Clapham Common Children's Water Park

“Biggest splash pad I've seen in South London! Water was working Friday midday. Doesn't smell too strongly of chlorine. Some grassy areas are in the shade which is good for setting up picnics. The older kids bring water guns and buckets and lots of kids are left unsupervised while their parents sunbathe, so I would advise to go when it opens in the morning if you have very young kids, when we went there was easily 100+ children. Didn't use the changing facilities but they were very busy.”

“A great place to take the kids on a sunny day. Although the water features/fountains are turned off very sporadically and at times for quite some time. It can get very busy so going as soon as it opens and setting up, is recommended.”

“I went there with my kids, my sisters & my niece. As it was the hottest day of the year I thought it would be good for the kids to get soaking wet to stay cool. We walked all the way there in the disgusting heat & humidity so you can imagine how desperate the kids were to get their clothes off and go into some cold water. But no as soon as we got there, the water turned off. My daughter asked somebody that looked like they worked there how long it’s off for, they told her 30 mins so we waited. And we waited. And we waited. And we kept asking, we are told yes, any minute now it’ll come back on. 2 hours pass, no water, pure heat, discomfort and all my children are complaining that they’re bored and too hot. Honestly it was a waste of time. Parents were arguing, kids had big huge water guns & was shooting them near my newborn nephew in his pram which made me even more annoyed. The toilets were rammed, taps were in constant use to fill up water guns. Honestly there’s no point in the whole park being there, a water park is supposed to have consistent water. When you go swimming they don’t deprive you of the water as soon as you get there. You can’t just turn the water off on the hottest day while little children are in there. It’s disgusting and happens very very regularly. Closes at 7pm yet there’s no water for hours each time? My children were extremely disappointed & distressed. All hot and bothered, we had to walk back home in that same heat. Kids didn’t have a chance to cool down and we kept being mislead by people saying it’ll come back on in however many minutes. Honestly a waste of thought to go”

“Read the reviews and decided to take the risk and travel an hour to get to Clapham Common children's water park. Arrived at 1:15pm and surprise surprise no water. Absolutely no information at the park if or when the water will be turned on for the hundreds of kids eagerly waiting to play. It looks like a fun place to be if it fulfilled its actual job and provided water for the kids to play in. So much litter surrounding the water park. The kids are filling up their water guns from the drinking water tap. If only there was information about times when the water was on then people wouldn't leave here disappointed and angry. Whoever is in charge certainly isn't an expert at communication.”