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Splash Parks & Paddling Pools in Brighton

There's no splash park in Brighton itself, so this list takes you a little further along the coast and inland. Splashpoint Leisure Centre in Worthing is really a proper swimming pool with a diving pool too, and there's a fitness suite next door for the adults. Out at Haywards Heath, Victoria Park has a splash pad alongside a playground, skate park and football pitches, all a short walk from the station. Brooklands Park and Lake in Lancing is free to visit, built around a lake with a flat path right round it for buggies and wheelchairs. For free, outdoor and easy on the purse strings, Brooklands Park is the one to head for, especially with younger children who just want to run about after the water bit. Victoria Park suits an older mix who might fancy the skate park once they've had enough of the splash pad. Splashpoint is the pick if you want an actual swim rather than just paddling, and it's covered, so a grey day in Worthing doesn't have to spoil things.

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