Embankment Splash Park — Attraction in Wellingborough

The splash park is a great place to take your children as this is a FREE facility. It has picnic benches and has astroturf grassed area within the grounds. The surface area of splash zone does become slippery, so it is advised that your children don't run around on it, but this is easier said than done. This is always a water park attendant on site during opening hours. The splash park operates a no smoking, no alcohol policy within it's grounds. No footballs, beach balls, no pets are allowed within the grounds. *Photography of any kind is NOT permitted within the grounds for the safety of all who use...

Only open on weekends and school holidays, despite saying simply that it's open 12-6, subject to the weather. Not specifying which days of the week. And if you do go on a sunny weekend, expect almost every child in Wellingborough to be there. The winning points are the fact that it is free, and that the on site facilities are to a fairly good standard.

Points lost for the sign that reads : "due to persistent vandalism, there is no longer any lie saving equipment in this area" - considering that this is a children's play area, right next to a river without a railing, I think it should still...

This whole area is great usually however my son and I visited yesterday only for an hour or so, the whole time the only water feature operating was a single arch with some water showering down. It was very hot and due to summer holidays it was overcrowded and everyone was filling up bottles, buckets or water pistols! My son eventually gave up and played on the play equipment instead but a water park should have a bit more water surely? Still a great area otherwise, free parking and a fair and lovely walks by the canal too for those looking for a...