Leaplish Waterside Park

Best for: families.

With panoramic views of the reservoir, this is the ideal base to recharge and refresh or take part in an action packed day of activities. Facilities are open to both day visitor and guests (staying in the luxury four and five star self-catering lodges or the 90 pitch caravan site for motor homes and touring caravans).

Come here to:

• Have coffee, lunch, an alcoholic beverage or an evening meal at the Boat Inn restaurant & bar.
• Go to the Kielder Water Birds of Prey Centre.
• Board the Osprey ferry (subject to pre-booking and timetable).
• Start a walk or bike ride along the Lakeside Way.
• Unwind in the sauna or swim in the heated indoor pool.
• Play minature golf or try out the children's play area.
• Visit the red squirrel hide.
• Shop for souvenirs.
• Hire pleasure boats (seasonal).

From April 2011 visitors to Kielder lodges will have access to professional training and tuition for a range of mainstream sporting activities to suit everyone as part of a ‘Go Active Break’. Go Active is ideal for those looking to get active, try out new sports and enjoy a healthier holiday.

New activities include archery and junior archery, fencing, table tennis, snorkelling, FUNdamentals (gymnastics for young children), sea scooters (underwater propellers to power around the pool), short mat bowls (indoor bowls for all the family), water walkerz (walk on water in the pool inside an inflatable ball), disc golf, skip-hop and pentangue.

What you said:

Visitors to the lodges and caravan site in June 2010 said...

"An excellent visit that exceeded expectations."

"Best thing was the friendly and helpful satff."

"A beautiful place - the circular path round the lake is great, especially the north shore."

"Overall an excellent place to stay and visit. We have had a fantastic holiday thank you.!

"Excellent value for money."

"Staff made us feel very welcome on arrival. Excellent, clean facilities that were better than expected giving good value for money."

"We have been delighted with Kielder. Everything either met or exceeded our expectations. We really enjoyed our time here thank you."

"A really enjoyable holiday for all of us. We were impressed with the upgrade of the lakeside path."

"Had an excellent break. Tired but very happy. Would have liked to have seen red squirrels (they must have been on their holidays this week." 

"Overall we enjoyed our stay and plan to return." 

"The staff were really friendly. We loved our stay and didn't want to leave."