Playgroups and classes
Scarborough & Whitby and the surrounding areas are a fantastic place for bringing up children and there is plenty going on for children.
Below is a list of all the local playgroups and drop in clinics throughout the week and also details of all the children’s activities classes available across our area. Please contact the organisers directly if you would like to find out further information or to confirm class times or costs.
If you know of any other classes or groups which are not already listed, then please contact us here. Basic listings are free. ’Featured’ listings are £10 per month. For our full advertising rates then please click here.
Ashburn Road, Off Valley Road, Scarborough, YO11 2JW
Telephone: 0172 337 7500
Monday: 09:00 – 09:50, 11:00 – 11:50, 14:00 – 14:50
Tuesday: 12:00 – 12:50
Wednesday: 09:00 – 09:50, 11:00 – 11:50
Friday: 10:00 – 10:50, 12:00 – 12:50
Saturday: 14:00 – 14:50, 16:00 – 16:50
Sunday: 10:00 – 10:50, 12:00 – 12:50, 14:00 – 14:50
Sensory Swim Sessions are designed for families to build water confidence in a calm environment with unique ambience created by coloured lighting effects and sounds/music. This activity ideal for those looking to enjoy a sensory experience based around visual, hearing and touch sense. Children under 5 years old swim for free.
Learning to swim is a key life skill for any child. Swimming lessons teach them independence, gives them the ability to get themselves out of potentially life-threatening situations, and allows them to get active while enjoying themselves.
Everyone Active’s swimming lessons start for children as young as 4 months old and are available for all ages. Choose from private one-to-one lessons, adult lessons, adult and child lessons or junior lessons. Students work towards badges and certificates, collecting them at each stage.
Why choose Everyone Active lessons?
For more details about swimming lessons in Scarborough, please contact one of your local centres below:
Telephone: 0172 337 7500
Website: https://www.everyoneactive.com/centre/scarborough-sports-village/
Telephone: 0194 760 4640
Website: https://www.everyoneactive.com/centre/whitby-leisure-centre/
Saturday 9am – 9:45am – Peer Play 3 – 6 years (Coach led, Children play & parents watch)
Saturday 9:55am – 10:25am – Parent Play 2 – 6 years (Coach led – Children & Parents play)
Saturday 10:30am – 11am – Parent Play 2 – 6 years (Coach led – Children & Parents play)
Where all children should start their journey. We offer soft play and parent play sessions to ease children Into our fun & safe environment.
Raincliffe Sports Hall, Lady Edith’s Drive, Scarborough. YO12 5RL
Hunmanby Community Centre.
Play group sessions on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
It’s £2 per child plus £1 additional child. Sessions must be pre-booked and paid in advance.
Contact 07533 741937
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Puddle Ducks are award winning providers of swimming lessons to babies, toddlers, pre-school and school age children. Our classes are designed to promote bonding, water confidence and water safety in a fun and loving environment. We take your little ones through a structured programme designed to develop their natural affinity with the water and encourage them to learn to swim independently.
And although we have spent many years carefully developing our progressive lesson plans to develop swimmers, our teachers adapt every activity to suit each child. Our approach ensures that your child’s needs are expertly fulfilled – never forcing development, but rather nurturing it to ensure a positive experience and love of swimming.
Our baby and pre-school programme is offered through five levels:
Floaties (0-6 months), Splashers (6-15 months), Kickers (15 months – 2.5 years), Little Dippers (2-5 years) and Dippers (2-5 years)
We run classes 7 days a week across York, Hull and East Yorkshire including the Palms Leisure Club (Main Street, Carnaby, Bridlington, YO16 4UJ) where classes take place on Saturday mornings:
9:00am – Little Dippers
9:30am – Kickers
10:00am – Splashers
10:30am – Little Dippers
11:00am – Dippers (existing customers only)
We also run Aquanatal classes, so you can start your journey with Puddle Ducks before your baby arrives!
Parent and child swimming classes for babies from 12 weeks up to 4 years
Braeburn School at Eastfield
Tuesday 9.30 – 8 weeks to 18 months
Tuesday 10am – 18 months to 4 years
Wednesday 9.30- 8 weeks old – 18 months
Wednesday 10am – 18 months old – 4 years (FULLY BOOKED)
Saturday 12pm – 8 weeks to 18 months
Saturday 12pm – 18 months to 4 years
The Flower of May Holiday Park
Thursday – 11am- 18 months to 4 years
Thursday – 11.30 – 8 weeks to 18 months
Friday – 10.30 – 18 months to 4 years (FULLY BOOKED)
Friday – 11am – 8 weeks to 18 months (FULLY BOOKED)
GROUP AGES – Babies from 8 weeks old/12lb in weight to 18 months.
18 months – 4 Years old
PRICE – £95 for a 10 week course. To be paid in full at the start or option to pay in 2 parts.
CONTACT – Claire on 07837 472428 for more information
1 to 1s, 1 to 2s and aqua fit at the Endless Pool at our home address 38 Gladstone Rd, Scarborough YO12 7BL
1 to 1 is £25 for 30 minutes
1 to 2 is £40 for 30 minutes
1 to 1 for 1 hour is £40
Call Claire on 07837472428
Dance classes for girls and boys from beginners to advances, starting at 2 years old:
Benson Stage Academy, Commercial Street Scarborough
07749 377598
Arts & Crafts for Children – Every Saturday, 11am – 12pm
Station Avenue, Filey. 01609 536608
Martial Arts Classes in Whitby.
Lil Ninjas: Age 4 – 6 years Mon & Wed, 4.00 to 4.30pm, Sat 9.30am to 10am
Combat Kids: Age 6 – 9 years Mon & Wed 4.45 to 5.30pm, Sat 10.15 to 11am
Combat Kids: Age 9 – 14 years Mon & Wed 5.40 to 6.30pm, Sat 10.15 to 11am
Green Lane Centre, Green Lane, Whitby, YO22 4EH
Contact James 07889 797147
Saturday 10am – 2pm
Games and Lego at Scarborough Library
There is loads of LEGO and games available for everybody on Saturdays. Come in and show us your creative skills.
Unleash your creativity with a selection of everyone’s favourite stackable bricks. Every Saturday, 10:30am – 12pm.
Station Avenue, Filey. 01609 536608
Both classes, £4 per child:
The centre offers swimming lessons from 19 months old, 4 years+, 7 years+, and then adult lessons. These all take place across multiple days and times
Ashburn Road, Scarborough YO11 2JW
Phone Number: 01723 377500
For 0 – 5 years.
Saturdays 9.30 – 11.30am and 12 – 2pm
Sessions include bouncy castles, ball pools, soft play, tunnels, tents, ride on scuttle bugs, bouncy hoppers and much more
£3 per child
Contact Jeanette on 07790219752 for more information.
Kickboxing programs from the ages of 2 years+ up to adults, and 1-1 are available on request. Classes include, Mini Cub’s (2-4 years), Cub’s (5-7), Juniors (7-12) and Adults (13+).
Payment is by monthly Direct Debit, contact Fabian for information on prices, and free trials sessions.
Compass Health & Fitness, Barry’s Ln, Scarborough YO12 4HA (address is due to change to Manor Road, details to follow)
Contact Fabian Burdett on 07790 815764
Classes for dancers of all ages in Filey and Hunmanby, with the aim of developing confidence and dance technique in a fun and welcoming environment.
Contact Mary-Ann on 07784 130698
The Little Play Company Seamer is a Role Play Centre for Children, with ten play areas packed with props and costumes, allowing children to act out adult jobs and scenarios, whilst having tonnes of fun too.
Book online or give them a call on 01723 313243
59 Main St, Seamer, Scarborough YO12 4QD
Classes – (all £5 each)
Twilight Productions Roscoe Studios, Roscoe Street, Scarborough Yo12 7BY
01723 355251
Performing Arts school that covers all genres of Theatre Dance, Musical Theatre, Cheerleading, Country and Western Line Dance and Freestyle/Disco:
£5 a class paid a month in advance, Registration Fee is £12.50-£15 according to size of t-shirt. First lesson is free of charge.
Studio 3 Unit 3 The Old Print Works Melrose Street Scarborough. For further details, please contact Julie Cannon on 07827 333830
Tiny Dancers (for 3 to 5 year olds) are first steps towards ballet. Parents / Grandparents / Carers are encouraged to support, explore, discover and encourage dance, musicality, co-ordination, balance, motor skills. Classes are 45 minutes long.
They also cater for primary school children with Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary dance classes. Annual exams with Association of Russian Ballet and Theatre Arts. Boys are welcome in all classes.
Yorkshire Coast School of Ballet via the Facebook page
07759 289525