Enjoy family-friendly kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding at Ardingly Reservoir — perfect for all ages and abilities to explore scenic waters.

Rentals

Bring your own kayak, paddleboard, windsurf or sailing dinghy and enjoy a day on the peaceful Ardingly Reservoir with friendly staff and stunning natural surroundings.

Bring Your Own

Sail confidently from beginners to advanced juniors with expert coaching at Ardingly's scenic reservoir.

Kids Courses

Begin your watersports adventure at Ardingly with guided Stand-Up Paddleboard, Windsurf, Kayak tasters, or deepen your sailing skills with RYA courses. Perfect for gaining confidence and enjoying friendly, expert instruction in a stunning reservoir setting.

Adult Courses and Tasters 

Learn, train, and enjoy open water swimming sessions in the beautiful Ardingly Reservoir during summer.

Kids and Adult Clubs and Activity Days 

Easily buy credit vouchers for flexible water sports adventures at Ardingly Activity Centre.

Vouchers-and-passes

Join seasonal open water swimming memberships for winter and summer at Ardingly.

Memberships

paddleboarding

windsurfing

kayaking

other

mixed

sailing

swimming

power boating

Ardingly Activity Centre

Visited Ardingly Activity Centre near Ardingly Reservoir and had a really lovely time. It’s a great spot if you want to spend the day outdoors with family — you can rent kayaks or paddle boats and just enjoy the water in a really peaceful, natural setting.

The staff were friendly and helpful, and there’s even a little café for drinks and snacks which makes it easy to spend a few hours here. Facilities are good too, with washrooms on site. Parking is right at the bottom of the hill near the centre — loads of spaces and it’s free, which is a big plus.

On a sunny day it’s such a nice place to relax, paddle about, or just sit by the lake and take it all in. Definitely recommend if you’re nearby!

Amazing place! We are a family and we had such a wonderful time there, the staff are very friendly and organised. We made the booking online in the same day and found availability! The kayak were in very good conditions. The price is very worth it for the quality time we spent! Paid £15 for single kayak and £20 for double for 1 hour! Very good.

We are a family of 2 adults and a 5 years old child, and rented a 2 seats kayak and a 1 seat kayak, and we had a wonderful time there! Was really nice everything and a perfect funny afternoon for my family.
Friendly staff and very helpful.
We super recommend the place.