\n The 12-hole golf course with a woodland theme will be constructed on the former pitch and putt site at Shibden Park, Halifax, under plans by Brighouse-based firm Ling Leisure.\n<\/p>\n
\n Work on creating the course is due to begin on October 6, with the construction phase taking up to four months.\n<\/p>\n
\n George and Kimberley Ling, of Ling Leisure, said in the company’s planning application to Calderdale Council that the former pitch and putt site was in need of a “much-needed refurbishment”.\n<\/p>\n
\n It said its proposals, which include\u00a0a cabin for refreshments, promise to “breathe new life into this part of the park”.\n<\/p>\n
\n The company added: “Adventure golf is a fantastic outdoor miniature golf course, where visitors can take part in a fun activity and complete the course with family and friends of all ages.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The design we are looking at has a woodland theme, comprises of 12 holes and is between 700 and 900 square metres in size.\n<\/p>\n
\n Another artist’s impression of the course(Image: Ling Leisure)\n<\/p>\n
\n “We feel the modernisation of the old pitch and putt golf site, which was once a popular attraction in itself, will bring a new much-needed family experience to Shibden Park, where customers young and old can enjoy the fun experience, which can be played from as young as five upwards.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The course, which is described to be “challenging but fun”, will consist of 12 holes and take around 30 to 40 minutes to complete.\n<\/p>\n
\n The woodland adventure theme will include model animals, toadstools and water features.\n<\/p>\n
\n There will also be picnic tables and overall the construction will use locally-sourced materials such as natural stone and timber.\n<\/p>\n
\n Shibden Hall is a listed building in Halifax which is surrounded by the Shibden Park estate.\n<\/p>\n
\n The hall itself dates back to 1420 and is now run as a museum by Calderdale Council.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was once home to the Lister family who lived there for more than 300 years.\n<\/p>\n
\n Anne Lister, whose story is told in popular TV series Gentleman Jack, inherited the hall after the death of her aunt in 1836.\n<\/p>\n
\n The park itself features a caf\u00e9, boating lake, miniature railway and children’s play area.\n<\/p>\n
\n The park and gardens were restored between 2007 and 2008 with around \u00a33.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund and \u00a31.2m from Calderdale Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 12-hole golf course with a woodland theme will be constructed on the former pitch and putt site…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-173531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}