stonham Barns Golf Park and seen the course under construction.


We've been to Stonham Barns a number of times before when visiting family in nearby Ipswich.


The old Crazy Golf course there was the 33rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in August 2007.

Playing the old Stonham Barns Crazy Golf course
Playing the old Stonham Barns Crazy Golf course in 2013


The new Smugglers Bay Adventure Golf course at Stonham Barns Golf Park became the 506th we've played and was the 815th visited overall.

Monday, January 27, 2020

Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf in Castleford

A look at Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf at the Junction 32 Outlet Shopping Centre in Castleford.


Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf in Castleford

Last weekend we visited the leisure, entertainment and shopping area at Junction 32 of the M62 in Castleford, West Yorkshire.


Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf in Castleford

You can find two 18-hole outdoor adventure golf courses at the Junction 32 Outlet Shopping Centre.


Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf in Castleford

Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf in Castleford

When we last visited Castleford in 2015 the courses were known as Pirate Island Adventure Golf.

Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf in Castleford

The courses were the 592nd and 593rd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 945 courses in total.

Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf in Castleford

You can find Mr Mulligans courses in Basildon, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Castleford, Cheltenham, Milton Keynes - outdoors and indoors, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sidcup, Stevenage, Tonbridge and Woking.

Visit the Mr Mulligan website for more information.

There are six courses in Castleford. They were among the 20 minigolf layouts we visited in the first 20 days of 2020.