{"id":282699,"date":"2025-07-22T14:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282699\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:23:12","slug":"new-brighton-family-attraction-opens-on-former-pitch-and-putt-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282699\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brighton family attraction opens on former pitch and putt course"},"content":{"rendered":"

The redevelopment of the unused six-acre site has stirred up nostalgia among local residents\"TheThe HYPE footgolf site has been developed on an unused six-acre site in New Brighton<\/p>\n

A new family friendly attraction will be opening in New Brighton, with a community Footgolf course launching to the public on Sunday, August 3. The attraction, which will be launched by youth organisation HYPE Merseyside, will offer free games every five minutes from 10am to 6pm on the opening date. The site will also offer free bike hire for people of all ages to enjoy.<\/p>\n

The redevelopment of the unused six-acre site has stirred up nostalgia among local residents, with many sharing their memories of the former pitch and putt course, which was a much-loved place for intergenerational family days out for decades before its closure.<\/p>\n

The sport requires no special skills and is a mix of football and golf, but instead of using a club and golf ball, participants kick a football into oversized holes in as few shots as possible.<\/p>\n

To take advantage of the hundreds of free game slots available, people simply have to register via the HYPE Footgolf website.<\/p>\n

Once open to the public, games will be priced at \u00a35 for children under 16 and \u00a310 for adults, at the Coastal Drive site.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe attraction will be launched by youth organisation HYPE Merseyside<\/p>\n

To register for your free game, simply complete the contact form on HYPE\u2019S Footgolf website and include the message \u201cFootgolf Opening Day 3rd August\u201d and the number in your party in the message, you will then receive confirmation of your time slot. To register for Footgolf on 3rd August visit this link<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free bike hire will continue to run every Sunday through the summer holidays for Hype Urban Bike members, who simply need to bring along ID to enjoy a two-hour ride.<\/p>\n

The footgolf course will be opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by the Mayor of Wirral<\/a>, Councillor Brian Kenny, with HYPE Merseyside\u2019s young people and volunteers, who have helped to transform the site.<\/p>\n

More than 152 volunteers from seven schools and three youth groups have supported the site\u2019s development since May 2024, as part of HYPE\u2019s social action projects.<\/p>\n

As part of the opening day celebrations, HYPE will also be providing free bike hire with, with bikes for all ages available, from balance bikes for children to adult bicycles.<\/p>\n

Further year-round activities planned for the site following its official opening will include repairs and adult group cycle sessions, alongside bike hire and footgolf, to encourage people to get outside and active, and will cater to people of all ages and abilities.<\/p>\n

The project has been supported by Wirral Council<\/a>, which has provided the land and vital assistance with the project, and the LCR Combined Authority which has funded a container for bike storage and bike maintenance sessions and adult bike rides that the community will be able to access.<\/p>\n

Matthew Houghton from HYPE Merseyside said: \u201cOur vision for this site was to take a neglected, empty space, reclaim it for public use. At HYPE we are passionate about bringing back green spaces to engage our children and young people in positive activities, it’s something we\u2019ve been doing since 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike many residents who have spoken to us during the project\u2019s development, I have happy memories of spending the holidays with friends and family down on the Chip and Putt course and we believe that our Footgolf course will bring that back to our waterfront, allowing families to make memories together, one kick at a time,<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only will this allow families and people of all ages and abilities to get active and improve their health through a fun activity, our bike hire, adult cycle sessions and maintenance workshops will help to get people cycling and learn valuable skills, supporting efforts to boost active travel across in Wirral and across the Liverpool City Region.<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of this would have been possible without the support of Wirral Borough Council, the LCR Combined Authority, or our amazing young people and volunteers who have worked so hard to make our vision a reality, and we are truly grateful for everything they have done.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just the first stage for our site. We are now looking forward to what is possible in the next five years, and we have ambitious plans to make Wirral Coastal Leisure Park a place for the people and for our region\u2019s health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to working with the local community, our young people and team, the council and combined authority to fulfil our vision to bring people together and provide access to healthy activities for all.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The redevelopment of the unused six-acre site has stirred up nostalgia among local residentsThe HYPE footgolf site has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[26695,2826,27121,2647,79,12319,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-282699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-family-and-kids","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-liverpool-family","11":"tag-new-brighton","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-things-to-do-kids","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114897342384396214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}