The best water parks in the UK to cool down during the heatwave
ANOTHER heatwave is set to hit the UK this week with temperatures as high as 37C.
WE’VE rounded up some of the best water parks – both indoor and outdoor – to cool down when it gets hot.
Splashdown Quaywest, Devon
The largest outdoor water park in the UK is Splashdown Quaywest in Devon, although there is a second Splashdown in Dorset.
It has eight water slides, ranging from ones suitable for under-5s to ‘severe’ scariness like the Devil’s Drop, the highest and fastest flume in the country.
Tickets start from £14.50 for two hour sessions.
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Sandcastle Waterpark, Blackpool
The largest indoor waterpark in the UK, Sandcastle Waterpark remains a tropical 84 degrees all year round.
Inside are 18 slides, including the longest indoor rollercoaster water slide in the world, the Master Blaster.
Guests can even rent VIP Tiki Cabins for the day.
Tickets range from £12 to £22 for the day.
Waterworld, Staffordshire
Located in Staffordshire, indoor water park Waterworld has a number of slides and rides as well as rapids, and a water assault course.
Four new slides opened in 2019, which includes the Thunderbolt, the first trap door water flume in the UK
Tickets start from £7.95.
Alton Towers Waterpark, Staffordshire
Alton Towers’ Waterpark is attached to the theme park, with entry included in ticket deals.
Located inside the Splash Landing Hotel, the 50,000sqft Caribbean lagoon has lazy rivers, the Masterblaster wet rollercoaster, as well as log flumes, slides and hot tubs.
Day passes are just £16.50 when booked online.
The LC Swansea, Wales
The biggest indoor waterpark in Wales, the LC Swansea features lazy rivers, a wave pool and slides.
Guests can also try surfing for the first time with a surf similar.
Adult tickets cost £8 for the day.
Alpamare, Scarborough
Alpamare, which opened in 2016, has everything from a wave pool to an outdoor infinity pool.
Also at the water park are four slides, including the double-tube Olympic Run.
Tickets start from £15 or kids and £19 for adults.
Blue Lagoon, Wales
Not to be confused with the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, the Welsh water park is part of the Bluestone National Park Resort.
It has everything you could want – wave pools, four water flumes and a huge indoor swimming pool.
When the weather is good, there are also outdoor spa pools and loungers.
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There are some exciting water parks opening in the UK soon as well.
A huge £250m indoor water park and spa Therme is coming to Manchester by 2025.
And a £200m water park has been approved to open in Oxfordshire, called Great Wolf Lodge – and will be the first of its kind outside of the US and Canada.