Check Out Lastminute Bargain Break, short break deals and last minute holidays for hotels, b&b, inns/pubs and holiday cottage lets in and around the Cotswolds
on Accommodation

The Local Time is Saturday, 17-May-2008 13:48:09 BST

Cotswold Water Park Tourist Information Guide

Search Cotswolds.Info Website
SEARCH
CHAT
ADVERTISE
YOU ARE HERE:  Main Home Page > Places to Visit  > Cotswolds Waterpark E-mail This Page
 

Great UK Hotels at Discounted Prices

COTSWOLDS

Click on above link

 

 


CORPORATE ADVERTISERS

This advertisement is being seen at least 5000 times per day by people wanting accommodation, tours, and Cotswolds information.

Don't miss out on this valuable advertising space!!

Contact - webmaster@cotswolds.info

 
Click for Birmingham, United Kingdom Forecast
 

Choose from over 600 places to stay in the Cotswolds

HOTELS

BED AND BREAKFAST

PUBS AND INNS

COTTAGES

FARMSTAYS

CONFERENCES

WEDDINGS

VACATION OWNERSHIP

CAMPING

LUXURY

 
BUSINESS SEARCH  
Search for businesses in the UK Search for businesses in the US
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
Search the British Telecom Directory
 
The Cotswolds - recommended reading
RECOMMENDED COTSWOLD READING - CLICK HERE
 
 
In Counties of North Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire Southern Cotswolds 5 miles from Cirencester and 11 miles from Swindon Access via M4 from the South and M5 from the West
Leisure Beach at Keynes Country Park in the Cotswold Water Park Boating activities at the Cotswolds Water Park Sailing at Cotswolds Water Park Accommodation on one of the Cotswolds Water Park Lakes

About the Cotswold Water Park

At 40 square miles the Cotswold Water Park is approximately the same size as the Island of Jersey. It is that part of the Upper Thames catchment in North Wiltshire & South Gloucestershire which has been subjected to over 50 years of sand & gravel extraction.

Map of the Cotswolds Water Park

Cotswolds Water Park

The Cotswold Water Park lies to the south of Cirencester in the Upper Thames Valley, which contains rich sand and gravel deposits. These have been worked for 50 years to create 140 lakes - the largest man-made complex in Britain - some 50 per cent larger than the Norfolk Broads and stretching as far east as Lechlade. Beneath the gravel lies Oxford Clay of Jurassic Age, from which spectacular fossil finds have been recovered.

Back in 1967, it was designated the Cotswold Water Park by a Joint Committee formed from the four local authorities - Gloucestershire & Wiltshire County Councils, and Cotswold & North Wilts District Councils.

Today, 20,000 people live in the Park’s 14 main settlements. Many more reside just outside the boundary and are affected by its operations. 13,000 people work in 850 businesses, and more than 500,000 visit every year.

For families an ideal day out can be found at Keynes Country Park, with wonderful bathing beach, boat and cycle hire, high ropes adventure, watersports centre, lakeside café, walks, nature reserves, barbecues – please note that some of these have seasonal opening times. Keynes park is open all year round. There is an entrance charge but all proceeds go back into park improvements and maintenance.

Keynes Country Cotswolds Water Park
Keynes Country Park
Neigh Bridge Country Cotswold Water Park
Neigh Bridge Country Park

The Cotswold Water Park provides activities for everyone from the novice to the expert. Water sports include sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, canoeing, water-skiing, wake boarding, diving and angling. You can visit and have a go at one of the water sports centres or you can join one of the many clubs. During the school holidays these centres run courses and have-a-go sessions for children.

For land lovers there are many activities including horse riding, hiking, cycling, fishing, high ropes adventure, paintballing. With a huge variety of accommodation and places to eat, plus a wealth of delightful countryside villages nearby the Water Park makes an ideal destination all year round.

If you are a first time visitor why not call into the Water Park Gateway Information Centre located just off the A419 Cirencester to Swindon bypass on the B4696 Spine Road – here you can pick up all the information you need about the area. Open 7 days a week 9am – 5pm. Coots Café within the Gateway Centre serves excellent refreshments, cakes and hot drinks all year round.

For further information:-

Cotswold Water Park, Spratsgate Lane, Shorncote, Cirencester, GL7 6DF
Tel:
01285 861459
Fax:
01285 860186
Email:
info@waterpark.org
Website:
http://www.waterpark.org


You can select an alternative
Place to Visit from here

Ads by Cotswolds.Info Ads by Cotswolds.Info Ads by Cotswolds.Info Ads by Cotswolds.Info
EYNSHAM HALL
BED AND BREAKFAST
UPLANDS 5 STAR ACCOMMODATION HILLCREST COTTAGE GOLDEN VALLEY CROWN & TRUMPET INN
Beautiful Jacobean Mansion set in the heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds and nestled in 30 acres of parkland Luxurious home and gardens offering top class accommodation and food. Close to Stratford upon Avon '..BY FAR THE BEST holiday cottage we have ever been to' - With amazing views down the Golden Valley Old Cotswolds Inn at Broadway - Jewel of the Cotswolds. Providing good accommodation and restaurant.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED INDIVIDUAL AND MEMORABLE A VERY WARM WELCOME AWAITS YOU FRIENDLY HOSPITALITY
Ads by Cotswolds.Info Ads by Cotswolds.Info Ads by Cotswolds.Info Ads by Cotswolds.Info
BARN COTTAGE THE OLD MANOR HOUSE WHITESHOOTS COTTAGE B&B ST. ANNE'S B&B
AT PAINSWICK
Superior Self-Catering in recently converted 18th century barn in a quiet private lane close to the market square of Stow-on-the-Wold. 16th century Tudor Manor House near Stratford-upon-Avon offering excellent bed and breakfast in 3 acres of landscaped gardens

4 Star B&B a few minutes walk from the Little Venice of the Cotswolds - Bourton-on-the-Water

Listed early 18th century former wool merchant’s house in the heart of Painswick

5 STAR ACCOMMODATION HIDDEN GEM PEACE AND TRANQUILITY QUEEN OF THE COTSWOLDS


USE GOOGLE'S POWERFUL ENGINE TO SEARCH
COTSWOLDS.INFO  WEBSITE
Google
 
www.cotswolds.info - The World's largest Internet resource for the Cotswolds

Cotswold Water ParkTourist Information Guide