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.
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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 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.
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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 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.
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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.
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.
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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."
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