Tallington Lakes Leisure Park

These are a series of flooded gravel pits. They have water skiing, wakeboarding, jet skiing, dinghy sailing, windsurfing and canoeing, a dry ski slope, and a 15 metre climbing tower. There's also a camping and caravan park, open Mar-Jan.

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Address: Barnholm Road, Tallington PE9 4RJ
Getting there: 6 miles east of Stamford
Hours: Daily 9AM-9PM
Website: tallington.com (opens in a new tab)

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Stamford (England), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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