Address: Moneybury Hill, Ringshall, Berkhamsted HP4 1LX, United Kingdom
Phone: +441442851227
Rating: 4.7
based on 441 reviews.
Cafe Experience
Pros:
"Cafe provides good, reasonably priced food and drinks."
"The cafe has a really nice scone that I like."
"The tea bar has an extensive range of freshly baked cakes amongst other items."
"The cafe is great, offering great value home made sandwiches and hot snacks."
"The cafe sells very tasty food and welcome hot drinks (on a chilly day)."
"The café is great, the biggest scones that I ever had, nice and soft, melt in your mouth."
"National trust cafe: Stopped for a quick coffee after 5 mile walk. Didn’t know what to expect but the coffee was excellent- could have rivalled Nero!"
Cons:
"The cafe was super busy, so we couldn't get a table."
"As a result it's ridiculously busy on an average weekend, and the queue for the cafe is absurd (30+ mins)."
"If you plan to use the cafe be prepared for a very long wait when it's busy."
"Cafe at visitor centre now run by National Trust but still long queues at lunchtime."
"The bacon was extremely fatty and the take away carton was full of grease."
"The cafe is open but long queues!!"
"Not the best experience at the cafe today."
Parking and Accessibility
Pros:
"Parking is free but they welcome a donation and it looks like spaces may be an issue if it is a popular day."
"Ample parking despite how many people come."
"Ample free car parking."
"Nice cafe and shop. Easy parking. Beautiful place for a walk."
"Easy access. Nice big free carpark."
"There is plenty of parking, but watch out as some places can get very muddy."
"An absolute wealth of free parking on the estate."
Cons:
"Cars have damaged the grass on the main monument drive so parking is even more restricted."
"On busy days you could end up parking in a muddy area a long way from the hub."
"Parking is a bit limited near the actual cafe bit, but there is plenty along the approach."
"It gets very busy and can be tricky to park, especially near the monument."
"Couldn't get parked and the pathways are busy."
"Parking can be a challenge on weekends."
"It gets very, very busy at the weekend!"
Natural Beauty and Trails
Pros:
"Fantastic place for a walk, lots of parking but can get quite busy especially on weekends or Bank Holidays."
"The variety of landscape is amazing, from woods to chalk hills and it’s beautiful all year round."
"Superb walk with spectacular views and magnificent natural beauty, less than an hour away from London by train."
"Love the wildlife walk. Good 13km walk with varied view - amazing bluebell woods."
"A beautiful oasis outside of London - varied walks with hills, amazing views, dense woodland, grass fields and wildlife."
"Glorious forests, footpaths meandering through acres of dense and clear magnificent scenery."
"The Ashridge estate offers fantastic walks and scenery of outstanding beauty in all weathers."
Cons:
"It can get a little muddy, but, nothing that a good pair of wellies won't solve."
"In winter wellies are advised as the tracks get deep in mud."
"It gets really muddy in the winter! Be prepared!"
"Can be a bit muddy in damp conditions but that's just the nature of the great outdoors."
"Did the bluebells walk in Dockey Woods. Very beautiful & so relaxing but be warned...the path is very muddy at the moment so walk with wellies."
"The scenery is not the most interesting and you’re almost forced to stick to the path."
"We tried the Forester's walk and it is really poorly sign posted."
Facilities and Services
Pros:
"The toilets were clean and well presented."
"National Trust shop and excellent tea room with plenty of outdoor seating."
"Visitor’s Centre staff was kind and helpful, providing support in choosing a walk route and introducing the Estate."
"There's a cafe and toilets at the main car park."
"One toilet is currently available (disabled one - marked for emergency use only) which is always very clean."
"Toilets on site."
"Used the disability golf carts. Fantastic experience for my father who is not able to walk far."
Cons:
"A shame that the dog bins were overflowing and looked like they hadn't been emptied for sometime."
"the Internet and communication did not work in the forest! (February 2021). We do not know if this is always the case."
"Clean toilets, but only downside there was no toilet roll."
"Although given a buzzer for when our drinks would be ready I ended up having to go up and ask when they would be ready after a very long wait only to be told someone else had taken them."
"Cafe was a bit of a disaster as it tasted like farmyard water."
"Limited food/restroom facilities at the moment so be prepared to queue."
"Staff were trying but they needed to up their speed of service."