{"id":49267,"date":"2026-08-12T07:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/49267\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T07:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:20:13","slug":"new-18-hole-adventure-golf-course-opens-near-swindon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/49267\/","title":{"rendered":"New 18-hole adventure golf course opens near Swindon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A new adventure golf course inspired by Wiltshire&#8217;s most famous landmarks has opened near Swindon and is already proving to be a huge success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Basset Down Adventure Golf, an 18-hole outdoor course located at Basset Down Complex, opened for the first time on Tuesday, August 4 following a \u00a3400,000 investment in the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Each hole takes players on a mini golfing journey through the county, with features inspired by Caen Hill Locks, Stonehenge, Savernake Forest, The Ridgeway, and the Marlborough Mound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Juliette Nutland, owner and director at Basset Down Complex, said: &#8220;We&#8217;re delighted to see the new mini golf course officially open and already being enjoyed by the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The launch day was a great success, with fantastic feedback from visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Suleman Baig from Sonder Sports pictured with Rosie Nutland, general manager of Bassett Down Adventure Gold (Image: Bassett Down Adventure Golf)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This exciting addition to our existing family-friendly activities further strengthens Basset Down Complex&#8217;s golf and leisure offering as we continue to establish ourselves as a leading leisure destination for Wiltshire and beyond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The course was designed and built by Greenspan, a leading UK specialist in mini golf design and construction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was financed by Sonder Sports, and will be operated in partnership with Basset Down Complex, which will manage the facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Suleman Baig from Sonder Sports said: &#8220;We are delighted with the partnership we have built with Juliette, Rosie, and the team at Basset Down Complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bassett Down Adventure Golf is now open just outside of Swindon (Image: Bassett Down Adventure Golf)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bassett Down Adventure Golf (Image: Bassett Down Adventure Golf)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Having worked so hard to turn our shared vision for the course into a reality, seeing so many playing the course and enjoying themselves makes it all worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We loved the potential of the location from the first day we visited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It&#8217;s the perfect setting, and we couldn&#8217;t have found better partners in the Nutland family to operate the facility and make it a real success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Basset Down Adventure Golf is part of a wider leisure complex featuring a 12-hole golf course which reopened in May, a Toptracer driving range, disc golf, footgolf, padel courts, and an award-winning restaurant and bar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The mini golf course is open daily from 9am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Recommended reading:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Heartwarming memorial for miniature railway&#039;s &#039;biggest fan&#039; following death;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk\/news\/26186485.heartwarming-memorial-miniature-railways-biggest-fan-following-death\/?ref=ial\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Heartwarming memorial for miniature railway&#8217;s &#8216;biggest fan&#8217; following death<\/a><br \/><a data-ylk=\"slk:Details as new museum opens its doors on edge of Swindon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk\/news\/25995948.details-new-museum-opens-doors-edge-swindon\/?ref=ial\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Details as new museum opens its doors on edge of Swindon<\/a><br \/><a data-ylk=\"slk:What does future hold for Wyvern Theatre after \u00a345m venue announcement?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk\/news\/25959325.future-hold-wyvern-theatre-45m-venue-announcement\/?ref=ial\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">What does future hold for Wyvern Theatre after \u00a345m venue announcement?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tickets are priced at \u00a310 for adults and \u00a38 for under 18s and concessions, with a family ticket available for \u00a330.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Concessions include students, Blue Light Card holders, military personnel, and Blue Badge holders with valid photo ID.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Visitors can book online or simply walk up and play at Hay Lane, just outside of Swindon, with group bookings and exclusive hire options also available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new adventure golf course inspired by Wiltshire&#8217;s most famous landmarks has opened near Swindon and is already&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19200,44,747,19201,19202,19203,10432],"class_list":["post-49267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-adventure-golf","tag-golf","tag-golf-course","tag-juliette-nutland","tag-sonder-sports","tag-suleman-baig","tag-swindon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}