Kids' Zone
Kids' Zone sessions from 6 months to 12 yrs included with every stay.
The Kids Zone
Kids Go Free
Full days and slow days, where the sand and sea are your playground and days tick by to your own family beat. We’re inviting children to stay for free, when sharing an adult double room.
For families
Baby monitoring and babysitting
Available on request, camera and tablet for your room and babysitting.
More detailsRestaurants
Three different restaurants with children's menus and a buffet-style early supper during school holidays.
Food & drink
Spend golden days on the shoreline with the youngest, while bigger water babies step up their skills with the Wavehunters surf crew, building ocean confidence in children aged six and up.
Back on dry land, our OFSTED-certified Kids’ Zone has the fun flowing and imaginations stoked with drop-in and bookable sessions, a newly refurbished games room and packed daily timetables – all included with your stay.
Back on dry land, our OFSTED-certified Kids’ Zone has the fun flowing and imaginations stoked with drop-in and bookable sessions, a newly refurbished games room and packed daily timetables – all included with your stay.
Kids' Zone sessions
Booked through the mobile guest app or with the team ahead of your stay.
Booked through the mobile guest app or with the team ahead of your stay.
Toddler sessions (6m-2yrs)
Messy play, music, and rhymes, sensory and heuristic play in a calm, stimulating, and supportive environment. Each child’s routine is incorporated within their play session.
Kids' sessions (3-8yrs)
Sessions include beach activities (wellies and coats essential), craft workshops, cookery classes, science experiments, and imaginative play.
XA Club (8-12yrs)
XA Club activities include beach sessions, sports tournaments, film nights, cookery skills, team games, craft workshops, quizzes, and board game nights.
Beach school
Beach School school holiday sessions educate and inspire children and teenagers about the coastal environment through various games and activities.
Beach schoolBabysitting
Our registered babysitters are available between 6pm and 1am. Requests can be made can be made by completing an enquiry form ahead of your stay.
Enquiry formBaby monitoring
Works across all our restaurants, including The Beach Hut. Subject to availability, we'll give you a camera and a tablet to use around the hotel. Subject to availability.
Down at Swim Club, find a 25m Atlantic view pool with a shallow area, great for younger children and families to play.
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