Giddy Kippers
Soft play on Lomeshaye with a three-storey frame, a separate under-3s area, an enclosed football zone and Kipper's Cafe. Children are £6 on weekdays and £7 at weekends and in the holidays, and adults pay £1 or £2.
Pendle Wavelengths
- Cost
- Junior swim £4.20, family of four £20.50
- Ages
- 1 to 14
- Where
- Pendle, Lancashire
- Weather
- Works in the rain
- Booking
- Check the timetable, book online or on the app
Wavelengths is the pool under the pyramid roof on Leeds Road, and it has been Pendle's fun swim for decades. The two famous bits are the wave machine and a slide over 130ft long that twists down into a plunge pool. When the Jaws music plays, the waves are about to start. Since 2025 there has also been an interactive waterplay feature in a beach-style shallow end, which is where the toddlers end up.
It is cheap. A junior swim is £4.20, an adult £6.85, and a family of four £20.50. The inflatable sessions cost an extra £2.50 a head, and children 7 and under need an adult in the water alongside the inflatable. The supervision rules are strict: one adult to each under-4, and no more than two 4 to 7 year olds per adult.
The Beachside Diner does breakfasts, lunches and snacks, which saves the post-swim meltdown on the drive home. Session times sit on a timetable that loads on the website and in the Pendle Leisure app, so look before you go rather than turning up on a lane-swim slot. Non-swimming grandparents can watch from the side for £2.20. Older children who have outgrown the slide can try the Junior Gym, which is for 8 to 15 year olds.
What it costs: Swim: adult £6.85, junior £4.20, family of four £20.50. Inflatable sessions are an extra £2.50 a person. Spectators £2.20.
Know before you go
- Under-4s need one adult each in the water, and 4 to 7s a maximum of two per adult (adults 16 or over). Count your grown-ups before you go.
- Waves and inflatables run at set times on the timetable, which loads on the website and the Pendle Leisure app. Check it before you set off.
Worth knowing: Under-4s need one adult each in the water.
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