Dinosaur Mini Golf in Sidcup: 36 Holes at Mulligans

Mulligans Sidcup is an outdoor crazy golf venue on the A20 Sidcup Bypass, postcode BR7 6RP, with two full 18-hole courses built around dinosaurs, waterfalls and lakes. It is open every day from 9am to 10pm, a single round starts from £8.25 per person, and playing both courses back to back starts from £10.75. If you are searching for mini golf near me in south-east London and want something bigger than a pub basement, this is the one with 36 holes and a velociraptor.

The two courses are named Jurassic Explorers and Dino Adventurers, and they are different enough that playing both is not repetitive. Jurassic Explorers sends you across waterfalls, bumpy plains and past dinosaurs standing in the open. Dino Adventurers is the denser one, with what Mulligans calls Jurassic canopies, long lost lands and rough terrain, plus a challenge to spot the velociraptor hiding along the way. Each course has 18 holes and the venue lists 60 minutes per round.

In practice, Mulligans recommends allowing 60 to 75 minutes to finish 18 holes, so a double round is closer to two and a half hours once you add a drink between courses. The holes use real water features rather than painted blue concrete, which means a ball that goes over the edge is genuinely in the pond. Bring a towel in the car if you are playing with children who will try to fish it out.

The official price for either single course is from £8.25 per person, and the 36-hole Play Both ticket is from £10.75 per person. Mulligans does not publish separate adult, child or family tiers on its Sidcup page, so the starting price is the number to plan around. Bookings are taken in groups of up to six per tee time. Larger parties simply book several tee times one after another, which keeps a birthday group moving together without blocking the course.

There are two standing discounts worth knowing. Under-16 tickets cost £5 between 3pm and 6pm, Monday to Friday, but that offer does not run during school holidays, so October half-term is excluded. Blue Light, NHS and armed forces workers get 10 percent off an activity with the code 999 at checkout. For office groups, the Christmas party packages start from £14.50 per person and combine golf with food.

Mulligans recommends booking online, especially for weekend afternoons, but it does accept walk-ins. The venue is completely cashless, so bring a card or phone wallet for golf, food and drinks. Outside food is not allowed on site, which matters for families used to packing sandwiches for a park course. The minimum recommended age for crazy golf is three, and anyone under 16 has to be accompanied by an adult for the whole visit.

The rule that changes the evening plan is the cut-off for younger players. Mulligans becomes an 18+ venue after 8:45pm, so family groups should take a tee time no later than early evening to finish before then. After that point the course turns into an adult night out with the bar open until 10pm. One accessibility note from the official FAQ: the Jurassic Explorer course is not DDA accessible, so wheelchair users should book Dino Adventurers.

The on-site café is not an afterthought, because you cannot bring your own food in. The menu runs from wraps and baguettes to wings, burgers and dirty fries, with hot drinks, beer and slushies at the counter. A sensible order for a double round is to play Jurassic Explorers first, stop for a burger and a hot drink while the light is still good, and then take Dino Adventurers as the second course.

Skip the slushie on a cold October evening and go for tea or coffee instead. The course is fully outdoors, there is little cover between holes, and the temperature drops quickly once the sun is down. If you are planning a weekday afternoon visit with teenagers on the £5 offer, the café is also the place to wait out a passing shower rather than standing on wet turf.

The quietest window is a weekday morning soon after the 9am opening, when the courses are mostly empty and the light is soft. Weekday afternoons from 3pm fill up with school groups using the under-16 deal, and Saturday and Sunday afternoons are the busiest slots of the week. If the next free tee time online is more than an hour away, book it, then use the time for the café instead of waiting at the first hole.

Rain is the main thing that spoils a visit, and Mulligans is fully exposed. On a wet day, check the forecast for a dry two-hour window and book into it. Because the venue opens until 10pm every day, an adults-only round after 8:45pm is often easier to get than a Saturday afternoon slot, and the courses look better under lights than in flat grey daylight.

The BR7 postcode puts Mulligans on the Chislehurst side of the bypass, and the village is a short drive or bus ride away. Chislehurst Caves, on Caveside Close off Old Hill, runs guided lamp-lit tours through miles of chalk tunnels that were used as an air-raid shelter in the Second World War. It pairs well with a golf morning if the forecast turns, because the tour is underground and dry.

For a pub lunch, the Queen's Head at 2 High Street, Chislehurst, sits beside the village ponds and is one of the oldest buildings in the village, with a Georgian central section and an older northern end. Scadbury Park Nature Reserve, entered from Old Perry Street, is the green option, with woodland paths and the remains of a moated manor that make a quiet walk after a loud round of crazy golf.

Mulligans Sidcup is at A20 Sidcup Bypass, London BR7 6RP, in the London Borough of Bexley. Opening hours are Monday to Sunday 9am to 10pm, with the venue switching to 18+ after 8:45pm. The official site credits Adventure Leisure Ltd as the operator. The venue is cashless and does not allow outside food.

Single courses start from £8.25 per person and the 36-hole Play Both ticket starts from £10.75. Under-16 tickets are £5 from 3pm to 6pm on weekdays outside school holidays. Up to six players can share one tee time, and a round takes 60 to 75 minutes. Book online for weekends, wear shoes that can handle wet turf, and choose Dino Adventurers if anyone in your group uses a wheelchair.