Child Friendly Leisure Facilities

Plenty for the children in the leisure club

Our leisure club is very family orientated with varied activities available to our Junior Members. We offer a luxurious 20 metre swimming pool that is temperature controlled to ensure you and your children have an enjoyable swim and wide variety of supervised activities along with a good schedule of junior classes. Download timetable here

Swimming

All children under 14 years are to be accompanied by an adult at all times in the swimming pool. Children under two years must wear waterproof nappies when in the swimming pool.

Children’s Swim Times

  • Monday 10.00am - 8.00pm
  • Tuesday-Friday 10.00am-12.00, 2.00pm-8.00pm
  • Weekends/School & Bank Holidays 9.00am-8.00pm

Child Supervision Guidelines

  • 0 months – up to 5th birthday one adult to one child
  • 5th birthday – up to 8th birthday one adult to two children
  • 8th birthday – up to 14th birthday one adult to four children
  • 14th birthday – up to 18th birthday an adult must be in the leisure club

We pride ourselves on providing an elite standard of children’s swimming lessons and have a full timetable of classes available. Lessons start from as young as 4mths to build water confidence and progress up to Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards. If children would like to participate in swimming lessons, they are required to be Junior Members of the Health and Racquets Club, however an additional charge is applicable.

Classes, Squash and Tennis

No other club can boast the range of classes available to their Junior Members. In addition to the fully-loaded swimming timetable we offer are variety of fitness classes suitable for all ages, from junior gym classes, girls and boys only organised weekly activities, discovery nights plus squash, tennis and fencing classes.

If group squash is what your child wants, then from the age of 6 years, we offer squash coaching as part of the membership with a Squash Wales qualified instructor. 1 to 1 coaching is also available at the Club but this is at an additional charge

Should your child be the next budding Andy Murray or Annabel Croft then a tennis course with a trained coach could be just the ticket for them to progress to a professional level. Courses are taken on our 3 outdoor floodlit tennis courts all year round (additional cost)

Children’s Clubs

Children’s Holiday Clubs
These are held in the Hotel with a host of exciting, fully supervised, indoor and outdoor activities suitable for children aged 4 - 12yrs. Let your children develop their sporting, craft, art and play skills in our holiday camps with the benefit of indoor and outdoor fun.
You can be rest assured that your children will be kept safe all day

  • One adult to every eight children
  • Full compliance with the care standard inspectorate
  • All staff are police checked
  • First aiders on-site at all times

Places for hotel guests are limited so if you are booking your family break be sure to secure your place early to avoid disappointment.

Junior Activities
Is included in the price of the Junior Membership. Suitable for 5 – 15yrs and offering a range of team sports, arts & craft, console games & videos and much, much more! Maximum stay per child is two hours and is only provided for members and hotel guests who intend staying in the Club for the time the child is in the junior activities. This service must be booked in advance with Reception.

Opening Times:

  • Monday – Friday 4.30pm - 8.00pm
  • Saturday/Sunday/Bank Holidays 10.00am - 2.00pm.

Crèche
All staff are NNEB qualified and have been police checked. The crèche is suitable for children 3 months to 5 years and is charged at an hourly rate. A maximum stay of two hours and is only available for members and hotel guests who intend staying in the Club for the time the child is in the crèche. This service must be booked in advance with Reception. Day Nursery provision is also available please contact the Childcare Department for further information.

Opening Times:

  • Monday – Friday 9.00am - 6.00pm
  • Saturday/Sunday/Bank Holidays 10.00am - 2.00pm.
 
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