{"id":418527,"date":"2026-02-10T19:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/418527\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T19:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:19:08","slug":"octoputts-crazy-golf-in-kings-lynn-to-close-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/418527\/","title":{"rendered":"Octoputts crazy golf in King&#8217;s Lynn to close this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Octoputts at the Hardwick Industrial Estate in King&#8217;s Lynn is permanently shutting on Sunday, February 22.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The venue was opened by Natalie and Andy Atkins in 2023 and boasts an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/23888675.octoputts-crazy-golf-street-food-opens-kings-lynn\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">18-hole course<\/a> with a range of nautical\u00a0glow-in-the-dark\u00a0obstacles.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But, in a statement over the weekend, they announced they would stop trading.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It is with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of Octoputts Indoor Glow Golf, with our final day of operation being Sunday, February 22,&#8221; the statement said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This has been an incredibly difficult decision for our team and for the family behind Oceanus Leisure and not one that has been made lightly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Rising costs such as business rates and insurance imposed by our government have made it difficult to continue sustainably.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;These pressures have intensified to the point where continuing is no longer viable and we have sadly been forced to bring us to a close.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The business stressed that Little Sharks soft play area would remain open, despite the closure of Octoputts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Octoputts at the Hardwick Industrial Estate in King&#8217;s Lynn is permanently shutting on Sunday, February 22. The venue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-418527","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\/418527","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=418527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}