Shearwater

Shearwater sits between the Fir and Maple lodge zones, serving accommodation in the 700s and 710s-720s ranges. The nearby Cycle Centre hires out bikes, helmets, locks and mobility scooters.

The stop takes its name from Shearwater Lake, a 36-acre freshwater lake on the Longleat Estate beyond Center Parcs. The 1st Marquess of Bath created it in the 1790s, and landscape gardener Humphry Repton later worked on it. At roughly 700 metres long and more than 10 metres deep in places, it is the largest of five lakes on the estate. Anglers fish for carp, pike and other coarse fish here; walkers and Shearwater Sailing Club also use the lake.

You cannot reach Shearwater Lake directly from inside Center Parcs because of the security perimeter. It is about a five-minute drive from the village entrance. A circular walk from Nockatt Coppice car park follows the boundary through woodland to the lake.