Blackpool Sandcastle

Sandcastle Water Park bills itself as the UK's largest water park. It is on Blackpool's promenade right next to South Pier and those familiar with the climate in the North of England will be glad to know that the attraction is indoors. The kids were desperate to visit this park after we read about it online before visiting Blackpool so we headed there on a wet day. I was shocked at the admission charges, an adult pays £14.20 for admission to the pool and to ride all of the chutes with a child ticket costing £11.85. You are free to stay in the waterpark all day once you have paid but I would also have liked to have the option of paying less for a two hour ...  Read the complete review

***THE SANDCASTLE - GREAT FUN ON A RAINY DAY!*** ***The Sandcastle Water World Blackpool*** I have just returned from a mini holiday to Blackpool and one of the days was spent in The Sandcastle Water World. We had a great time and I thought I would give a few hints and tips as to what to expect. ***Admission*** You can either pay on the door, but you do get a 10% discount if you plan ahead and book more than 24 hours ahead. I checked the weather forecast and planned to go on of the days which looked rainy and generally dreary. Booking ahead is definitely to be recommended - we arrived around 11.30am and the queue was ...  Read the complete review

Not one for going to theme parks and other such attractions on bank holidays or other busy time I chose to take my three to the sandcastle on a Sunday in February so I can't comment what it would be like on a busy day but can definately recommend it in general. I booked in the morning before we left on the internet and recieved a 10% on-line discount and also this means you go in through a separate interest so if there had have been any queue's (which there wasn't) we wouldn't have had to wait. There are two lots of prices depending on how adventurous you are the lower price does not include the hyperzone (basically the bigger faster slides) and if you don't like these ...  Read the complete review

On your visit to Blackpool, at the end of the Golden Mile, opposite the Pleasure Beach and on the seafront you may notice a peculiar pyramid building. Half is given over to the Grosvenor Casino, and the other half is The Sandcastle Water World. Apparently the Sandcastle used to have parking next to it, it appears however that this has been appropriated by the Grosvenor Casino with warning signs of dire consequences if you do try to park there. There is plenty of public parking around though. I had actually heard about this after doing a bit of research about tourist attractions in Blackpool. It promised to be one of Europe's largest undercover water ...  Read the complete review

THIS IS A SERIOUS WARNING TO ALL PARENTS OF TODDLERS VISITING BLACKPOOL SANDCASTLE FOR THE ILLUMINATIONS SEASON. In the Sandcastle at blackpool is a childrens play area by the cafe. Now though you only get 45 minutes for £1.50, that's not my gripe. There is one entrance/exit in the play area yet it is in my opinion unsupervised. You pay at the cafe and your child is given a couloured smock to put on. I think the Sandcastle's idea is that parents sit in the cafe and supervise their kids themselves for 45 + mins, going to the cafe to buy food, snacks, drinks etc. It would be easy to put an attendant on the entrance to ensure that kids didn't leave unless ...  Read the complete review