Cornwall has about ten crazy golf courses still worth your money in 2026. The most fun is Pirate’s Quest in Newquay. The best setting is Greens of Padstow, out over the Camel Estuary. The best value is Penwith Pitch and Putt near Hayle, at around £6 a round. And only three of them stay open through winter.
One big change since I first wrote this guide: Flambards at Helston has closed permanently, so its prehistoric-themed course is gone for good. More on that below, because a lot of lists still send people there.
Below you’ll find every course by town, what it costs, and — the bit nobody else bothers with — whether it’s actually open when you’re planning to go.
Quick Picks
- Best all-round day out: Pirate’s Quest, Newquay
- Best view: Greens of Padstow
- Best value: Penwith Pitch and Putt, St Erth (near Hayle)
- Best in the rain / in winter: Woodland Adventure Golf, Saltash
- Best with small kids: Mawgan Porth’s little course, right behind the beach
Time to tee off!
1. Pirate’s Quest Adventure Golf, Newquay
St Michael’s Road, Newquay TR7 1RA
Twelve holes of full-blown pirate theatre, and the most entertaining round in Cornwall by a distance.
Each area has its own motif — Blackbeard’s Tavern, the Smuggler’s Passage — built out of props, sound effects, statues and actual costumed actors. A lot of it draws on real Cornish smuggling history and local legend, so there’s something to read while the kids putt.
It’s indoors, which as my damp grey photo above suggests makes it a very good Cornwall activity on a rainy day.
The golf itself is easy — it’s designed so a six-year-old can finish a hole — so don’t come expecting a challenge. You’re paying for the set, not the difficulty.
There’s a spooky Davy Jones’s Locker section that genuinely startles people, and it can be skipped if you’ve got nervous little ones. The building’s age means there’s no easy wheelchair or pushchair access, though they’ll store a pushchair for you.
Worth knowing: it’s the dearest course on this list — expect north of £10 a head for an adult. Their own price page hasn’t been refreshed in a while, so check the current rate before you turn up. Outside the summer season (roughly June to the end of October) you need to pre-book — this catches people out constantly.
Plenty more to fill a day with in my full guide to Newquay.
2. Greens of Padstow Mini Golf, Padstow
North Quay, Padstow PL28 8AF
Eighteen holes threaded through a walled garden above the Camel Estuary, and comfortably the best-looking crazy golf in Cornwall.
The course is fairly traditional — obstacles, slopes, nothing gimmicky. What you’re really here for is the setting: sculptures dotted through specimen planting that changes across the year, and the estuary opening up behind it.
The restaurant at the top is genuinely good rather than a golf-course afterthought, with a proper wine list and patio seating looking back over the town.
Prices at the time of writing: £9.50 adult (16+), £7.50 child, £28 for a family of four. Check before you book. They close for a few days over Christmas and take a longer winter break in early January — worth checking their site if you’re planning an off-season round.
Pair it with a wander round the shops in Padstow, which are a short walk along the quay.
3. Woodland Adventure Golf, Saltash
China Fleet Country Club, Saltash PL12 6LJ
Eighteen holes on the grounds of the China Fleet Country Club, themed around an enchanted woodland — fairies, mystical creatures, a pulley bridge over a stream, and music and sound effects piped through the course.
The theming is more detailed than it needs to be, which I always take as a good sign. They also run seasonal versions at Halloween, Christmas and Easter.
There’s a Woodland Fairy Trail through the neighbouring woods if you want to stretch the visit out, and a fenced play park for smaller children.
This is the one to know about in winter. It’s open all year — roughly 10am–8pm April to September, 10am–6pm October to March — where most Cornish courses shut up for the season. The course is outdoors, mind, so dress for it. The Cabin Cafe only runs April to September.
Price at the time of writing: £9.00 for a non-member adult. Check before you go.
4. Holywell Bay Mini Golf, near Newquay
Holywell Bay Golf Club, Holywell Bay, Newquay TR8 5PW
Three courses on one site, which makes this the most flexible stop on the list if you’ve got a group who want different things.
There’s a 16-hole mini golf course for a lighthearted round, an 18-hole pitch and putt with a famous cliff-hanging final hole, and a full 18-hole course for anyone who actually plays. Everything looks out over the dunes and the bay.
Woody’s Bar and Restaurant on site does hot food and drinks with the same view.
The other year-round option. They open 364 days a year, 8am to 6pm, closing only on Christmas Day — which for a Cornish outdoor attraction is close to unheard of.
Prices at the time of writing: mini golf £8.00, 18-hole pitch and putt £12.85, Par 3 course £22.00 — their site listed these as correct from 1 January 2026. Check the current rates before you book.
If you’d rather play the real thing, I’ve rounded up Cornwall’s proper golf courses separately.
5. Penwith Pitch and Putt, St Erth (near Hayle)
Chenhalls Road, St Erth, Hayle TR27 6HJ
The best value round in Cornwall, and my pick if you just want to play rather than be entertained at.
Family-run for around forty years and set in roughly sixteen acres alongside the River Hayle, Penwith has an 18-hole crazy golf course, a 12-hole pitch and putt and a 9-hole football golf course. The crazy golf itself was built from scratch in 2015.
It’s wheelchair friendly with changing facilities on site, there’s a fenced play area for small children, and the Tee Time Tearoom does local cakes and proper coffee. It’s also dog friendly, which several of these aren’t.
Prices at the time of writing: the crazy golf is somewhere between £5.50 and £6 an adult — their own website lists both figures on the same page, so ring ahead if the difference matters to you. Pitch and putt is around £8, football golf around £7.
Open longer than most: seven days a week from Easter to the end of October, then Wednesday to Sunday through the winter, 10am–5pm. It’s about four miles from Penzance and the closest thing to crazy golf that end of the county.
6. Trenance Crazy Golf, Newquay
Trenance Leisure Park, Newquay TR7 2LZ
Eighteen astroturf holes tucked into the gardens at Trenance Leisure Park. No theming to speak of, but the setting does the work — you’re playing surrounded by some of the best-kept municipal gardens in Cornwall.
The golf is an hour at most, but the park around it is a full day — swings and slides, the miniature railway, Newquay Zoo, Waterworld, the boating lake and the rose garden. Cafe on site for when everyone’s had enough.
An important warning about looking this one up. The web address this course used for years, crazygolfnewquay.co.uk, is no longer controlled by the business — it now serves unrelated overseas gambling spam, while still showing the old golf listing in Google’s results. Don’t visit it and don’t trust anything on it. The course itself does still appear to be running, but for hours and prices go through the Trenance Leisure Park Facebook page or ring them instead. I’m not printing a price here because there isn’t a trustworthy current source for one.
Expect it to be seasonal — roughly April to September — rather than year-round.
7. Falmouth Pitch & Putt and Crazy Golf, Swanpool
Swanpool Road, Goldenbank, Falmouth TR11 5BH
People keep asking whether there’s crazy golf in Falmouth, and the answer is yes — just not where they’re looking.
The old course down on Gyllyngvase beach is long gone; that site is a garden now. What’s still going is the pitch and putt and crazy golf up on Swanpool Road, a couple of minutes from Swanpool, Gyllyngvase and Maenporth beaches.
It’s a nine-hole pitch and putt with a separate crazy golf area, a cafe, and absolutely no pretension about it — a course in a field that’s been there for decades and is all the better for it. Reviewers are consistent on two things: it’s cheap, and it’s unspoilt.
Worth knowing: there’s no website, just a Facebook page and a phone number, so nothing to book online. It runs most days in season, weather permitting, with last tee-off around 4.30pm. I’ve not found a reliable current price, so take cash and expect it to be modest.
8. Shipwreck Shores Adventure Golf, Camel Creek (near Wadebridge)
Camel Creek Family Adventure Park, Tredinnick, Wadebridge PL27 7RA
The newest course on this list, and one that didn’t exist when I first wrote this guide.
Shipwreck Shores is themed around the wreck of the fictional Sable Nightingale, and sits inside Camel Creek, off the A39 roughly between Wadebridge and Newquay.
Be clear about what you’re buying, though. The golf is included in general park admission rather than sold on its own, so you can’t rock up and play a cheap round — you’re paying for a full theme park day and the golf is one attraction among rides and animals. Great if that’s the plan, poor value if all you wanted was eighteen holes.
9. Bude Haven Recreation Ground, Bude
Bude EX23 8LA
A charitable trust site going since 1923, with a nine-hole crazy golf course themed on Bude landmarks — Barrel Rock, the old train station, the Bude Light — plus a newer, longer mini golf course.
It’s a genuinely charming way for kids to pick up a bit of local history without noticing they’re doing it.
Alongside the golf there’s tennis, squash, table tennis, a bowling green, a pool and a putting green, plus a cafe that everyone seems to rate for how friendly it is rather than what’s on the menu.
Worth knowing: it’s seasonal, broadly April to October. Their website moved to budehavenrec.com — the old .co.uk address redirects there. I’ve not printed a price because I couldn’t confirm a current one, but this is consistently the cheapest sort of round you’ll find.
10. Mawgan Porth’s Beach Course, Mawgan Porth
Mawgan Porth, near Newquay TR8
The smallest and most old-fashioned entry here, and I’ve a real soft spot for it.
There’s a little pitch and putt and crazy golf course sat in the middle of Mawgan Porth, just behind the beach, halfway between Newquay and Padstow. No brand, no website, no booking system — a village fixture that’s simply there, open in season, walk up and play.
If you’re staying nearby with young children and want twenty minutes of low-stakes fun between beach trips, this is exactly the thing. Don’t drive across the county for it.
The village’s own site keeps a list of what’s on locally if you want to check it’s running before you go.
Flambards Has Closed — Don’t Go Looking For It
This guide used to recommend the prehistoric-themed crazy golf at Flambards Theme Park in Helston. It’s gone.
Flambards closed permanently on 4 November 2024, with immediate effect, the owners citing rising costs and falling visitor numbers. Plenty of “things to do in Cornwall” lists still have it on them, so if you’re planning around a visit there — don’t.
The Clodgey Lane site isn’t empty, mind. Ferdi’s Indoor Play reopened there later that month and still runs — but it’s soft play, slides and a cafe. There’s no crazy golf. If you want a round near Helston, Penwith Pitch and Putt at St Erth is about half an hour away.
Two To Ring Ahead About
Both of these venues are open and trading. It’s specifically their crazy golf I can no longer confirm, because neither lists it on their current attractions page — so ring before you make the trip for it.
Kidzworld Cornwall, St Austell (Stadium Retail Park, Par Moor Road, PL25 3RP). One of the biggest indoor play centres in the county, and it used to have a 12-hole jungle-themed mini golf course. The current attractions list runs roller skating, trampolines, games zone, toddlers’ village, slides and the cannon arena — no golf. Their outdoor area was also closed for reconstruction into summer 2026. Still an excellent rainy-day option for kids either way; just don’t promise them the golf. More around town in my St Austell guide.
Cornwall Gold, near Redruth (Tolgus Mill, New Portreath Road, TR16 4HN). Eighteen acres in the old mining country with a nine-hole course historically on site. Their current family activities page lists gold panning, pottery painting, Bear Works, pick-a-diamond and the jewellery workshops — but not the golf. Entry is free and the gold panning is genuinely good fun, so it’s not a wasted trip regardless.
Towns Where There Isn’t Any Crazy Golf
Some honest answers, because these get searched constantly and most sites will happily invent something.
Is there crazy golf in Truro?
No. What comes up in searches is either an indoor golf simulator lounge, Truro Golf Club (a real members’ course), or the Whitehouse Inn — which isn’t in Truro at all, it’s out near Perranporth, and doesn’t advertise crazy golf any more. Your nearest genuine options are Perranporth’s putting green or the Falmouth course above.
Is there crazy golf in Looe?
Not really. Looe Bay Holiday Park has a mini golf court, but it’s for guests in practice rather than a public attraction, and reviews of its condition aren’t kind. Looe Bowls Club at Hannafore has two 18-hole grass putting greens that visitors can use, roughly April to October, 10.30am–4.30pm, no booking — which is a lovely way to spend an hour, but it’s putting, not crazy golf.
Is there crazy golf in St Ives or Perranporth?
Putting greens rather than crazy golf, in both cases — but good ones.
St Ives has the Porthminster Beach putting green, run by the Porthminster Beach Café, right on the sand looking across the bay to Godrevy lighthouse. The 19th hole now has a licensed bar attached, which tells you what sort of round it is.
Perranporth has a putting green beside the boating lake on Boscawen Road, run by a local charity. It’s proper old-fashioned seafront stuff. Fair warning from their own website: the geese occasionally make the green unplayable.
Crazy Golf in Cornwall: Your Questions
How much does crazy golf cost in Cornwall?
Roughly £6 to £12 an adult for a round, at the time of writing. Penwith Pitch and Putt near Hayle is the cheapest of the courses I can price with confidence at around £5.50–£6; Holywell Bay’s mini golf is £8; China Fleet’s Woodland Adventure Golf is £9; Greens of Padstow is £9.50; Pirate’s Quest in Newquay is the dearest, north of £10. Prices change — always check before you go.
Which crazy golf courses in Cornwall are open in winter?
Three, realistically. Woodland Adventure Golf at Saltash runs all year (10am–6pm October to March). Holywell Bay opens 364 days a year, closing only on Christmas Day. Penwith Pitch and Putt drops to Wednesday–Sunday through winter but stays open. Almost everything else on this list is seasonal, so check first — turning up at a shuttered course in February is a very Cornish disappointment. If you’re planning an off-season trip, my guide to Cornwall in winter has more that stays open.
What’s the best crazy golf in Cornwall?
Pirate’s Quest in Newquay, if you’re judging on the experience — nothing else in the county comes close for theming, and it’s indoors so the weather can’t ruin it. If you’d rather be outside with a view, Greens of Padstow. If you want the best round for the least money, Penwith Pitch and Putt.
Is crazy golf good for a rainy day in Cornwall?
Only if you pick an indoor one — and Pirate’s Quest is the only fully indoor crazy golf course on this list. Everything else is outdoors and will either be closed or miserable in proper Cornish rain. There are better wet-weather options in my guide to Cornwall in the rain, and plenty more in Cornwall for kids.
Do you need to book crazy golf in Cornwall?
Mostly no — walk up and play. The exception is Pirate’s Quest, which requires pre-booking outside the main summer season. Camel Creek needs a park ticket. Everywhere else on this list is turn-up-and-go, though in August you may queue.
Time for Crazy Golf in Cornwall!
Ten courses, five towns’ worth of honest “no, there isn’t one here”, and one theme park that sadly isn’t coming back.
Crazy golf is one of those things that’s far better than it has any right to be — an hour of mild family bickering over whether that counted as a shot, finished off with an ice cream. Cornwall does it well.
If you find one I’ve missed, or you turn up somewhere and it’s changed, tell me and I’ll get it updated. 🏌️
Introducing Eliot, the Editor here and Cornwall local with a wanderlust spirit and an insatiable appetite for adventure. With a passion for the great outdoors, he can often be found catching waves on his surfboard, scaling peaks on a hiking trail, or discovering hidden gems in his exploration of Cornwall.