Marine Splash and Paddling Pool is an exciting new water play area and café, on the site of Fleetwood Leisure Centre.
Youngsters can enjoy the opportunity to splash through fountains, water jets and water tunnels. There’s a paddling area also included.
A new café also overlooks the splash pad offering an outside decked area whilst watching the little ones as they play. There are picnic areas and toilet facilities within the new development too.
The facility is open seasonally at weekends, from the beginning of May to September. Marine Splash is open 7 days a week from noon – 5pm (weather permitting) through school holidays.
The Old Fleetwood Paddling Pool
There’s now an inclusive children’s play area with equipment suitable for disabled children on the former site of the old paddling pool.
But just against the playground and seafront of Marine Beach, Fleetwood paddling pool once provided generations of fun for little ones.
The old Paddling Pool was nestled between the playground and the beach huts. You’d have found it just around the corner of the seafront path, walking south from the site where Fleetwood Pier once stood.
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Typical of many outdoor paddling pools, it was shallow and sloping from not much more than a dribble of water to a deeper centre. It must have been all of a few inches deep – perfect for little legs to get wet and splashy in hot summer weather!
The photo below shows Fleetwood paddling pool in its heyday with the Pier behind. Photo from collectors website delcampe.net
‘Save our Paddling Pool’
In June 2012 it was announced that the Paddling Pool wouldn’t be re-filled. This was to the huge disappointment of local people who used it every year.
Founder member of Fleetwood Community Trust, Jo Edwards French, brought it to the public’s attention. A few concerned people in Fleetwood banded together to fight for their paddling pool. Over 3000 people signed their petition.
The ‘Save our Paddling Pool’ group formed, raising funds and working with Wyre Council to make sure that the pool was filled during the summer seasons. Sadly, the paddling pool eventually closed, from the summer of 2015.
Moving on to Good News…
The new Marine Splash and paddling pool is part of the ‘Five for Fleetwood’ project. As a result of your feedback, it’s got a paddling pool area incorporated into it.
The site of the former paddling pool is now an excellent children’s playground. Open all year round, it’s inclusive with equipment for children of all abilities.
We went to take a look around in early 2021 –
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Good morning, I was just wondering if we need to book to use the outside area and the park?.. Many thanks
Not that I know of, although I guess it would depend what you are planning? If you want to plan a big event you’d need to contact Wyre Council
could i please ask do you need to book or just turn up and how much is this please, thank you
Will you need to book for this ? Or just turn up ?
I don’t know yet, YMCA will release details nearer the time.