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Scottish Sun
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
UK's best and biggest inflatable water parks to beat the heatwave as a family
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) YOU can beat the heat and have an incredible time at these inflatable waterparks around the UK. With slides, inflatable blast bags, family-friendly obstacle courses and the huge free fall slides from just £20 entry too. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 8 Cliff Lakes has the biggest obstacle course in the UK Credit: Cliff Lakes 8 The Staffordshire Aqua Park has huge slides and sessions are 80-minute Credit: Thorpe Lakes Cliff Lakes Aqualand, Staffordshire Go big or go home at Cliff Lakes Aqualand in Staffordshire, which is the biggest aqua park in the UK. Across the lake are six separate courses with various challenges such as climbing walls, tunnels, trampolines, and high ropes. The general admission price is £24 per person for an 80-minute session. The price includes a shortie wetsuit (3mm or 5mm) and a buoyancy aid. One happy visitor wrote on Tripadvisor: "Great day out! So much fun with all the different courses, quite a workout but so worth it. "Would recommend to anyone, best time to go is in summer as you do jump into the lake." Aqua Park Group, Rutland Water Aqua Park Group has three sites across the UK and features the largest collection of bespoke, high-impact water obstacles. The biggest inflatable is at its water park in Rutland Water and it's called the Rutland Mammoth. The giant slide has a 5.5 metre free-fall drop - and is the tallest of its kind in the UK. Across the waterpark is also Tornado Tower, a 3.5 metre inflatable that you can jump off into the lake water below. TUI resort next door to giant waterpark 8 Rutland Mammoth is the UK's tallest inflatable water slide Credit: Aqua Parks Rutland 8 Blast Bags are popular at Aqua Action in Essex Credit: Aqua Action There are blast bags, slides, trampolines and inflatable climbing frames. Visitors must book online before going to Rutland Water and a one hour session costs £21, or, you can book two hours for £31. Other Aqua Parks across the UK include Aqua Park Lakeside and Cosmeston Lake. Aqua Action, Essex Aqua Action is a floating aqua park in Ilford, Essex which you can get to via the Elizabeth Line which goes between Shenfield and London Paddington. It's open until September 28, 2025 and on the lake is a 3.5 metre climbing tower and the two metre high balance beam. There's the highly anticipated and hilarious blast bag, the jumping platforms, and thrilling drop slides and entry is £20 for a one hour session. For the younger ones aged one to eight, there's a puddle park too called Aqua Tots. Kids can jump on the giant turtle, hop on the inflatable swans, and have a good old splash about. Entry to Aqua Tots for children cost £12 and an extra £2 for their accompanying adult. 8 Thorpe Lake Aqua Park is set across a 150 acre lake Credit: Instagram Thorpe Lakes, Surrey Thorpe Lakes is known as London's Ultimate Watersports Resort, and is set across 150 acres of lakes - and it has a huge inflatable too. It has wobbly balance beams, towering slides, bouncy trampolines, and climbing walls. The only downside to this inflatable waterpark is that it's only open on weekends. Entry cost £20 for 55 minutes of fun, and you get a life jacket included with the option to hire a wetsuit. At Thorpe Lakes, you can also try wakeboarding and water-skiing, with options for lessons for beginners. WHAT IS A HEATWAVE? Since 1960, UK temperatures in June have surpassed 34C in only three years, with the hottest being 35.6C, recorded on June 28 1976. A heatwave in the UK is met when a location records a period of at least three consecutive days, with temperature values meeting or exceeding the heatwave temperature thresholds. Across the north and west of the UK this is 25C, and across Greater London and the Home Counties, 28C. 8 The Bewl Water course is in Tunbridge Wells Credit: Aqua Parks Bewlwater 8 There's an inflatable course as well as pedalo hire Credit: Aqua Parks Bewlwater Bewl Water Aqua Park, Tunbridge Wells Bewl Water Aqua Park just outside Tunbridge Wells has an enormous Witbit inflatable. It has a floating obstacle course with room for jumping, sliding and balancing. Individual tickets cost £25 each for children (between 6-12 years old), teenagers and adults - for 50 minutes. Also on the lake are pedalos for hire, paddleboarding and canoeing are also options. One visitor wrote on Tripadvisor: "The Aqua Park was AMAZING! The kids loved it and my partner loved it even more. Swimming in the reservoir was just lovely, it was warm and the cool water was so refreshing." Here are the lidos in the UK mapped – with water slides, cocktail bars and some are even FREE to enter. Three of the UK's biggest indoor waterparks with tropical climates and heated infinity pools.
The Irish Sun
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
UK's best and biggest inflatable water parks to beat the heatwave as a family
YOU can beat the heat and have an incredible time at these inflatable waterparks around the UK. With slides, inflatable blast bags, family-friendly obstacle courses and the huge free fall slides from just £20 entry too. 8 Cliff Lakes has the biggest obstacle course in the UK Credit: Cliff Lakes 8 The Staffordshire Aqua Park has huge slides and sessions are 80-minute Credit: Thorpe Lakes Cliff Lakes Aqualand, Staffordshire Go big or go home at Across the lake are six separate courses with various challenges such as climbing walls, tunnels, trampolines, and high ropes. The general admission price is £24 per person for an 80-minute session. The price includes a shortie wetsuit (3mm or 5mm) and a buoyancy aid. Read More on Waterparks One happy visitor wrote on "Would recommend to anyone, best time to go is in summer as you do jump into the lake." Aqua Park Group, Rutland Water features the largest collection of bespoke, high-impact water obstacles. The biggest inflatable is at its water park in Most read in Family The giant slide has a 5.5 metre free-fall drop - and is the tallest of its kind in the UK. Across the waterpark is also Tornado Tower, a 3.5 metre inflatable that you can jump off into the lake water below. TUI resort next door to giant waterpark 8 Rutland Mammoth is the UK's tallest inflatable water slide Credit: Aqua Parks Rutland 8 Blast Bags are popular at Aqua Action in Essex Credit: Aqua Action There are blast bags, slides, trampolines and inflatable climbing frames. Visitors must book online before going to Rutland Water and a one hour session costs £21, or, you can book two hours for £31. Other Aqua Parks across the UK include Aqua Park Lakeside and Cosmeston Lake. Aqua Action, Essex It's open until September 28, 2025 and on the lake is a 3.5 metre climbing tower and the two metre high balance beam. There's the highly anticipated and hilarious blast bag, the jumping platforms, and thrilling drop slides and entry is £20 for a one hour session. For the younger ones aged one to eight, there's a puddle park too called Aqua Tots. Kids can jump on the giant turtle, hop on the inflatable swans, and have a good old splash about. Entry to Aqua Tots for children cost £12 and an extra £2 for their accompanying adult. 8 Thorpe Lake Aqua Park is set across a 150 acre lake Credit: Instagram Thorpe Lakes, Surrey It has wobbly balance beams, towering slides, bouncy trampolines, and climbing walls. The only downside to this inflatable Entry cost £20 for 55 minutes of fun, and you get a life jacket included with the option to hire a wetsuit. At Thorpe Lakes, you can also try and with options for lessons for beginners. WHAT IS A HEATWAVE? Since 1960, UK temperatures in June have surpassed 34C in only three years, with the hottest being 35.6C, recorded on June 28 1976. A heatwave in the UK is met when a location records a period of at least three consecutive days, with temperature values meeting or exceeding the heatwave temperature thresholds. Across the north and west of the UK this is 25C, and across Greater London and the Home Counties, 28C. 8 The Bewl Water course is in Tunbridge Wells Credit: Aqua Parks Bewlwater 8 There's an inflatable course as well as pedalo hire Credit: Aqua Parks Bewlwater Bewl Water Aqua Park, Tunbridge Wells It has a floating obstacle course with room for jumping, sliding and balancing. Individual tickets cost £25 each for children (between 6-12 years old), teenagers and adults - for 50 minutes. Also on the lake are pedalos for hire, paddleboarding and canoeing are also options. One visitor wrote on Here are the lidos in the UK mapped – with water slides, cocktail bars and some are even FREE to enter. Three of the 8 These are UK's best Aqua Parks Credit: Aqua Action
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Aqua-Tots Swim School promotes water safety education in May
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Aqua-Tots Swim School is making sure families are prepared during Water Safety Month. This week the school invited swimmers to swim fully clothed from shirts to shoes. The purpose is to prepare them to feel the difference and keep from panicking if they were to accidentally end up submerged in water in their clothes. Aquatic manager Linda Markert said this new concept has been a blast. 'Instructors are having fun. Kids are having fun. I personally have been having a lot of fun. It's something new and this is one of the only places I've seen that's been able to offer something like this at this kind of scale,' she said. 'So I'm really excited that we're able to offer this for the community. It's something new for them to experience, and it really is making an impact by helping kids become safer.' She said it's good for families to practice the ABC's of swimming. Be sure to have adult supervision, place barriers to open water, such draining tubs and enroll in classes. Aqua-Tots is currently offering water watcher bracelets so families can identify a designated adult at functions to supervise water activities. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Everybody's Got a Story: Dive-In Arcade
PEORIA, Ill (WMBD) — Behind a 'secret entrance' is a three-for-one special over on North Orange Prairie Road in Peoria. 'We were excited about providing a destination for families to come. You can do your swim lessons, you can get pizza and then hop over for some fun at the arcade,' co-owner of 'Dive-In Arcade' Alison Unkovich said. Unkovich and her husband Matt opened Aqua Tots last year and with Brienzo's joining the business strip, opening the 'Dive-In Arcade' adds another piece to the entertainment puzzle. 'It is fun for all ages. Teenagers, young kiddos, parents, grandparents. It just really provides an atmosphere where you can come and have a good time with your family,' Unkovich said. Of course, while I was at the arcade, I had to play some of the games! My Skee ball skills, not the greatest. My basketball skills though, still pure! There's an arcade game for everyone. 'We wanted to provide a nice mix of games. There are some popular Jurassic Park games, the racing games or there's a surf game for the kiddos, but also some fun games where you can win prizes,' Unkovich said. We wanted to make sure to include Papa shot basketball challenges that you can do with a buddy or a parent or a sibling.' The reward of winning big on the games means there are some excellent prizes to choose from. All of it culminates in a great time for the community. 'It's been fun to come in here with my own kids and some fun together and compete with each other. It's just been nice way to spend time together as a family and then to see other families in the community enjoying that and making memories together,' Unkovich said. The 'Dive-In Arcade' has some exciting promotions coming up. You can find them here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
