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Outdoor Recreation

Cedar Park Resort

Cedar Park Resort is a family campground and water park at 6296 Cedar Park Road in rural Bowmanville, Clarington, operating since 1955. It combines a seasonal trailer and RV campground (sites by night, week or month) with a day-use water park featuring a pool, large water slides, splash pad and aqua playgrounds, plus 18-hole miniature golf, a tennis court, playgrounds across 30 acres of parkland, picnic grounds and covered shelters. It also hosts school and field trips and group day use. The 2026 day-use season runs June 13 to September 7 — open 10am to 6pm most days, and 10am to 4pm June 15–18 and on Labour Day (September 7); the camping season runs May 1 to October 1. Day admission is sold online only. Contact: 1-905-263-8109.

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Martial Arts

Clarington Martial Arts

Clarington Martial Arts is a Bowmanville martial arts club established in 1997 and led since 2018 by its second-generation coaching team under head coach Geoff Kirkland. The club runs recreational and competitive World Taekwondo (WT) taekwondo for kids, teens and adults, the Little Dragons introductory program for ages 3-6, Durham Hapkido covering joint locks, takedowns and striking, plus fitness training, weapons and self-defense. Contact the front desk (info@claringtonmartialarts.com, 905-697-1473) for class schedules and registration. No opening hours were published on the club's website at the time of research.

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Outdoor Recreation

Darlington Provincial Park

Darlington Provincial Park is a 208-hectare recreational provincial park on Lake Ontario in the Darlington community of Clarington, established in 1959. It offers family camping across three campgrounds (Lakeside, Cliffside and Hilltop), group camping and picnic shelters, day-use picnic areas, a long sandy beach for swimming, nature trails, interpretive programs and special events, winter hiking and snowshoeing, fishing, birding and canoeing. Day-use permit holders are admitted between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.; in 2026 day use runs January 1 to December 31 and camping runs May 1 to October 18. Contact: 905-436-2036.

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Sports Clubs

Darlington Sports Centre

Darlington Sports Centre is a municipally owned arena at 2276 Taunton Road in Hampton, Clarington, with its own public identity on the Municipality of Clarington's recreation facilities page. It offers a single ice pad, a heated viewing area and wheelchair-accessible facilities. Outdoor amenities include a full-size soccer field (permit required) and a skateboard park. Facility hours vary; the municipality directs callers to 905-263-2906 or 905-623-5728 for details.

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Dance Studios

Dynamic Dance and Fitness

Dynamic Dance and Fitness is a dance and fitness studio in Newcastle, Ontario, established in 2021 by Amy Anderson. The studio runs a wide range of dance and fitness classes for all ages, from toddlers to adults, across different levels and styles, with a 2025/2026 recreational schedule published on its site and registration through its parent portal. The studio is active in the Newcastle community, taking part in events including the Newcastle Harvest Festival and the Newcastle Santa Claus Parade, and its dancers have performed at the Toronto Argonauts halftime show and with the Harlem Globetrotters. The studio has been recognised with a CommunityVotes Oshawa 2024 platinum award for dance lessons.

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Outdoor Recreation

Easthill Shooting Sports

Easthill Shooting Sports is an indoor shooting facility in Orono, Clarington, paired with the Easthill Outdoors outdoor sports store. The range offers guided shooting experience packages open to the public — no licence or commitment required, with an experienced Range Safety Officer guiding each session — plus an indoor archery range. It runs firearms training courses including Range Safety Officer certification and holster courses, tiered range memberships with 24-hour access, and firearm cleaning services. The Easthill Outdoors store sells hunting, fishing, camping, firearms and archery gear. The store's published hours are Monday to Friday 10am-7pm, Saturday 9am-3pm, closed Sunday.

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Outdoor Recreation

Enniskillen Conservation Area

Enniskillen Conservation Area is a 65-hectare Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA) property near the village of Enniskillen in rural Clarington, on the south slopes of the Oak Ridges Moraine. It features 5.5 km of hiking trails through cedar swamp and mixed deciduous forest along Bowmanville Creek — the Brook Trout, Cedar, Moorey Mill, Ruffed Grouse and Turtle trails — plus bird watching, fishing in the creek and two ponds, cycling, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, a nature play area and a free downloadable Avenza trail map. Historic Moorey Grist Mill site remnants are on the property. Contact CLOCA at 905-579-0411.

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Gyms

F45 Training Courtice

F45 Training Courtice is a team-training studio at 1635 Highway 2, Unit 206, offering 45-minute functional fitness classes that mix cardio, resistance and hybrid workouts. With more than 5,000 movements and over 80 workout formats, every coach-led session is different and designed for all fitness levels. The studio welcomes newcomers with free trial and introductory class options.

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Gyms

Fit4Less Bowmanville

Fit4Less is a budget-friendly gym at Bowmanville Mall, 243 King Street East, Bowmanville. The club is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; staffed hours are Monday to Friday 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Saturday to Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Amenities at this location include a Black Card workout area with heavier weights (up to 120 lbs) and squat racks, 24/7 hydro massage beds and massage chairs, tanning, showers, a total gym circuit, a TRX training zone, cooler drinks, water fountains and free Wi-Fi. Black Card members get unlimited hydro massage bed and massage chair use plus tanning in the Black Card lounge. Contact: (905) 623-9977.

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Sports Clubs

Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex

The Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex is the Municipality of Clarington's multi-use recreation facility at 2440 Highway 2 in Bowmanville. Indoors, the complex features two NHL-sized ice pads used for hockey, public skating and lacrosse, plus a 5,814-square-foot banquet hall that seats 360 to 900 guests for weddings, trade shows and large events and can be divided into three smaller halls for gatherings and meetings. Hall rentals include a commercial-grade kitchen, audio-visual equipment, podium, projection screen, coat rack and washrooms, with alcohol permitted under a Special Occasion Permit. The building is air-conditioned, wheelchair accessible, has a mobility device charging station and free Wi-Fi. Outdoors, the complex offers two lighted softball diamonds (permits required), the Carson Elliott Skateboard Park, a children's playground with swings, seasonal portable washrooms and paved walkways with ample parking. A customer service desk assists with bookings and inquiries; the Municipality notes facility hours vary, so visitors should call 905-623-3379 for details.

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Yoga & Pilates

Ignite Yoga

Ignite Yoga is a hot yoga studio at 101 King Avenue West in the heart of Newcastle. The studio runs hot and unheated yoga classes for every level from two studio spaces, including vinyasa flow, power flow, slow flow, deep stretch, gentle yoga, Yin/restore, slow stretch, sandbag restorative and hot stone restorative sessions, and your first class is free. Beyond yoga, the studio offers reiki, reflexology, champissage head massage, sound healing and 4D massage chair treatments by appointment, plus yoga teacher training and private sessions. Published class hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm in the back studio (front studio Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm); Saturday and Sunday 9:00 am and 10:30 am. The on-site shop, open half an hour before and after classes, sells crystals, salt and selenite lamps, yoga mats and accessories, essential oils, sage and palo santo, houseplants and more. Afternoon store visits outside class hours can be arranged by texting 905-259-7761.

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Martial Arts

Inneractive Martial Arts

Martial arts school in Ajax teaching the non-competitive art of Nerkin Ouj (Inner Power), focused on self-improvement, self-discovery and character building alongside physical fitness. Programs: youth classes (beginner, intermediate, advanced and weapons), adult group classes, Little Ones martial arts for preschool and school-age children, adult self-defence, martial arts fitness programs, martial arts workshops, Montessori and private school programs, birthday parties, and Girls Night Out self-defence party packages. Trial classes are offered free of charge.

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