Puddle Ducks operates a monthly payment system where customers pay in advance to secure their space in their class. When you join Puddle Ducks, your joining payment will be for enough lessons to take you just past the date of your first monthly payment (this date varies depending on where you swim). Monthly payments will be 4 x lesson fee.
Turn off the A46 onto the A57 signposted Saxilby and Worksop. Continue along this road to a roundabout signposted for Burton - exit onto Fen Lane. Continue along this lane until you come to the Burton-by-Lincoln village sign. Take a left turn directly after the sign onto Woodcote Lane and continue up the lane (past the Private Road sign). Look out for the Puddle Ducks signs on the right.
From Lincoln centre:
Follow the B1398 signposted Burton. Take the 2nd left turning down the hill into Burton. Drive through the village and directly before the sign signalling leaving the village, turn right onto Woodcote Lane. Continue up the lane (past the Private Road sign) and look out for the Puddle Ducks signs on the right.
Baby & Pre-school: A well-fitting neoprene swim nappy must be worn with a disposable swim nappy or one of our environmentally friendly NappyWraps & Liners underneath if your child is in Floaties, Splashers or Kickers and in other programmes if they are not yet fully potty/toilet trained. Why not buy one of our great value Starter Packs which contain everything you need for your swim lesson?
Swim Academy: A swim hat, well fitting goggles and swimwear that doesn't flap about e.g. not bermuda shorts
There are a number of changing spaces available at the pool. Please bring your own changing mat if required. Where possible, please arrive swim ready.
Additional Pool Information
Spectators are welcome at this pool - please restrict this to one adult per swimmer.
No shoes are permitted poolside, please remove your shoes at the door.
Photography is only permitted during splash time and if you do not include other swimmers in your photographs/videos. Photography is not permitted at any time in the changing rooms. Photography is permitted in the reception area but again, please don't include other patrons in your photographs/videos without their permission.
Parents can bring their newborn as soon as they feel ready - our youngest Puddle Duck was just over a week old! We advise to allow the umbilical cord to have healed over to avoid infection, but you don't need to wait until your baby has had their jabs.
We find that babies - as they have spent 9 months in their own watery world - have a natural affinity in our carefully selected, warm pools.
Our programme is progressive, so you can join at any time. Each of the programmes focuses on nurturing confidence - our teachers know that children develop and learn at different rates, so will adjust each activity to get the best out of each child and encourage positive progression.
If your child is in any of our Baby & Pre-school programmes then yes, you will be in the water with them throughout the lesson, these sessions provide a fabulous bonding experience between you and your child and is all about building their water confidence.
If you know that you won't be able to attend before the class takes place, you can let us know via your My Puddle Ducks account on both your Overview page and also your My Children page by clicking on ‘Let us know you can’t attend a lesson’ and following the instructions. This will generate a Courtesy Class for you to then use against any lesson where there is space in the next 6 months (provided you are currently in paid-for lessons). Read more in our Courtesy Classes FAQs.
If your child has a chest, ear, throat or eye infection they shouldn’t swim until it has completely cleared.
Please don’t bring your child to the pool during, or for two weeks after, suffering from diarrhoea.
Going swimming is unlikely to worsen a mild cold and will not increase the likelihood of an ear infection unless your baby has a perforated eardrum.
Please do not bring your child to a swimming class with anything that could be infectious, such as chickenpox, which is considered infectious until all the blisters have dried up.
It’s worth remembering that children are often exhausted after an illness and need some time to recuperate before returning to their swimming lessons.
We can’t offer a refund for missed classes, your payment secures your place in your class and the class takes place as usual if you are unable to attend but this is why we offer Courtesy Classes, because we understand life doesn’t always go to plan with a little one!