Activities in Liverpool

Liverpool Watersports Centre runs open water swimming, wild swimming, stand-up paddleboarding and sit-on-top kayaking. Read more in the Liverpool Watersports Centre spotlight.

Open water swimming and wild swimming sessions at Liverpool Watersports Centre are £5 per person. Paddleboarding and sit-on-top kayaking are £15 per person for an hour. Wetsuit hire for swimmers is £5.

Yes. Open water swimming at Liverpool Watersports Centre has winter dates. Paddleboarding, kayaking and wild swimming have no dates on eola yet, so check each activity page.

The activities don't state a minimum age, so check the activity page. Paddleboarders must be able to swim at least 50 metres and climb back onto the board if they fall in. Open water swimmers must be able to swim at least 500 metres and have no known medical issues that affect their swimming.

For paddleboarding and kayaking, bring a towel, spare clothes or a wetsuit, old trainers you don't mind getting wet and any medication such as an inhaler. For swimming, bring a swimming costume, a towel or dryrobe, a bright swim cap and a wetsuit if you use one, or hire one there. Bring a 20p coin for the lockers.