Gildenburgh Water
Eastrea Road
Whittlesey
Peterborough
PE7 2AR

Entry fee: £7.50
Membership: N/A
Opening times: Mon - Sat: 9am – 5.30pm, Sun: 8am – 5.30pm
Night dives: Wednesdays and Fridays (times vary)

Gildenburgh Water is a former brick pit converted into a diver training lake situated to the east of Peterborough. Being only an hour away from our dive centre it makes an ideal location for us to conduct our PADI Open Water Courses.
The lake is well equipped with training platforms at 1 metre, 5 metres, 7 metres, 8 metres, 15 metres and 21 metres situated around the lake. The many and varied entry / exit points make it an ideal location to run our PADI Rescue Diver Courses.
There are some great underwater attractions, many of which are buoyed and connected to each other with guidelines for easy navigation. Among the attractions are a barge, a coach, a jet plane, a cargo plane and a 3 tonne truck. But by far the most popular attraction under the surface at ‘Gildy’ is the double decker bus! This lays upright on the south slope of the lake at a depth of 14 metres at its lowest point. Well worth a ride.
As for fish life, you will find many roach and perch swimming around the platforms and attractions. There are some large pike swimming around too.
In front of the lake you will find a large grass area with seating and benches and a couple of tents to kit up in.
There is a large canteen / bar area which serves hot and cold snacks at peak times and air fill facilities to the rear of the building.
At present there is major building work in progress with a new hotel complex being erected. Once the building work is completed Gildenburgh Water has the potential to be one of the best inland sites in the UK.