Blackpool Pleasure Beach
The big one. Nickelodeon Land covers the primary ages properly while the Big One and the wooden coasters wait for brave older kids. August queues are real; go in expecting them and it is a great day.
Sandcastle Waterpark
Blackpool, Lancashire
The UK's biggest indoor waterpark, kept at greenhouse temperature all year: toddler lagoons and mini slides at one end, serious flumes and a wave pool at the other. When Blackpool weather does its worst, this is the answer.
It sells out in the holidays - book ahead. The biggest slides live in a paid add-on zone; deciding at booking is cheaper than deciding at the till, and skipping it entirely still leaves plenty of park.
Know before you go
- Some of the biggest slides are a paid add-on zone - decide at booking, it costs less than at the till.
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The word this month
What people are actually posting about this place. Checked 30 July; videos play from the creator’s own account.
@_melsxaudios We had such a fun time at this incredible waterpark.
@sandcastlewaterpark You know where to find us - Sandcastle Waterpark, South Beach Promenade, Blackpool.
Also in Blackpool
Blackpool Tower
The Tower Eye's glass floor 380 feet up, a proper circus that still knows how to play to kids, and the famous ballroom below for a fancy ice cream. Buy the attractions you want rather than the bundle you will not use.
Blackpool Zoo
Elephants, gorillas, giraffes and sea lions in 37 acres that are actually walkable with primary-age legs - big enough to feel like a full day, small enough that nobody ends up carried.
Sea Life Blackpool
A solid seafront aquarium with an ocean tunnel and rockpool sessions - the reliable wet-weather hour when the beach plan falls apart.
Stanley Park
Blackpool's grand free option: Italian gardens, a big boating lake, one of the best playgrounds on the coast and model boats on the lake. The antidote to a wristband day.
Blackpool Model Village & Gardens
A miniature world of tiny houses, castles and villages set in an acre of gardens next to Stanley Park. Gentle, old-fashioned and quietly magic for the under-9s.