Tenpin Southport

Ocean Plaza is the block of leisure units on Marine Drive that most Southport visitors drive past on the way to the beach. Tenpin is in there with twenty lanes, lane lighting effects, an arcade on the way in, and pool and table tennis if the bowling finishes early. Doors open at 10am on weekdays, 9am at weekends, and it stays open until midnight.

Bowling is the rare activity where a three year old and a thirteen year old genuinely play the same game. Bumpers go up, the balls come in lighter weights, the scoring does the rest. Reckon on ten minutes a player, so a family of four is forty minutes a game. Book two if you want the afternoon covered. Games start at £7.95 booked online, a summer offer of two games for £10 has been running, and parties are £13.99 a child. Tuesdays are half price. Parking is free.

What it costs: Tenpin prices a game dynamically by day and time inside its online booking widget, so there is no single published game price: check the date you want before travelling. A summer deal of two games for £10 and a laser tag game plus junior meal for £9 were advertised when checked. Laser tag from £36 for 30 minutes. Bowling and laser tag parties £13.99 per child. Tenpin Tuesday takes 50 percent off bowling, and Friday Frenzy takes 20 percent off up to three games after 6pm.

Worth knowing: Bumpers and lighter balls make bowling workable from about three. Laser tag suits older children.

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