Hylands Park Reviews Summary

Park Facilities

Pros:

• "Large play area."
• "A beautiful pond with lily pads and archways made of trees."
• "Great park to go to! There is a play ground, few coffee shops, a beautiful lake to feed the ducks, gorgeous gardens."
• "A popular dog walking venue with a cafe close to the car park."
• "There are some artists studio near the cafe with some beautiful work to buy."
• "A lovely spotlessly clean park, lovely gardens, friendly pleasant helpful staff, horses, ducks, squirrels and birds on site, nice cafe and bookshop, clean toilets and disabled toilets on site, so much to see, we will be returning soon, a thoroughly enjoyable day out, highly recommended."
• "Beautiful well maintained park with a wide range of trees, flowers and other plants."

Cons:

• "Watch your step on the car park though, they have very weird concrete grid spaces."
• "One lady slipped as she was leaving."
• "Looks abandoned in places and is generally scruffy."
• "The paths can get extremely muddy so some kind of gravel or mesh walkway would be helpful."
• "The floor was very wet and dirty."
• "The only negative is that the toilets near the castle park need upgrading and are always dirty."
• "Public toilets although extremely unclean and unkept."

Parking

Pros:

• "Parking was very well managed too (and free)."
• "Ample parking space."
• "Free car park."
• "Parking is £5 for all day which isn't too bad considering everything else is free."
• "4 car parks with plenty of spaces I would recommend the day rate not the one hour."
• "Access and parking was relatively easy and pain-free."
• "Lots of parking spaces..take a picnic...you can get hot and cold drinks and things to eat there reasonable price."

Cons:

• "Bit steep/ odd on the parking (3.75 for an hour or 5 for all day)."
• "It is silly money for parking - £5 for 2 hours on a Sunday!!"
• "These charges feel a little steep - the park is just as wonderful, but it's a shame that the council have set the cost of access so high."
• "Over priced coffee over priced food and now you have to pay to park."
• "Parking is expensive if only staying for a short time."
• "But I'm afraid I'm disgusted with the extortionate parking fees that have recently been put in place."
• "Biggest issue is they've started charging for parking."

Events and Activities

Pros:

• "We visited the Winter Wonderland, this was well worth the time."
• "It was lovely seeing the Xmas lighting trail Xmas Eve with my Sister and brother in law and the actual scenes was very clever and it all was beautiful it will be lovely if they always do this at Xmas."
• "Beautiful lights. A real life fairy garden was absolutely magical."
• "We often go to different events at Hylands house."
• "Many events are held here, so check out their calendar."
• "They host fantastic events, I have attended the 3 foot tall festival, easter egg hunts and an outdoor cinema here."
• "On this visit we went for the Dinosaurs in the Park event which was fantastic."

Cons:

• "It can work out to be quite an expensive night."
• "The tickets are quite pricey so be aware."
• "The dinosaur in the park was very bad. A few animated dinosaurs for a ridiculous cost."
• "Went to the Prom concert Saturday evening which had to end early due to the wet weather so bit disappointing."
• "Ice lollies expensive at £2.20 for a Twister and toilet block near play park needs updating and smelt bad but looked clean."
• "The tea rooms were overpriced."
• "The cafe in the park is great but there are often long queues."