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' Zone
There’s so much going on at Watergate Bay for families from supervised sessions, a newly refurbished games room complete with Lego station, early supper and babysitting options.
Supervised sessions are included as part of your stay.
Kids' Zone sessions
Booked through the mobile guest app or with the team ahead of your stay.
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.
Staying soon?
View all upcoming Kids' Zone sessions below, you can book a space through our mobile app.
Session bookings are released one month in advance.
Find out what we have planned this autumn with our full run down of family pop-ups and Kids' Zone sessions
Daily sessions: 3.30pm - 5pm
School holiday dates 2024
February half term: 10 - 17 Feb
Easter: 23 March - 13 April
May half term: 25 May - 1 June
Summer holidays: 5 July - 31 Aug
October half term: 18 Oct - 2 Nov
Christmas holidays: 14 Dec - 4 Jan
Toddlers (6m-2years)
Sunday – Thursday:
8.30-10am or 10.30-12pm
1.30-3pm or 3.30-5pm
Friday & Saturday:
1.30-3pm or 3.30-5pm
Term time dates
22 Jan- 9 Feb
18 Feb - 22 March
14 April - 24 May
2 June - 30 June
Toddler sessions (6m - 2yrs)
Packed full of toys, arts and craft areas, and quiet corners for storytelling, our dedicated playroom for younger children is suited to a variety of activities.
Messy play, music, and rhymes, sensory and heuristic play in a calm, stimulating, and supportive environment. Each child’s routine, including feeding and nappy changes, is incorporated within their play session.
The outdoor play area will be available to use until 12.30pm on Friday and Saturdays, and from 5.30pm daily.
Kids (3-8yrs):
Daily sessions: 1.30pm - 3pm or 3.30pm - 5pm.
Evening sessions: 6pm - 9pm
School holiday dates 2024
February half term: 10 - 17 Feb
Easter: 23 March - 13 April
May half term: 25 May - 1 June
Summer holidays: 5 July - 31 Aug
October half term: 18 Oct - 2 Nov
Christmas holidays: 14 Dec - 4 Jan
Term time sessions
Kids (3-8years)
Sunday – Thursday:
8.30-10am or 10.30-12pm
1.30-3pm or 3.30-5pm
Friday & Saturday:
1.30-3pm or 3.30-5pm
Evening sessions for Kids (3-8years):
Friday and Saturdays only:
6-9pm
Term time dates
22 Jan- 9 Feb
18 Feb - 22 March
14 April - 24 May
2 June - 4 July
Kids' sessions (3-8yrs)
Sessions include beach activities (wellies and coats essential), craft workshops, cookery classes, science experiments, and imaginative play.
The outdoor play area will be available to use until 12.30pm on Friday and Saturdays, and from 5.30pm daily.
Daily sessions:
XA Club (8-12yrs): 1.30pm - 3pm
School holiday dates 2024
February half term: 10 - 17 Feb
Easter: 23 March - 13 April
May half term: 25 May - 1 June
Summer holidays: 5 July - 31 Aug
October half term: 18 Oct - 2 Nov
Christmas holidays: 14 Dec - 4 Jan
Term time dates and sessions
Term time sessions
Evening sessions for XA Club (8-12years)
Friday and Saturdays only:
6-9pm
Term time dates
22 Jan- 9 Feb
18 Feb - 22 March
14 April - 24 May
2 June - 30 June
1 Sep - 19 Oct
3 Nov - 13 Dec
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.
The XA Club sessions run in the evening on Fridays and Saturdays and every afternoon and evening in school holidays.
The outdoor play area will be available to use until 12.30pm on Friday and Saturdays, and from 5.30pm daily.
From firepit cookery and bushcraft to imagination and storytelling, children will build confidence and social skills in Watergate Bay’s coastal environment.
Beach school sessions take place during July and August. 6-15 years.
The baby monitoring service can be used in all our restaurants, including The Beach Hut.
If requested, you can collect a camera from the front desk team and we give you a tablet for you to use as you move around the hotel. If using the service, you are not permitted to leave the hotel grounds and it is recommended that you check on your children regularly. Responsibility for children remains with the parents at all times.
Currently, the baby monitoring service are not available in the Village family apartment.
Our registered babysitters are available between 6pm and 1am. Requests can be made by submitting an enquiry form ahead of your stay.
All our babysitters are Kids’ Zone staff, with up-to-date DBS checks and Paediatric First Aid. The minimum booking time is two hours. Availability is limited, so please give as much notice as possible.
For same day cancellation, a two hour fee will apply.
Up to 2 hours: £35
Up to 3 hours: £52.50
Up to 4 hours: £70
Kids' Zone terms - babysitting
The games room
Emphasising quality family time and young people's well-being, our reimagined games room now includes Lego stations, a Giant Connect 4 wall and bright new board games. Arts and crafts sessions, family yoga, storytelling, pizza making and much much more.
The games room is free for you and your family to use, except when supervised sessions are running.
Plan your stay
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Our space for active relaxation including a 25 metre ocean view swimming pool with shallow children's pool.
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Year round surf lessons with all the kit to keep you warm in the waves.
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Double rooms with space for an extra bed or cot, interconnecting rooms, family suites and epic beach lofts
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Three different eating and drinking restaurants include The Living Space, The Beach Hut and Zacry's.
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