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Family Activity Holidays in the Cotswolds
Enjoy a short activity weekend or longer family holiday in the stunning Cotswold Water Park
The 42 square miles of stunning natural landscape and 180 freshwater lakes make the Cotswold Water Park the ideal destination for a fun filled family activity holiday.
Whether for a short weekend break, family celebration weekend or a longer family holiday, our self-catering holiday homes are perfect for families. You will find plenty of space for all with their open plan living areas and flexible sleeping accommodation over 3, 4 or 5 bedrooms. Several of the lake locations can also offer adjacent properties for larger family groups.
You will find an extensive range of family friendly activities right on your doorstep in the Cotswold Water Park to keep everyone happy. Whether enjoying fun filled days on the water, exploring the endless trails and countryside on foot or by bike, or simply spending some quality time together on your own private sun deck, you can be assured of a break full of laughter and memories. Use our guides and holiday itineraries to help you plan the perfect break away.
Benefits of a Family Activity Holiday in the Cotswold Water Park with Orion Holidays
- Weekend breaks or family holidays
- Flexible accommodation sleeping 2 - 10
- Pet friendly properties
- Wide range of activities to suit everyone
- Orion team on site to help
- Great location for the whole family
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Looking for a different kind of holiday this year? Our online brochure is full of information about what the Cotswold Water Park has to offer!
Orion's Featured Properties
This incredibly versatile and stunning landscape is the perfect destination for family holidays. Activities galore on your doorstep as well as the wider Cotswolds to explore. Our properties offer a wide range of choice to suit all families.
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Beautiful Accommodation
5*
Perfect to switch off, stunning grounds, beautiful accommodation in a peaceful setting within a stones throw of great family activities, restaurants and tons of space for exploring by bike or walking with our dog.
Google Review – September 2024
Lovely short stay
4.8*
Lovely stay at puffin lodge. It’s on a lake you can stand up paddle on which is great. You can’t do that on all lakes (eg Spring lake) so worth checking.
The home was very comfortable and clean and had everything we needed for our stay. Hot tub was a real treat and our teenage daughter loved that day and night!
Guest at Windrush 82 – October 2024
Great location, lovely house
4.8*
Excellent place to spend a weekend with family. Close proximity to pubs and the village of South Cerney – lots of safe trails for running/ walking/ cycling. The downstairs bedroom made life easy for one of our group who has significant mobility difficulties. Thanks for a great stay.
Guest at Waters Edge 04 – October 2024
Memorable anniversary stay
4.8*
We stayed at the landings with our family including new baby granddaughter to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. We had the best time. T
We used the lakeside brasserie for food and drinks cocktails are particularly nice there. My husband and son in law gave the water skiing a go which they enjoyed.
The landings is perfectly situated to walk to the activity lake and also south Cerney but you do t have to move when you have such a stunning view of the lake and lovely accommodation. Will definitely be returning an absolutely fabulous few days away.
Guest at The Landings – September 2024
A lovely stay
5*
Absolutely spot on all round. A lovely house in an ideal and peaceful spot on Isis lake. It’s clean, airy and has a lovely terrace to sit on overlooking the lake. A short walk to the playground, tennis courts and short cut to South Cerney… It has all the amenities you need plus fast wifi. TV is a little basic so would recommend taking a firestick to access Netflix/Amazon etc if you need that – but otherwise a really great stay.
We would wholly recommend and most likely to book again in the near future.
Guest at Isis Lakes 50 – August 2024
What a weekend!
5*
Everything from start to finish was brilliant. The customer service from the team at Orion holidays was amazing, really helpful and happy to answer any questions I had. I was planning this stay for my dad’s 70th birthday so I wanted to make sure everything was perfect, and it really was! The house we stayed in was absolutely stunning, gorgeous views over the lake and it was spotlessly clean! We had the best time and would 100% stay again, can’t recommend enough! Thank you!
Guest at Spring Lake 77 – June 2024
Excellent accommodation
5*
We visited for a family birthday. There were 5 adults and 2 children and there was plenty of room. Everything was great. The location on site was perfect, the layout was great. Lots of little extras such as tennis equipment were a nice touch. Hot tub was great too, was checked daily while we were there. Would definitely recommend.
Guest at Clearwater 74 – June 2024
Perfect spot besides Spring Lake
5*
My wife and I took our adult daughter away for a relaxing holiday and we weren’t disappointed. The house was delightful, bright and airy and very comfortable in every respect. The local area provided us with plenty of places to visit on trips out.
Orion Holidays made everything very smooth and staff were helpful and quick to respond to a query we raised, their information app was very helpful and we used their Discount Card at the Boathouse Restaurant and Waterside Cafe. All in all a very enjoyable holiday for us all.
Guest at Spring Lake – June 2024
Fantastic Cottage
5*
This is not our first time staying in this cottage – we keep coming back because it is just perfect! Lower Mill is a fantastic place – it has something for everyone, be it relaxing with a drink whilst looking out of the lake, water sports / activities, country walks, swimming, spa and tennis. There are plenty of good restaurants in the area as well as one on site (Balihoo – which we love). We would highly recommend staying here!
Guest at Mill Village 67 – June 2024
Perfect holiday in every way
5*
We loved everything about this property/the area and would highly recommend. The property had the ‘wow’ factor and was well equipped with everything we needed. The lakes are stunning and there was so much to do for all the family…….we’ll definitely be back!! Thank you to everyone at Orion holidays from the Joseph family.
Guest at Clearwater 28 – June 2024
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Looking for a lakeside holiday to get the family together? Use our availability search to check all the options that fit your dates.
Benefits for your family at Cotswold Lakes
The 42 square miles that make up the Cotswold Water Park encompass over 180 freshwater lakes and 14 Cotswold villages, providing a wide range of leisure activities, nature & wildlife plus the odd quaint country pub! There really is something for everyone in this stunning part of the Cotswolds!
The wide choice of self-catering holiday accommodation located on many of the lakes provides the perfect base from which to take advantage of all that there is on offer as well as explore the wider Cotswolds.
- Watersports
- Water skiing & Wakeboarding
- Fishing
- Cycling
- Walking & hiking
- Wildlife & Nature
- Bird watching
- Food and Drink
- Swimming
- Explore the Cotswolds
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