Address: High St, Colchester, CO1 1UG, United Kingdom
Phone: +441206282962
Rating: 4.6
based on 331 reviews.
Castle Park and Grounds
Pros:
"Overall Castle Park is a great piece of national and local history."
"Open throughout the light of day, in the sight of spring May, pass through or create a day in these peaceful and atmospherically enchanting historical grounds."
"Beautiful stunning Park kept clean and tidy to the highest standard."
"This space is full of nature, it has a nice big park for the children to play on and a lot of large fields to have a picnic on."
"Beautiful park with a very varied layout, formal gardens, open grass, riverside and children's play areas, plus a castle."
"A peaceful and surprisingly large green lung only a few steps away from the bustling centre of colchester."
"The park is a 2 minute walk from the high street so you can always come here whilst shopping to relax."
Cons:
"This can cause sections of the park to be closed to those who have not paid to attend."
"Needs to be staffed with security more as there are often olders drinking and using drugs in the lower part of the park."
"For the maintenance and greenery the park is beautiful BUT FOR SAFETY its the WORST."
"It isn't how I remember it. Lots of junkies sitting round drinking and doing whatever they do."
"So nobody will come to your rescue and nobody cares if you are assaulted so my message to everyone please be ALERT at all times!"
"Went today to bottom of castle park vans driving in to the park as they putting event on didn't care my girls running about didn't bother slowing down definitely not safe in his red van then another shortly after, total disregard for kids, so if you do go watch out."
"It is a lovely place to go to with a fish pond duck pond the castle and a river but sometimes but it is quite dangerous one of my friends got his phone stolen there."
Children's Play Area
Pros:
"Me and my family have recently moved to Colchester and there is an abundance of climbing apparatus slides swings and sandpit very good Park."
"A lovely park to spend an afternoon they have a really good children's play area a cafe lots of places to sit."
"The park for children is fabulous and there is also boats to ride on."
"Great children's play area. Encompasses all age groups."
"This is an excellent place to visit with kids. There are 3 playgrounds next to each other, every one is a bit different."
"The playground is lovely, lots of equipment. When we visited, there were so many older children (over ten or eleven) racing around not taking care that much younger children were also trying to play."
"Several children's play areas for various age groups. Good cafe in the park."
Cons:
"CHILDRENS PLAY PARK. Who the hell in their right mind designs a play park which vehicles drive through."
"We need more patrols around this area it's getting OUT OF CONTROL."
"The only park I know of that is only part dog friendly. Dogs, even on leads, are not allowed in the upper park where the cafe is."
"It's a shame you can't walk through the park with dogs as well, but people clearly can't pick up after themselves with rubbish let alone their dogs."
"Very inconvenient as we had a dog with us, and dogs are banned from upper park."
"It's a shame you cannot walk through with dogs though."
"Dogs are NOT allowed in the park, which is a shame."
Events and Activities
Pros:
"Looking for fun activities suitable for all the family? It has them!"
"The park also holds a huge number of weekend festivals and events."
"We visited for the Medieval Fayre again - we have been every year since 2014."
"In the summer they have screens up for outdoor cinema."
"They hold events in the park every now and then, including the amazing Medieval Fayre and Oyster Festival."
"My family and I really enjoy spending time here. There are always great seasonal events, like Wimbledon on the big screen or concerts in the park."
"They show films and sporting events on a big screen in the summer, and sometimes concerts too."