Peterborough Minigolf

Playing the new Mini Golf course at Dobbies Garden Centre in Peterborough.

We had some lovely weather to play the brand new course in Peterborough

On Friday 31st July we were able to play the brand new 12-hole Peterborough Minigolf course at Dobbies Garden Centre. We'd been looking forward to playing the course since we heard about its construction back in June. We hadn't originally planned to be travelling north using the A1M, but the adverse traffic conditions on the M1 meant we had the opportunity to swing by and give the layout a play.

Emily tackling the 4th hole

The course became the 382nd played and 662nd visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

On the long 5th

When we arrived we saw fellow pro minigolfer Dave Gomm and his wife and opponent Liz Gomm finishing up a round. Dave joined us on our round. always nice to catch up with the pair

Playing hole 7

    

Playing the lucky last hole

Unfortunately we didn't win a free game

In our match-up Emily beat me by one shot, with a score of 29 to 30. Neither of us won a free game on the lucky last hole, but I did get a hole-in-one on the 6th hole.

Emily on the 8th

The Peterborough Minigolf team worked with course designers and builders UrbanCrazy to create the course and they've done a fine job. We've played a lot of UrbanCrazy's courses on our tour and always enjoyed the look and playability of them.

Hole 1

Dave Gomm on hole 1

Hole 2

The Dobbies logo forms hole 3 - it's a tricky hole too

Hole 4

Hole 5

The green on hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 9

Hole 10

Hole 11

Hole 11's main obstacle

The tricky green and water hazard on hole 11

Hole 12

Hole 12

Lucky hole 13

As a big fan of mini golf merchandise I had to snap up one of the Peterborough Minigolf t-shirts (£8) while I was there.

The Peterborough Minigolf t-shirt - it's also available in pink and white versions. The course are selling mugs in the merch range too, but the prices weren't available on our visit

The Peterborough Minigolf course scorecard is nicely done. There's a loyalty card to earn a free game after seven visits too. Hopefully we can win a free game on the 13th hole one day and add that card to our collection as well

Check out the Peterborough Minigolf website for more information, prices and opening times. We're looking forward to returning for some more games in the future.

The course gets a thumbs up

Links:
- Peterborough Minigolf website
- Peterborough Minigolf on Facebook
- Peterborough Minigolf on Twitter
- UrbanCrazy website
- Dobbies Garden Centre, Peterborough
- The UrbanCrazy World Of Miniature Golf

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Peterborough
- UrbanCrazy
- New Minigolf course opening in Peterborough
- Merchandise

Videos
- Peterborough Minigolf at Dobbies Garden Centre 1 of 2
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Adventure Golf in Littlehampton's Norfolk Gardens

A revisit to the miniature golf courses in Littlehampton.

While in West Sussex for the Splash Point Open minigolf tournament at the course in Worthing we stayed over in East Preston so that we could revisit nearby Littlehampton.

The course has some nice views of the sea too

I first visited the seaside resort in 2012 when I found all of the courses to be closed, while on a revisit in 2014 we managed to play Pit-Pat at Western Putting on Banjo Road and the Sharksville Adventure Golf course at Harbour Park.

At Sharksville

Pit-Pat Crazy Snooker - what a game!

On Saturday 25th July we managed to play the Adventure Golf course at Norfolk Gardens. The holes there are MASSIVE!

Look how loooooooong the first hole is!

In our match-up we drew with scores of 29.

Emily on the very crazy second hole

The course became the 381st played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and we've now visited 661 in total. Check out the photos below to see some of the interesting holes.

 

A little bit of clever editing

Looking back through our tour records I noticed that the Littlehampton course is very similar in design and build to the Adventure Golf course in Scarborough - 55th course we played.

A view of the Adventure Golf course in Scarborough - it's very similar to the one in Littlehampton

Hopefully on our next visit we'll have more time, and better weather, so we can get to play the Swedish Felt Crazy Golf and grass Putting courses there.

The Putting Green at the Western Putting site

We noticed that the Swedish Felt Mini Golf course at Western Putting has some new felt. Note the Pit-Pat course standing in the middle of the Crazy Golf layout

There's also a Pitch & Putt course at Norfolk Gardens. And a Miniature Railway!

The train arrived while we were playing our round

Hopefully we'll have time for a go on the train next time we're in town

Many of the minigolf courses and leisure facilities in Littlehampton (and nearby Bognor Regis) are operated by Inspire Leisure. We've always found them in good condition and received very good service. Check out the Inspire Leisure website for more info.

Norfolk Gardens is also home to the Putting Green Café

Links:
- Inspire Leisure
- Harbour Park

Related blog posts:
- A Stack of Minigolf Courses Visited in Littlehampton, but None Played!
- Littlehampton
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

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