Ryan Centre – Flumes, a Leisure Pool and Ryan's Den Soft Play
A few hours.
The route
The Ryan Centre is Stranraer's leisure centre, and on a wet day it has everything young children need.
There's a leisure pool with water flumes beside the big 25-metre pool, Ryan's Den soft play for under-eights, and the Cosmic Café for lunch.
Before you go
Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
Book a public swim at the Ryan Centre online before going: swims run at set times on its timetable, and children under eight must have an adult with them in the water, one adult to two children aged 4 to 7.
The day
Stranraer
A swim in the leisure pool, an hour in the soft play, and lunch at the Cosmic Café in between.
About three hours
Ryan Centre
The Ryan Centre is on Fairhurst Road in Stranraer. It's open Monday to Friday from 6.30am to 9pm, Saturday from 7.30am to 5pm and Sunday from 8am to 5pm. Beside the 25-metre pool there's a leisure water area with water flumes. Public swims run at set times on the centre's timetable, and they're booked online. Children under eight must have an adult with them in the water: one adult to two children aged 4 to 7, and one adult to each child of three and under. Ryan's Den, the soft play for children of seven and under, is upstairs and costs £2.40 an hour at the time of writing. It opens Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 5pm, Tuesday and Thursday to 6pm, and weekends from 9am to 4pm. The Cosmic Café, overlooking the sports hall, opens every day from 10.30am, to 4pm at weekends and 5pm or 6pm on weekdays. Ring 01776 703535 with any question about access.
If it rains
It's all indoors.
Fig and Olive, a café in Stranraer.
Photograph by L Ackiem via Google