Lightwater Valley Family Adventure Park

Reward your pupils by escaping to Lightwater Valley!

With over 40+ rides and attractions to exhilarate the mini thrill seekers, step aboard the Savanna Express for a journey through the African Wilderness, twist and turn on the Ladybird Rollercoaster or plunge into Splash Falls on a rubber dinghy. For gentler thrills there’s endless funfair tradition to enjoy, including our carousel, Lightwater Express Train and Alice’s Car Rode.

Enjoy all the favourites including the Eagle’s Claw, Flying Cutlass and the Sky Rider! There’s so much to choose from, it’s hard to know which ride and attraction to run to first.

Themed park Yorkshire
Themed attraction Yorkshire
Family adventure Yorkshire

Discovery woods – a truly interactive outdoor experience with lakeside woodland nature trail, mud kitchen, bug hotels, pond dipping and cloud gazing.

Age-appropriate activity packs which have been designed to incorporate curriculum linked outdoor learning and approved by local schools are available!

Hall of Mirrors – Wander through our Hall of Mirrors and erupt into fit of giggles as the mirrors stretch, squash and shrink your reflection!

Interactive Arcade and Virtual Reality – Test your skills and have fun on our fantastic arcade machines. Can you get your score to the top of the arcade leader boards? Will you win a prize from the grabbers? There’s a game for everyone!

Treetop Trails is now included within Lightwater Valleys admission!! Treetop Trails covers over 2,000 square metres of beautiful woodland at Lightwater Valley and is the biggest of its kind in the UK!  This exciting net walk-through experience gives you the opportunity to explore the woodland canopy high above the Park and have fun jumping through the giant springy nets suspended up to 12 metres from the ground

Practice your agility and get a head for heights as kids big and small build up their confidence to bounce along the springy nets. Completely surrounded by high net walls, you can play in the trees without a need for a harness.  Enjoy bouncy adventures as you crawl through tunnels and zip down slides!

Risk assessments and public liability insurance documents are available on the website.

Lightwater Valley also offers 2 free teacher preview tickets should you wish to carry out your own pre-trip inspection.

Lightwater Valley has a VAQAS (Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Scheme) accreditation from VisitEngland, the national tourist board.

Discovery woods – Children thrive outdoors and there is so much to see, do and learn in the brand-new Browns Woods Discovery trail. The trail is a woodland walk filled with interactive, hands-on learning. We encourage children to get messy and creative in our Mud Kitchen. Fish for creatures big and small whilst Pond Dipping our Swan Lake, compare your findings on our Pond ID sheet to see what’s living below the surface of the water! Keep your eyes peeled whilst you look for woodland animals and birds. The woods are home to all! From the minibeasts in our bug hotels, to the majestic birds you may find hiding in bird boxes!  We have a purpose built outdoor classroom and the trail has educational signage throughout ensuring that woods are full of excitement and discovery. Age-appropriate activity packs which have been designed to incorporate curriculum linked outdoor learning and approved by local schools are available.

We offer Key stage activity packs covering Foundation level, Key stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Included with our activity packs is all the equipment needed for the perfect day out.

Lightwater Valley can welcome groups of sizes – you can even hire the theme park exclusively for up to 5000 people!

Yes – there are no restrictions at Lightwater Valley.

Risk assessments and public liability insurance documents are available on the website.

Lightwater Valley also offers 2 free teacher preview tickets should you wish to carry out your own pre-trip inspection.

Booking Team

Lightwater Valley Office

hello@lightwatervalley.co.uk

School rates – £12.50pp 

1 free teacher place per every 5 x pupils
£1pp supplement for weekends or school holidays

First aid office and first aid responders available onsite.

Gift Shops, Catering Outlets, Undercover Picnic Areas, Outside Picnic Areas, Toilets, Changing Places Accredited room, Payer Room, Autism Friendly Quiet Space.

Wheelchair accessible around the park, disabled toilets, Changing Places Accredited Room, Autism Friendly Quiet Space, Rides Easy Access Guide to help with queueing, Free Carer Places.

The park is open from 10.30am – 4.00pm.

Lightwater Valley is open every weekend, and school holiday from April – October. With the following dates particularly great for school trips –

28th of June

4th & 5th of July

11th & 12th of July

15th, 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th of July

https://lightwatervalley.co.uk/