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Staying with children

Find out session times for the Kids' Zone, family drop-in sessions, early supper offerings and FAQ's for your upcoming stay. 

Kids' Zone sessions

Easter themes

Family sessions

Family bodyboarding

Early supper

Baby sitting and baby monitoring

Surfing lessons

Kids' Zone

Upcoming daily sessions for Easter holidays 2025

Toddlers: 3.30-5pm

Kids: 1.30-3pm OR 3.30-5pm and 6-9pm

XA Club: 1.30pm and 6-9pm

Make the most of some child-free time. Lunch with a sea view, take a treatment or your pre-dinner drinks - we'll take care of the rest.

Book through our app or with our Kids team kidszone@watergatebay.co.uk

School holidays themes for 2025

Find out our themes for school holiday Kids' Zone sessions

To Infinity and beyond!

Calling all ‘mini-Earthlings’, we’ll be launching rockets, building Moon Habitats, and exploring the night sky with some beach stargazing. Get transported to our very own space station, become an astronaut and escape from an alien invasion.

Toddlers:

  • ‘The Smeds and The Smoo’s’ – Come and explore this interactive story set up inspired by a Julia Donaldson classic

  • Planet Art– stamp, draw, stick, dab, or print – the choice is yours

  • Moon water sensory play – help the moon dissolve and turn into moon water

  • ‘Space worms’ messy play – Get stuck in with this taste safe messy play

  • Five little astronauts – join us with a sing and sign jam session

 Kids:

  • Junk Model rocket launch – Create your own rocket from our space station recycling centre and launch it into the sky

  • Alien swamp – make your own mini alien and create a slimy swamp for your new friend

  • Star gazing – Can you spot a shooting star or a UFO? Maybe even Superman?

  • Galaxy tie dye – designing swirly whirly tie dye creations inspired by our galaxy

  • Space Beach Scavenger hunt – hunting for asteroids, aliens, and extraterrestrial artifacts along the beach and in the caves.

  • Constellation creation - let the space rocks decide the fate of your universe! Roll them onto your map and chart their landings as stars.

XA Club:

  • Astronaut training academy – Design and make your own space kit; fashion combined with durability.

  • Launch party – Edible planets and cosmic karaoke

  • Moon Fizzers – Moon dust bath fizzers, let your soak time transport you to a galaxy far away.

  • Escape room – your decisions will shape the future for yourselves and humanity; can you survive the Alien Encounter?

  • Pinhole camera DT challenge - night-time constellation viewing and plotting.

Spectacular! Spectacular!

Bring your rockstar moves to the test with mega dance offs, music video making and sing offs. Get creative, designing and making your own puppets, learn the art of diablo and finish off with a spectacular west end inspired fashion show!

Spring bank holiday: 3rd and 4 May: Sundance festival

Toddlers: 3.30-5pm
Kids: 1.30-3pm OR 3.30-5pm and 6-9pm
XA Club: 1.30-3pm and 6-9pm

May half term 24 May – 31st May: “Run 2 Watergate” our take on Run 2 the sun!

We’re bringing the festival vibes to Watergate Bay – Think festival flags, homemade bunting, Churros bake off’s, Film making and DIY festival beach games.

Arts on the Beach: 5 & 6 July

Cool Kernow

Celebrating our Cornish heritage with camping inspired den building, carnival crafts and beach cleans along with pasty and scone making competitions.  

Legends & Mythical Creatures

We’ll be developing the skills needed to tame dragons, learning the werewolf howl, taking some flying lessons from a certain wizarding school and whipping up some truly disgusting potions.

31 October: Halloween face painting, spooky Early Supper and Halloween parties

Getting into the festive spirit with snowball challenges, winter Olympics, Christmas crafts and New Year resolutions.

Easter themes

Spectacular! Spectacular!

Bring your rockstar moves to the test with mega dance offs, music video making and sing offs. Get creative, designing and making your own puppets, learn the art of diablo and finish off with a spectacular west end inspired fashion show! Find out what's during the Kids' Zone supervised sessions.

  • Celebrating the classics with a Disney day, circus inspired play and plenty of sing-a-longs.

  • ‘Big Top Tent’ inspired art prints and Diorama story boxes

  • Physical play with a hoopla ‘ring of fire’ and target practice with a coconut shy

  • Disney inspired playdough and dress up

  • Puppet storytelling and imaginative play.

  • Interactive music quiz and making instruments from ‘junk’

  • Slight of hand magic workshops and balloon modelling

  • Shoebox set diorama’s and learning about set design

  • Movie classic inspired cooking workshops

  • Character face painting and imaginative story telling

  • Charlie Chaplin inspired ‘Black and White’ film making, creating trailers and costume design

  • Physical theatre workshops and musical ‘Jam Sessions’

  • Karaoke fun and music video making

  • Lego stop motion sessions

  • Musical theatre quiz’s and ‘Westend’ workshops

Family sessions

Children must be supervised by an adult during these sessions.

Saturday 5 April - Beach Guardians

9.30-11am in the games room. Learn about the impact microplastics are having on our ocean whilst weaving fish tails from washed-up ghost rope. 

Tuesday 8 April - Lets go fly a kite

9.30-11am. Join us in the games room for some fabric Kite making. Take to the beach and make them fly.

Thursday 10 April - Dragonfly family yoga

9.30-10.15am. Relax together and get lost in some Spring inspired family yoga No need to book – take an early breakfast and join us in the games room.

Saturday 12 April - Macrame keychains

9.30-11am in the games room. Discover the art of using knotting to create keyring ‘poppets’ and keychains

Tuesday 15 April - Edible Easter gardens

9.30-11am in the games room. Create a chocolate Spring garden with our very own Kids team. Think soil, carrots and those cheeky bunnies.

Friday 18 April - Easter willow wreaths

9.30-11.30am in the games room. Join local willow artist Emma Scott in making a Spring bunny wreath.

Sunday 20 April - Hobby bunnies

9.30-11am in the games room. Join the Kids' Zone team to make hobby bunnies for Easter.

Free Ice Cream Friday

Easter holidays

For children of the hotel, on Friday 11 & 18 until 4pm from Harbour beach bar in the car park. 

Family bodyboarding

Join the Wavehunters crew for a group body boarding session, every Wednesday. Included as part of your stay for all hotel guests.

9 and 16 April at 1.30-3.30pm

Wetsuits and boards included.

Email Wavehunters to book your place or at front desk

Early supper

Time: 5pm-6pm in The Dining Room

Price: Under 2yrs - £4, 3yrs+ £15

A three-course buffet with complimentary unlimited tea for the adults. Think Taco Tuesdays and Fish Fridays with a build-your-own ice cream station.

Book on the app or with our team tellus@watergatebay.co.uk

Baby monitoring

Subject to availability, we have a baby monitoring camera and tablet we can provide for your room. On its own private network, the tablet will work across all three of our restaurants and areas of the hotel. 

Baby sitting

For babysitting requests, complete our enquiry form

Prices
2hrs: £35
3hrs: £52.50
4hrs: £70

Same-day cancellations: £35

Surfing lessons and hire

  • Beginner lessons, learn how to pop up to your feet, available for ages 7 years and older. 

  • Private lessons for the whole family, or one on one tuition. 

  • Two-hour group lessons are £45

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For families

Kids' Zone

Kids' Zone sessions from 6 months to 12 yrs included with every stay.

The Kids Zone

Surf lessons

Year-round surf lessons for 7yrs+ with all the kit to keep you warm.

Surf lessons

Family suites

Time together and time apart with separate bunk bed rooms.

Family suites

Baby monitoring and babysitting

Available on request, camera and tablet for your room and babysitting.

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Swim Club

25-metre ocean view swimming pool with shallow section for children.

Swim Club

Restaurants

Three different restaurants with children's menus and a buffet-style early supper during school holidays.

Food & drink

What to do during your stay

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