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Splash Parks & Paddling Pools in Bristol

Two options here, and they suit quite different days. West Country Water Park, out at Bristol, is a lakeside set-up where kids swim out to an inflatable aqua park with slides and trampolines, with go karting and paddle sports alongside if the water park itself isn't enough. It's booking required, so sort that before you go, and there's free parking and a cafe on site. For younger children, Portishead Open Air Pool is the better bet, an outdoor heated 33m pool with its own toddler pool, open April to September, from £5. It has a sensory friendly setup and free parking too. If you've got a mix of ages, the aqua park suits the older ones better while the toddler pool at Portishead gives smaller kids their own space to paddle without being swamped by bigger swimmers.

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