"A great bonus is that the path around the outside is of good quality and pretty much flat, meaning it's great for wheelchairs, pushchairs or people not so great on their feet."
"This place is great, I'm on a mobility scooter and managed perfectly well to take my grandson all around with no restrictions."
"It’s great for dogs and there’s plenty of bins along the lake path!"
"There is a good children's play ground and a great zip wire."
"The establishment is clean and tidy and the toilets are well maintained to a good standard."
"Well maintained and wide paths make this accessible for everyone."
"Wonderful walk on well maintained paths that’s great for wheelchairs and prams."
Cons:
"Paths are a bit muddy no matter the weather or time of year."
"Also, the disabled toilet is cluttered with a plastic table for nappy changing. This meant that it was a struggle to get wheelchair in position."
"Unfortunately they couldn't ride their scooters on the gravel path round the lake!"
"I wouldn't recommend a wheelchair user to go round the lake part as the path is bumpy in places."
"The gravel path is essentially level except for a short distance where wheelchair users may have some difficulty."
"Paths can get quite muddy when wet and are prone to flooding where the lake is closest to the River Calder."
"It wasn't good for picnic and having some snacks on the grass because of so many flies in warm weather."
Parking
Pros:
"Parking is paid at £1-£4."
"There was plenty of parking."
"Reasonable parking charge Cannot fault this concept."
"The car parking is free for two hours."
"There’s a large car park which you pay £2.50 for 4 hours which is very good value!"
"Free parking for two hours at the moment too which is great."
"Parking is free until September."
Cons:
"Parking up and finding a space once in was horrendous."
"I have no problem paying for parking, particularly at nice places like Pugney's ... but £45 for going over 10 minutes having paid the £1 parking fee. Utterly disgusting."
"Really disappointing experience with the parking - although 2 hours parking is free, you still need to collect and display a ticket which, unfortunately, I didn’t, resulting in receiving a parking ticket, even though I was only their an hour."
"Parking used to be 20p now it's £1 for an hour."
"Parking can be a problem, particularly during peak times."
"Only issue is parking is quite expensive for what is effectively a park."
"Parking is not big enough on nice sunny days."
Cafe and Food Options
Pros:
"Lovely little cafe with the best hot chocolate."
"Cafe really nice, good food and do a nice cup of tea."
"We went to the boat house for breakfast and it was great. Good portions, good quality and prices are very reasonable."
"Lunch at the Pugney Café was brilliant! nice menu, reasonable prices and fantastic staff."
"Nice coffee shop/cafe doing salads sandwiches chips and cooked meals."
"The cafe was good, our hot chocolate was delicious, it was Covid safe."
"A very pleasant day out. My time there consisted of relaxing in an easy chair near the lake."
Cons:
"Two staff members complaining about their job."
"It's just the cafe that shuts at 4pm not the park (which is later), so it's a shame the cafe closes so soon."
"Sadly the catering is lacking and overpriced."
"I think the prices for ice cream cones are extremely high - and the location of the ice cream vendor is not ideal."
"Disgusting price though for 2 scoop of icecream in a cone."
"Ice cream sellers are card only and circa £5 for a whippy ice cream, yes that's £5."
"But £5.25 for ONE 99 ice cream cone?! Rip off!"
Cleanliness and Maintenance
Pros:
"The place is clean and well taken care of."
"Pugney's Country Park is a thoughtfully laid out and wonderfully picturesque area for families and their dogs to spend time."
"Lovely clean, well maintained parkland around a large lake."
"Beautiful surroundings. Something for all ages. Calm and clean."
"Very well looked after country park."
"Good clean facilities, excellent adventure play park for little ones, wildlife and water sports for everyone."
"Car park fees were a bit high but loos were free and clean and whole site well maintained and litter-free."
Cons:
"Park was also full of large bird poo. Would be nice if they cleared some of it up."
"Pleasant walk around except for the rubbish which was left from the night before."
"Still got dirty water and the signs are rubbish."
"Really dirty place. All bins were overflowing."
"Litter everywhere near car park on a morning and brick BBQs full of so much rubbish."
"The only thing that spoiled it was the rubbish lying around and un-emptied bins overflowing."