Xplorer
Xplorer is a family-friendly outdoor navigation game created by British Orienteering. Designed especially for children and families, it introduces young people to the basics of orienteering through fun challenges that encourage them to explore parks and open spaces, find markers and answer simple questions along the way.
The activity is completely free to take part in and provides a fun way for families to enjoy time together outdoors during the summer holidays.
Active Maldon is the Council’s health and wellbeing programme, helping residents become more active and make use of local parks, open spaces and community facilities. Through projects such as Xplorer, the programme aims to encourage healthy lifestyles and make physical activity accessible to people of all ages.
To help residents learn more about the project, the Council will be running a weekly engagement stand in Promenade Park every Wednesday during the school summer holidays from 10am to 4pm. Visitors will be able to meet the team, find out how Xplorer works and discover other opportunities to get active in the district. The team will also be coming to Riverside Park, with dates to be announced soon.
Sport & Recreation
The Maldon District has numerous sports and leisure clubs, with more than 100 organisations offering fantastic service standards and a huge variety of choice.
Promenade Park
Welcome to Promenade Park in Maldon, the largest waterside park in Essex, providing a fun-filled, family friendly destination all year round with amazing events and activities throughout the year. Nestled between the historic high street and Blackwater Estuary, the park features a water Splash Park, beach huts and deckchairs for hire, sandpits, galleon play ship and aerial zip-wire, model boating and crabbing lake as well as cafe kiosks and picnic areas. There’s a packed programme of events and activities planned each year, or just come and enjoy the peaceful walks and beautiful sea views.