Mote Park Reviews Summary

Park Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Rock the Mote weekend of tribute acts was fantastic family fun."
• "There's a sense of joy and community in the park. People smile, and pet your dog."
• "Picture this: it's a sunny Sunday morning in August, with a slight breeze, so you take your dog for a walk in Mote Park."
• "Lovely to walk around any time of year."
• "This park is huge, lots of space and wonderful trees to enjoy."
• "Beautifully kept park and wonderfully natural environment to get in touch with nature."
• "A beautiful park that we are lucky to have on our doorsteps."

Cons:

• "It was sad to see people be lazy or just ignorant and feed the birds with bread/crisps and whatever else they had as it hurts the animals."
• "Very often you will see drugs paraphernalia and similar disgusting items when popping in to the poorly maintained public toilets."
• "Dead pigeons floating in the lake."
• "Vicious dogs off leads near the playground equipment."
• "No real special features.. sorry to say."
• "Shame about certain parts being vandalised."
• "The only issues is the serious lack of bins and poo bins."

Park Facilities

Pros:

• "It's a good size park with plenty of things to do."
• "Parking brilliant £2 for 6 hours."
• "We felt very safe here in these Covid times, we were able to set up shop far away from anyone else but equally within easy walking distance of the clean toilets."
• "Great park with an excellent play area with springy rubber flooring."
• "Other key features of this amazingly popular park include grassland, woodland, rivers and a 30 acre lake, Café, walled garden, a model miniature railway, model boats, accessible toilets, public toilets, sports pitches - football, rugby & cricket."
• "Beautiful outdoor space with lots of walking paths, wildlife spotting, lots of things to do with kids, like duck feeding, lake boats, cafe for ice cream and food."
• "The newly opened children's play facility has something for all ages and is amazing."

Cons:

• "Only two toilets on the ground though which are in portercabins."
• "Disappointing with the restaurant, they stopped serving breakfast due to running out of eggs."
• "The new cafe is a bit of an eye sore and always rammed with slow service."
• "Very bad planning. I thought in this day and age disability access was important."
• "The only downside is paying for car parking for 6 hours minimum is a little annoying (and a sharp hike from £1 a few years ago)."
• "The cafe too is over priced. Why such places think it's acceptable to rip people off is puzzling."
• "Parking is done via the phone which was an issue too as I don’t always carry my card with me."

Park Accessibility

Pros:

• "Parking is just over £2 so it makes a cheap day out."
• "This is great for wheelchair access with tarred pathways going all the way round the lake."
• "Top tip: park for free in the lay-by halfway down Willington Street and enter the park by the little gatehouse for a quiet, level stroll."
• "Conveniently, there are 3 car parks with dedicated disabled ♿ 🅿 bays - Main Car Park, School Lane Car Park and Burning Ground Car Park."
• "Plenty of parking (£2.50 for 6 hours) with toilets and cafe nearby."
• "Parking was cheap. £2 for 6 hours."
• "Car park charges are fair and in line with other similar venues."

Cons:

• "The only downside is that it could get overcrowded around the the playground and the car park is small."
• "I would say the car park was a little small for the volume of traffic."
• "The boating lake is expensive at £14.00 for half hour or £18.00 for the hour."
• "Its disgraceful that Maidstone BC have this great facility but it's only for able bodied visitors."
• "Only downside is parking charges so walk here if possible."
• "Car park is large, but charges patrons."
• "Difficult to park in the on-site car parks when busy (eg school holidays)."