For waterpark fans, there are some exciting plans in the works with five more potentially coming to the UK.
From massive indoor resorts with beaches, to surfing lagoons, here’s everything you need to know.
Chessington World of Adventures Resort
Chessington is known for its rides, zoo and aquarium, but is hoping to add waterpark fun to its offerings.
Back in 2024, the theme park submitted plans to build an African-themed waterpark with six water slides, two lazy rivers and rapids. If given the go-ahead, it will have a kids wave pool, splash pad, spa pool, a safari beach, cafe and outdoor restaurants.
The plans are for it to be built opposite the Safari Hotel.
First-look images reveal a huge indoor waterpark with outdoor waterfalls and greenery surrounding the pool areas, but little else is known about it right now, with the last update back in 2024.
Therme Manchester
When Therme Manchester opens, it will be the “largest water-based wellbeing destination in Europe”. It’s set to cost £500 million, and could welcome three million people a year to its indoor resort.
It will be every waterpark’s fan dream with spa and wellness facilities that will be split into three distinct zones – Play, Relax and Restore.
The Play zone will focus on ‘next-generation’ water slides, along with a wave pool, warm water pool, steam rooms, saunas and lounging and family dining experiences. This zone will have an outdoor beach too.
The Relax zone will be adults-only and there will be a “focus on premium wellbeing experiences”, as well as indoor and outdoor pools, waterfall showers, mineral baths, steam rooms, saunas and dining.
The last area is the Restore Zone and is also adults-only. Here will be “industry leading health, nutrition and wellbeing therapies”, “sauna rituals”, experience showers, wellbeing consultations and dining.
Therme is due to open next to the Trafford Centre in late 2028.
Great Wolf Lodge
Great Wolf Lodge might not mean much to people in the UK, but it has 23 resorts across North America and Canada, and wants to to open its very first UK site.
The company has submitted plans to built on the current site of Basingstoke Golf Centre on Worting Road in Hampshire.
The plans are for it to be transformed into a 50,000m² complex. It will consist of three interconnected buildings – one will be a hotel, another an adventure park and the last, an indoor waterpark.
It will be lots of family-friendly pools, slides, rides and splash pads.
Planned activities inside the adventure park will be a children’s haven with a rope course, mini bowling, mini golf and a games arcade.
Seahive
While not a waterpark per se, Seahive is set to be a huge new water attraction near Deal in Kent.
If it gets the go-ahead, Seahive would be the world’s first surfing wellness resort with a dedicated surf lagoon for every skill level with waves ranging in size from 50cm to 2m.
The site will also have a relaxing wellness area, spa and gym. There’s room for on-land activities too like a skate park for skateboards, bikes and scooters. Also proposed for the site are 15 holiday lodges and a clubhouse with restaurants.
The Cove Resort
Similar to Seahive, in Southport there will soon be Cove Resort which is a £75 million new attraction with incredible views across the Irish Sea.
Visitors will be able to experience leisure activities like an outdoor lagoon with opportunities for surfing.
Other proposed facilities include a thermal spa – the resort will focus primarily on health and wellbeing. The plans include the building of large four-star hotel on site too.
