Activities at Hopton

Take a break from it all and play a round on our beautifully maintained golf course. Try for a hole in one – or even an albatross! Clubs are available for hire and you’re welcome to bring your own as well.

Our little water vehicles look like something between a floating dodgem and a Jet Ski – your kids will just love riding around the pools.

Your little tadpoles can really let off some steam as they quickly turn the handles that spin the double paddlewheels of these cute and colourful boats. It’s a great way to tire out particularly energetic youngsters!

Let our underwater AquaJets take your kids on a ride around the pool. As they hold on tight, they will swiftly glide through the water making twists and turns whilst chasing each other – you can join in too!

Got a strong arm and steady eye? Why not become a bowman for the day? With help from our expert instructors you’ll be firing like Robin Hood in no time.

There’s nothing better than soaking up the beautiful views whilst riding on a bike. Let the wind whip through your hair as you explore our many acres. We have big bikes, little ones, bikes with stabilisers and all the ones in between – so no one needs to be left behind.

It’s party time! But not just any old party – this is a Chocolate Party. There’s lots of fun games about chocolate, where children can win chocolatey prizes, such as bingo or Chocolate Tester, as well as making their very own chocolatey treats.

Have a head for heights? Feeling adventurous? Our climbing walls will not only test your bravery; they’re a great workout too. After being strapped into a harness, build your strength, endurance and flexibility in this great outdoor activity.

Kids can make their own sand bottle in this creative coastal session. Choose a bottle/key ring/shape and fill it with different layers of coloured sand, creating a unique souvenir from your break. Accompanying adults can help to layer the sand and a label can be designed and attached to the sand creation, making it a perfect gift or memory of a special holiday.

A fun and exciting futsal coaching session for 3-5 year olds. Learn the fundamentals of futsal/football, improving hand and eye coordination, teamwork, learning basic Spanish and most importantly, having fun.

Kevin de Bruyne, Neymar, Messi, Ronaldo? Bring along your budding stars of the future to our new Futsal to Football programme. It's challenging but fun. Coaching includes ball skills, one-on-ones, and small sided games with rolling substitutes to keep everyone involved.

Kevin de Bruyne, Neymar, Messi, Ronaldo? Bring along your budding stars of the future to our new Futsal to Football programme. It's challenging but fun. Sessions are split on age/ability and are open to 5-8 year olds and 9-12 year olds. Coaching includes ball skills, one-on-ones, and small sided games with rolling substitutes to keep everyone involved. Futsal originated in South America in the 1930s and is a 5-a-side game. Sessions cost £5 and are available at all parks except Lydstep Beach, Reighton Sands, Riviere Sands, Seaview and Weymouth Bay throughout the season.

Let’s get physical as our friendly instructors lead your little ones through a series of fun exercises. Parents can help them balance, and encourage them to stretch, bend and jump. There’s also a soft play assault course where parents can interact with their budding gymnasts. Try jelly on a plate and see how long it is before you wibble, wobble. Fun for little ones and parents alike.

Kids can become a Haven Junior Chef and create a tasty treat to take home with them. They’ll choose their ingredients and make some yummy snacks such as Sweetie Pizzas, Marshmallow Pops or Jelly Beach Pots. We’ll then make boxes to take them away in!  

Little ones can create a tasty treat to take home with them. They’ll put on their apron, choose ingredients to decorate biscuits to create teddy bear faces or a design of their choice, then make their own box to take them away in! This session costs £5 per person and is for 2-5 year olds accompanied by a grown-up.

Calling all budding scientists! Put on your gloves, goggles and lab coats as it's time get stuck in at the Coastal Laboratory where you can experiment and learn. There's lots of experiments to be done such as creating an underwater volcano, exploring waves and tides, creating a whirlpool and making your very own lava lamp!

Your junior racers will soon be weaving in and out of obstacles and competing against each other on the Ninebot miniPRO Segways. Let our friendly instructors help them master these amazing Segways on our fantastic sports courts or suitable all-weather surface.

Take a break from walking or driving around the park and put your pedal power to the test. Hire one of our karts and see what a nice change it makes.

Let our team of pre-school experts give your little ones the confidence and balance to set off on their first set of wheels. Our Balanceability programme, Learn2Bike is especially for kids between 2½ and 6 years old. You will need to stay with your little one during the session.

We know little ones feel safe and more secure when they’re with mum or dad, so we run sessions just for you and baby to enjoy together. With you beside them we’ll encourage them to paddle, splash and play to really get a feel for the water.

Being able to swim is a great life skill, brilliant exercise and fun too. Our instructors will teach your tots some basics to really gain confidence in the water. We do need a grown-up to come along too – your whoops of encouragement will mean a lot! We advise you book more than one session to make a really valuable improvement.

If you’re looking for a different style of training, you’ll love the Les Mills Barre™. This 30-minute virtual workout is based on modern ballet training and designed to shape and tone postural muscles, build core strength, and allow you to escape the everyday. Come and feel the burn. All you need to bring is appropriate clothing and footwear.

Come and join in our new virtual Les Mills BodyCombat™ workout where you can learn how to punch, kick and strike your way to fitness and strength. This is a high-energy martial arts-inspired workout, totally non-contact and there are no difficult moves to master. You’ll relieve stress, have fun and feel like a champion. All you need to bring is appropriate clothing and footwear.

Sing and dance your way through a series of simple moves that build body awareness and balance with your virtual instructor. Children of all ages will love these moves specially tailored for their age – sessions are available for: 4-5, 6-7, 8-12 and 13-17-year olds. It’s fun, it’s original, it’s action-packed, it has great music!

The Les Mills 30-minute CXWorx™ workout helps strengthen the core, creating a stronger body while chiselling your waistline. The virtual instructor will guide you through the simple exercises and show you the right technique for improving your core muscles. All you need to bring is appropriate clothing and footwear and a determination to find your own level of fitness.

Our new Les Mills Sh’Bam™ classes are a fun, insanely addictive dance workout lasting 45 minutes. You don’t need any dance experience, as the virtual Les Mills instructor will guide you through simple dance, all set to a party playlist. All you need to bring is appropriate clothing and footwear and a smile on your face.

Come and join us in the Pic ’n’ Paint Studio for some fun and get creative with our Mask ’n’ Bobble session. We have a selection of wooden masks to choose from. Bring your mask to life with our colourful foam clay and take it home with you.

Your little ones will love our mini sports created especially with them in mind. They can try their little hands at archery or fencing! Some parks also offer a mix of these sports and others like football. These great sports are free to enjoy but vary across parks. Who knows? We may find some future Olympians!

Creepy crawlies to beautiful butterflies – our brainy Rangers can teach you all about them in our guided hunt for mini beasts. You can explore our parks from top to bottom, find out where the best hiding places are and discover all there is to know about a bug’s life.

This is a fun session for all that will get your creative juices flowing as our Rangers guide you through the art of creating all kinds of wonderful things. From leaf art or stick creatures, to recycled creations, or even making a jelly fish or octopus – the possibilities are endless.

Essential for any young explorer – learn the ways of the forest with a little help from our expert Rangers. Find out how to create shelters with only the natural surroundings at hand.

Perfect for all the budding Van Gogh’s in the family, and you’ll end up with your very own sunflower. Grab a brush and paint your plant pot. Let your imagination run wild with spots, stripes, flowers or even a face. When your design is finished, fill the plant pot with compost then plant a sunflower seed. Sit back and watch it grow!

Essential for any young explorer – learn the ways of the forest with a little help from our expert Rangers. Find out how to light a fire with only the natural surroundings at hand.

Come and make your own flowerpot man. Watch as his hair grows and then cut it all off again! It’s suitable for all ages

Take a deep breath of the fresh outdoor air on our free guided nature trail sessions. With our very own expert Rangers you can learn all about the wildlife that lives on our parks and along the coast and find out about the history and the heritage of the park itself.

Perfect for all the budding Van Gogh’s in the family, and you’ll end up with your very own sunflower. Grab a brush and paint your plant pot. Let your imagination run wild with spots, stripes, flowers or even a face. When your design is finished, fill the plant pot with compost then plant a sunflower seed. Sit back and watch it grow!

Join our Rangers and let them help you create some fantastic pebble art. Can you make a cat, caterpillar or even a ladybird? Build your creation using a variety of stones of all shapes and sizes, then start painting and dazzle your friends with your amazing design.

Ahoy me hearties, there's treasure to be found in our parks! With the help of our Rangers, you'll find items and solve cryptic clues to help you along the way as you hunt for the 'X' marks the spot where the treasure is hidden.

Discover all the different critters and creatures of our sub-aquatic pond life on selected parks. Make friends with some newts and maybe come across some snails – there’s plenty to explore.

Kid's aged 0-4 will love our nursery rhyme and painting activity. Join us in the Pic ’n’ Paint Studio, where they can listen to a popular nursery rhyme, then let them use their imagination to paint a pottery character from the rhyme, which they can take home as a treasured memory of their holiday.

Join us in the Pic ’n’ Paint Studio and use your imagination to create a fun party animal using foam clay in funky vibrant colours. The possibilities are endless. Then take them home and impress your friends. It costs £10 per session and it’s a perfect session for all ages. You can get creative at all parks except Allhallows, Combe Haven, Greenacres, Littlesea, Lydstep Beach, Quay West, Seton Sands, Weymouth Bay and Wild Duck. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

This is exactly what it says on the tin. Bring the family along to our indoor craft studio and pick out your own piece of pottery to decorate. You can choose between potted animals, jugs, jars and vases, then add your own creative detail by using the paint provided – you can even finish off with a glaze. Leave it to dry and collect it a little later to take home with you.

Come and join us in the Pic ’n’ Paint Studio where you can enjoy some peace and quiet, relax and spend some quality time painting a masterpiece using paint or crystal glaze, which you can take away with you at the end of your holiday. These sessions cost £15 and are for adults only. Available at selected parks throughout the season.

Everyone loves a precious memory of their nearest and dearest so why not let them turn their footprint or handprint into a lion, tractor or butterfly? Let their imagination run wild! Kids (0-8 years) can make prints and we’ll turn them into memorable gifts for nan or grandad, mum or dad. The session costs £10 per child. Available at selected parks throughout the season. Children must bring along a grown-up.

A fun, family-focused activity, led by one of our friendly park Rangers. Families can explore the coast and find out more about the RNLI, whilst learning how to keep safe beside the seaside. The session covers RNLI safety advice, a guided trail, mini games, plus get to know the coastal landscape, learn how to have fun in and around the sea and safety measures to keep you and our family out of dangers way.

Calling all young budding scientists! Put on your gloves, goggles and lab coats. It's time to get stuck in at the Coastal Laboratory and take part in our range of crazy experiments. Uncover seashells, make tornados, create magical moving fish and make your very own rain cloud! It’s crazy stuff.

Children can create their very own seaside slime and personalised pot in this fun, interactive session. Led by one of our friendly instructors, they’ll make slime and then decorate it with glitter, ocean features and small fish. It’s then time to design a personalised label to stick on their pot of goo, and they can then take their creation away with them.

Kids love sand, and in this fun activity they can sprinkle colourful variations to create their very own masterpiece. And the best bit is they can take their work home to treasure forever. It’s suitable for all ages; kids under 8 must be accompanied by a grown-up and costs do vary.

Bring your tots to our interactive seaside-themed activity, where they can combine balance, movement and stretches as our friendly instructor takes them on an adventure as they act out the story set to seaside sounds. Finish off with a singalong and say goodbye the Haven way!

There’s nothing better than a pic 'n' mix, so we've created the ultimate pic 'n' mix! Your children can decorate their very own edible oyster shell with icing and sprinkles, before filling it to the brim with their favourite sweets. We'll play some sweetie-themed games and then it'll be time for them to take their sweets home with them to enjoy during your holiday.

Bring along your 0-5 year olds to the Coastal Café at Craig Tara, where they can join in the fun in our new shopping and food-themed session. Your little ones can load up their shopping trolley with their favourite food and pay at our play tills. Our Head Chefs will lead them through some fun games, while reinforcing healthy eating. Also on the menu - role play, serving tasty treats and tea to their accompanying adults and songs and a game of pass the vegetable (don’t drop the carrot)!

Expect party tunes, inflatables and plenty of splashing about! These pool parties are especially for kids aged between 5 and 7, so get the kids to put on their goggles, and warm up those singing voices for a truly splashing time! These sessions cost £5 and grown-ups will need to come along with them too.

Come and make a splash at our Splash ’n’ Bounce Junior session with fun inflatables. They are especially for kids aged between 5 and 7. Go on kids get your goggles on and have a splashtastic time! Grown-ups will need to come along with your young ones too.

Do you love stories? Do you love painting? Well now you can do both at our Story ’n’ Paint session. Come and join us in the Pic ’n’ Paint Studio, get yourself comfortable and listen to a story, then use your imagination to paint a character from the story. Take home your painted pottery masterpiece as a memory of the book and your holiday.

This fast-paced game takes seconds to learn but a lifetime to master. Join your friends and family for this great game that demands quick reactions and a steady hand. Whether you’re playing singles or doubles, it’s suitable for the family.