What's here

One building on the edge of the lake. Come for a coffee, a sauna, a lesson or a new wetsuit, and stay for the people.

Aerial view of the centre, a curved glass-fronted building beside the car park and promenade at the corner of West Kirby Marine Lake
People gathered at the end of a jetty over the water at dusk

Members' facilities

Changing rooms, hot showers and a kit rinse for members launching their own kit, plus a place to sit with the people you just shared the water with.

For lake members
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A sailor in a buoyancy aid helming a Fusion dinghy on the marine lake, with the West Kirby seafront behind

Watersports Centre

The lake's own school. Sailing, windsurfing, paddleboarding, open-water swimming and kayaking for adults, juniors, schools and groups, with all the kit provided.

Sailing, windsurf, SUP, swim, kayak
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A student on a wing lesson, standing on a board on West Kirby Marine Lake and lifting an orange wing, with the promenade behind

Foiling Centre by Northern Kites

The foiling school. Wing foiling from your very first go through to flying on the foil, plus pump foiling and parawing, taught on flat water by instructors who ride here every week.

Foiling lessons by Northern Kites
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Inside the Northern Watersports shop, with customers browsing helmets, wetsuits, kites and clothing

Watersports Shop by Northern Watersports

Boards, wings, foils, wetsuits, safety kit and spares, chosen and tested by riders. Straight advice on what suits you and the conditions here, demo kit you can take straight out on the lake, and thousands more products online.

Stocked by Northern Watersports
A rider up on the foil behind a red and white parawing, flying across choppy water

Foiling Demo and Rental Centre by Northern Watersports

All the latest equipment to try before you buy. Take this season's boards, foils, wings and parawings straight out on the lake, compare them back to back, and rent by the session when you just want to ride.

Try before you buy
A plated dish on a laid restaurant table with glasses and cutlery

Restaurant

Open to everyone, wet or dry. Coffee, brunch, lunch and dinner with the whole lake in the window, whether you've just come off the water or you walked the wall with the dog. Warm up, watch the sails, stay as long as you like. Free on-street parking nearby, or pay and display across the road.

Open to everyone
Inside a cedar-lined sauna with a wood-burning stove and a window looking straight out over the beach and sea

Sauna

A proper hot sauna a few steps from the water. Thaw out after a winter session, or come just for the heat and a cold dip in the lake. Session times and booking details will be announced before we open.

Heat, then the lake
A beach wheelchair with a blue seat and wide balloon tyres outside the centre, with the marine lake and sails behind
Access for everyone

Beach wheelchairs

The water should be for everybody. We have accessible beach wheelchairs at the centre, with wide balloon tyres that roll over sand and the slipway, so wheelchair users and anyone who finds soft ground hard going can get down to the water's edge and out onto the beach.

Get in touch before you come and we'll have one ready for you. Email team@wirralwatersports.co.uk.

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We're getting the building ready. Leave your email and you'll hear first when the doors open.

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