A girl in a purple dive mask underwater, her hair floating and bubbles rising past her face

One wristband, unlimited drops.

Twenty-two slides, a wave pool and a lazy river under one roof, warm all year.

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The Water
Park—

Cannonball®

Seen from underwater, a swimmer in red shorts hits the pool in a cannonball, wrapped in white bubbles

Scream on the way down, float all the way home.

  • An orange-slice float drifting on bright blue water
  • A boy flipping upside down above the pool
  • A swimmer in a red costume diving head first into blue water
  • Two people stretched out on striped floats
  • A girl holding a pink ring and reaching for a beach ball

The big four

Twenty-two slides in the park. These four are the ones with a queue, and the queue is worth it.

  1. Looking up a red open slide from the splash pool to the platform under a cloudy sky

    The Kraken

    Thrill Tower

    Trapdoor drop · 18 metres · from 1.3 m tall

    Stand on the trapdoor, hear the countdown, lose the floor. Two seconds of nothing, then the longest scream in Leeds.

  2. Clear blue and orange spiral tubes wound around a white tower against a blue sky

    Corkscrew

    Thrill Tower

    Twin spiral tubes · 140 metres · from 1.2 m tall

    Two clear tubes wound round each other. Race a friend, watch them through the wall, lose by a splash.

  3. From above, rings of swimmers drifting down a turquoise lazy river between palms

    The Long Way Round

    The Lagoon

    Lazy river · 400 metres · all ages

    Grab a ring and let the current do the rest: under the bridge, past the palms and round again.

  4. A young surfer in a yellow helmet carving inside a curling wave

    Big Swell

    The Lagoon

    Wave pool · waves up to 1.8 m · board sessions

    Every ten minutes the horn goes and the deep end stands up. Board sessions on weekday evenings.

what's in the water

Three zones and one current running through all of them, from a nine-storey drop to a pool you can stand up in.

  • Thrill Tower —

    Nine storeys of tube and trapdoor. Clear the height sign at the bottom of the stairs and you can ride every one.

    • The Kraken
    • Corkscrew
    • Black Hole
    • Free Fall
    • Twin Racer
    • The Boomerang

  • The Lagoon —

    A wave pool, a lazy river and a heated beach of real sand, with a hot pool for the in-between.

    • Big Swell
    • The Long Way Round
    • Rapids Run
    • Hot Pool
    • Sandbank Beach
    • Cabanas

  • Shallows —

    Knee-deep water, small slides and a giant tipping bucket, built for anyone under 1.2 metres and their grown-ups.

    • Tipping Bucket
    • Little Kraken
    • Splash Pad
    • Toddler Cove
    • Duck Race
    • Baby Slides

Ready to get wet?

buy a band plan the trip

One band. Every slide, all season.

The season wristband is a membership you wear. Tap it at the gate, on a locker and at the café till, from the first weekend of March to the last of October.

  • Every slide, every day

    The Kraken at ten, the lazy river at four, the Kraken again at five to close.

  • A grinning boy in goggles shooting out of an orange tube slide

  • First in

    Band holders get the tower to themselves for the half hour before the gates open.

  • Locker on us

    Tap any free locker and it is yours until you tap it again.

  • Two riders in a yellow ring coming down a red and white slide into the pool

  • Plus-one Tuesdays

    Bring a friend every Tuesday in term time. They swim free; you look generous.

  • Chips on the wrist

    Pay at the café with a tap and settle up at the gate on the way out.

  • Swimmers in life vests floating on white and yellow rings in a wide blue pool

  • Pause any time

    Broken arm, new baby, exams: freeze the band for up to eight weeks a season.

Fridays—

After Dark

Seven till eleven, over-18s only. The roof slides open, the lights go down and the slides glow from the inside.

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  1. Two swimmers with orange and yellow floats in deep blue water at dusk

    Doors at dusk

    The lagoon turns the colour of the sky and the floats come out.

  2. A long outdoor pool at nightfall with red and green lights scattered over the deck

    Lights over the lagoon

    Lamps around the deck, waves every ten minutes, a DJ in the lifeguard tower.

  3. Looping slide tubes lit warm orange against the night sky

    Slides lit from inside

    Every tube on the tower glows, and the Kraken runs in the dark.

  4. A woman floating on her back in dark, still water

    Last float

    Music off, lights low, one slow loop of the lazy river before the doors.

Pick your band

Kids under three swim free. Every ticket includes a locker, and towels are a pound at the desk.

An amber swim ring floating at the edge of a tiled pool

Every slide from open to close, for one day.

£24per person

Under-12s £18 · family of four £78

  • All twenty-two slides and the wave pool
  • A locker for the day
  • Lazy river, hot pool and the beach
  • Out and back in until 16:00
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Swim school

From first float to fifty metres in ten Saturdays.

Classes of six with two teachers in the water, on Saturday mornings before the park opens.

Book a trial
  1. 1
    A mother holding her toddler on a yellow noodle in the pool

    Bubbles Ages 3–5

    Faces in, blow out, giggle. A grown-up stays in the water for the first four weeks.

  2. 2
    A smiling boy lying on a bodyboard in sunlit water

    Floats Ages 4–6

    Star shapes on the back, then on the front, then a few kicks holding a board.

  3. 3
    A class of children kicking across the pool on pink kickboards

    Kicks Ages 5–8

    Kickboards down the lane and back, breathing to the side, first strokes without help.

  4. 4
    A swimmer in a blue cap mid-stroke between lane ropes, spray flying

    Lengths Ages 7+

    Twenty-five metres of front crawl without touching the rope, then fifty for the badge.

Before you jump

The questions the front desk hears most, answered once and properly.

How tall do I need to be for the big slides?

The Kraken and Corkscrew need 1.3 metres, most other tower slides 1.2. There is a measuring post at the bottom of every staircase, and staff at the top check again.

Can we bring our own food?

Yes. Picnics are welcome on the terrace and in the family area; please leave glass at home. The café does hot food and coffee from 10:00.

Do children need an adult in the water?

Under-eights need one adult in the water for every two children. Under-twelves can swim on their own as long as an adult is in the building.

Can I pause my season band?

Yes. Injury, illness, exams or a new baby: email the desk and we freeze it for up to eight weeks a season.

How warm is the water?

The lagoon and the slide pools sit at 30 °C, the hot pool at 34 °C. The roof opens on warm days and closes when it rains.

Is the park step-free?

From the car park to the poolside, yes, with a pool hoist, a changing places room and free entry for carers.

Forty lifeguards. Eyes on every lane.

There is a guard at the bottom of every slide and two on the wave pool at all times. The water is tested every hour, and the numbers go up on the board by the gate.

  • A weathered man in a wetsuit laughing on the beach, hair blown back

    Dougie Reid

    Head lifeguard

    Twenty-two summers on the stand. Spots a tired swimmer from across the wave pool.

  • A smiling woman in a red cap by the water

    Hana Kovač

    Slide marshal

    Runs the top of the tower: one rider at a time, no exceptions, plenty of jokes.

  • A bearded swimmer in a pink cap and goggles leaning on the pool edge, smiling

    Tomás Ferreira

    Swim school lead

    Has taught three thousand children to float, and a few of their parents.

  • A woman resting her arms on the edge of a bright blue pool

    Jill Hartley

    Water quality

    Tests every pool on the hour and writes the numbers on the board by the gate.

Find the deep end

An aerial view of curving pools, a lazy river, palms and rows of white cabanas

Where

1 Example Road
Leeds LS11 0ZZ

The 42 bus stops at the gate, ten minutes from Leeds station. Six hundred free parking spaces.

When

Monday to Thursday
10:00–19:00
Friday
10:00–23:00
Weekends and holidays
09:00–20:00

Talk to us

0113 000 0000 hello@cannonball.example

Book a party

Birthdays for up to twenty: a cabana, an hour on the slides and pizza. Tell us the date and we will call you back.