Client: Waterside Holiday Park


Interactive Water Play Splash Zones

Hippo transformed the toddler pool at Waterside Holiday Park into an interactive water play area for children of all ages and abilities, making use of the existing water supply. A unique combination of colourful low level play features have been designed to increase water confidence and learning through play in toddlers and young children, via exploration and discovery within a watery environment. A bright and vibrant water factory themed waterball is connected to the poolside water supply via an arch and features a variety of fill and spill buckets, interactive hand wheels and water jets. Children can turn the wheels to control the flow of water to the jets and can tip the buckets once full to spill water back into the pool. There are also two interactive water channels each featuring 2 paddles that allow children to manipulate the flow of water through them and back into the pool. The channels are fed by water jets on the waterball.

An aquatic themed toddler slide provides great fun as toddlers slide down and splash into the pool. The bright and colourful slide has a tactile surface with moving fish that the children can spin around, and porthole mirrors perfect for peering through and watching their reflection. Finally three interactive wall panels on the poolside feature underwater themed fun - Treasure Island, Sea Serpent and Whirlpool. The panels all have moving parts and mirrors which provide tactile, visual and auditory simulation.

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Client: Ladram Bay Holiday Park


Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Play Platforms Splash Zones

Hippo designed, produced a visual Ladram Complete and installed a highly interactive water play area at Brean Leisure Park, based around a multi-level play platform feature. Together they developed a scheme to include a multi-level play platform incorporating 3 levels with high and low features to cater for a wide range of age and ability groups, both inside the pool and on poolside. It includes a twin lane multi-slide where children can compete against each other to see who can reach the end first as well as a low level spray rail which creates a water arch and shower to excite the children playing beneath. The colourful platform has interactive walls which feature a variety of fun games and activities and provides visual, auditory and tactile play. There are two additional interactive wall panels with Treasure Island and Whirlpool themes to inspire young children to be more confident in the water.

There are 2 interactive masts, one on the platform and the other located in the pool. Between the masts, is an arch which incorporates 4 small tipping buckets and 2 small water wheels to provide surprise and anticipatory play. 

The central mast in the pool caters for the slightly older children and features a large waterwheel, shark shower and pipe falls arm. For extra excitement the mast is topped with a large tipping bucket and splash board which creates a big splash and soaks children playing below.

The stand alone features within the pool provide low level interactive play for small children who could be put off by water cascading or spraying onto them. Features include 4 level water channels incorporating paddles for the children to control the flow of water themselves. There is also a themed toddler slide including mirrors and moving elements to bring more excitement and play. Part of the barrier rail between the paddling pool and the main pool incorporates a Snake squirt with a series of water jets along the wiggly body.

Hippo and Cresta have worked together on a number of projects, both indoor and outdoor at Holiday Parks throughout the UK. This established working relationship between 2 experienced and respected UK companies ensures that the pool, the filtration and the water features are all fully integrated and meet customer requirements and Industry standards within the tight time constraints experienced within this market sector.

ladram bay holiday park case study

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Client: Guildford Lido , Guildford


Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Play Platforms Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes

Hippo has completed the transformation of the Guildford Lido into an outdoor water park!  Hippo supplied the design, manufacture and installation of 3 multi-active flume slides.

A two lane multi slide will appeal to all ages enabling racing amongst friends and family.  For the more daring there is a Kamikaze drop slide giving the rider a thrilling experience as they plunge down the slide into the waiting aquacatch.  Finally the Anaconda slide provides a more varied ride including twists to both sides as the rider snakes down to the end. 

Additional features include interactive play panels and interactive toddler slides installed in the two toddler pools.  The area has been completed using Hippo’s soft, anti-slip safety floor in both toddler pools.  The water depth has been reduced to 10cm allowing toddlers and babies to play safely with the interactive toys.

The flume slides have been positioned alongside the Lido so that they can be enjoyed without disrupting those using the pool.  The new installation has something for all ages and abilities which will help boost revenue and increase visitors.

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Client: Splash Point Leisure Centre


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The build of the brand new Splashpoint After Leisure Centre in Worthing incorporated the installation of a flume slide and interactive play features. The features were designed to help ensure the leisure pool appeals to families and children of all ages and abilities, and encourageregular visitors.

Hippo installed a 44m open tube flume slide (1000m diameter) to entertain older children and even adults! A shipwreck themed Pirate Splash Zone was installed which included a treasure chest squirt, squirting cannons, a water shower, a themed slide and an interactive mast with two arms each housing two tipping buckets. These features provide great surprise and anticipatory play. Two interactive pirate themed toddler slides with porthole mirrors and spinning treasures were also installed complete with take-off and landing pads.

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Client: Magnet Leisure Centre


Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Play Platforms Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes Slides & Flumes Speed Slides

Hippo installed a 28m full pipe speed slide (800mm diameter) including aquacatch to add to the facilities success following Hippo’s previous Water Factory installation. The flume staircase and platform was finished with Aquatrol safety surface which also enhanced the centres visual appeal.

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Client: Leyton Leisure Centre


Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Play Platforms Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes Slides & Flumes Speed Slides Play Platforms Slides & Flumes

Hippo has installed an Interactive Play Platform and Anaconda Flume Slide at Leyton Leisure Centre.  The bright and colourful features have enlivened the leisure centre and created excitement and anticipation amongst customers, attracting more and more families to use the facilities.

The three tier Interactive Play Platform in the leisure pool provides inclusive play scenarios for all ages and abilities, and can accommodate a high throughput of children.  Toddlers enjoy racing each other down two toddler slides into the shallow beach pool to play with the splash toys including an interactive snake squirt, a mini mast and channel.  Both features enable children to have fun manipulating the water flow and encourage water experimentation.  A custom fabricated aqua themed interactive play panel fixed to the pool wall encourages interaction and development through educational puzzles and tactile features.  These low level features are great in encouraging children of all ages who lack water confidence.

The Play Platform has created endless surprises and excitement for the older children and includes 3 interactive masts with a variety of arms including tipping buckets, spraying water wheels and shark showers. The children love anticipating when the large tipping bucket will be full enough to tip onto the splash board and soak them from above.  A tipping trough enables children playing below in the pool to tip water and drench their friends!  Children exit the Platform slide via a two lane multi slide which leads to the poolside cannons where they can compete to squirt water to hit a selection of targets in the Splash Battle water feature. 

Finally both children and adults can ride the Anaconda flume slide.  The 48 metres of GRP flume slide takes the rider on a journey around the pool hall, outside and ends in an aquacatch adjacent to the leisure pool.

Hippo’s new features are set to provide a lasting legacy of water play at Leyton for the whole family for many years to come.  They are very versatile and can be updated and expanded in the future if required. 

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Client: Dunes Splash World


Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Play Platforms Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes Slides & Flumes Speed Slides Play Platforms Slides & Flumes Interactive Water Play Water Factories Splash Zones

Hippo has transformed the baby pool into a highly interactive water play area aimed at increasing water confidence.  A wide range of interactive play features have been combined to provide a unique play experience for toddlers and young children, with a variety of activities to cater for all needs.  

A Water Factory themed Interactive Waterball complete with a Mast creates a highly visual centre piece.  The Waterball provides a variety of low level play including fill & spill buckets, interactive hand wheels, jets and interactive water channels.   The Waterball is linked by a span arm to a second Interactive Mast.  The shark showers, Waterwheels and tipping buckets suspended from these features will entertain slightly older children.  

A selection of colourful interactive play panels and mirrored portholes bring life to the walls around the pool, are great for introducing toddlers to the water and provide visual and mental stimulation through play.  Interactive wall panels installed over the pools existing wall squirt jets of water from various points around the panels, and are popular for more water confident children.   

Finally toddlers can manipulate the water flow from a 4 way squirt station, and also enjoy racing each other down two under the sea themed interactive toddler slides to see who can splash into the pool first

There are a total of 25 interactive water points.

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Client: Brean Leisure Park


Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Play Platforms Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes Slides & Flumes Speed Slides Play Platforms Slides & Flumes Interactive Water Play Water Factories Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Play Platforms Water Factories Splash Zones

Hippo has installed a highly interactive water play area atBrean Leisure Park, based around a multi-level play platform feature.  Four platform levels incorporate high and lowlevel features to cater for a wide range of age and ability groups and allowplay both on poolside and within the indoor pool.  Features include themed showers, tippingbuckets, water wheels and spray rails. An interactive mast provides surprise and anticipatory excitement andprovides big splash play with its large tipping bucket and splash board.  Children can exit the play platform via oneof Hippo’s exhilarating slides.  A multislide will provide great competitive play amongst children racing each other tosee who can splash into the pool first. A single lane tube slide with special visual effects will add to theexcitement.

A Splash Battle featuring squirting cannons enables childrento aim and shoot water at a selection of targets, including a water wheel whichthen splashes the water onto those in the pool below it.

Finally a Splash Zone for toddlers and less water confidentchildren focuses on sensory and low level play. Features include interactive play panels, interactive channels, shortmasts, a spray hoop and a water web. These features will promote tactile play and enable children tomanipulate the flow of the water coming from these features.  Two bright and vibrant slides dedicated totoddlers complete the Splash Zone.

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Client: Wolverton


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At Wolverton Swimming & Fitness Centre an interactive play zone was installed based on Hippo’s suspended span arms features. The aim of the installation is to increase revenue at the centre by encouraging visitors to use the pool outside of teaching sessions by appealing to young children and pre-teens. Two 7m span arms were suspended over the pool, each with a number of different features including shark showers, tipping buckets and water wheels. These provide a strong visual impact and plenty of surprise and anticipationary play. To encourage water confidence in toddlers a 4m snake squirt was installed on the poolside along with a selection of interactive play panels. The play panels create high visual impact and provide an educational element to play.

The features have been designed to be installed around the outside of the pool without impacting on other uses of the pool such as swimming lessons. There are a total of 40 active water points.

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Client: Windsor Leisure Centre


Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Play Platforms Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes Interactive Water Play Splash Zones Slides & Flumes Slides & Flumes Speed Slides Play Platforms Slides & Flumes Interactive Water Play Water Factories Splash Zones Interactive Water Play Play Platforms Water Factories Splash Zones Water Factories Interactive Water Play

Hippo updated the facilities at Windsor Leisure Centre by installing a Triple Play Platform, with the objective of sustaining regular pool usage and increasing new business revenue. The bright and colourful Play Platform creates a strong visual impact and has a water footprint of 12m, providing a high level of activity per square metre. The Play Platform provides inclusive family play for all ages and abilities.

Interactive features include a high level mast with a large tipping bucket to provide anticipatory and thrilling water play for the 8+ age group. A spray rail housing 17 water nozzles is fixed on one side of the structure providing tactile water effects for users both on and off the platform. The family friendly multi-slide provides an exit that is enjoyable by all age ranges from 0-100!

Interactive play panels on the outside of the structure provide 360 degree usage of the structure and are designed specifically for the 0-8 age range. The surface of the Play Platform has been finished with Hippo’s colourful safety surface, providing an impact absorbing and non-slip rubber surface.

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