Address: Linslade Rd, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard LU7 0EB, United Kingdom
Phone: +441525234260
Rating: 4.7
based on 217 reviews.
Artistic Features
Pros:
"We especially like coming across the many wooden sculptures hidden amongst the trees and finding the goblin doors."
"The wooden giant insects and benches kids love and great to discover."
"Kids love finding the fairy houses and the artistic sculptures."
"Went today the 6/1/18 the park itself was great. Enjoyed the fairy walk."
"Kids liked the fairy doors."
"Lots of things to entertain children wooden hidey holes various sculptures and dens to play in."
"A lovely woodland with lots of space to explore. A great adventure for children and a variety of walks with your dog."
Cons:
"Playground is now gone unfortunately was the only negative."
"How disappointing to see that the giant slide located near the start of the trail and cafe has been removed."
"No play facilities for young children."
"Wonderful country park, shame play park is all shut down."
"Small play area, with a large slide and swings."
"The only low point is the new TreeTop Cafe which is a waste of time with very poor selection of foods and prices."
"The kids menu looks nothing like a kids menu it’s got basically a smaller adults food."
Walking Trails and Accessibility
Pros:
"Lovely walks amongst the trees and also across some more open grassland."
"Nice long or short walks."
"Such a lovely place to relax, walk, chill out, unwind - or be more active if the mood takes you!"
"This park is a great green getaway from the city's hustle and bustle."
"Perfect place for a walk with or without little ones."
"Great for long walks with the family, picnics."
"A wonderful park with beautiful walks."
Cons:
"This place is not suitable for wheelchair users or people with limited mobility."
"The paths are very untidy."
"The route in and out is a potential death trap."
"The map of the wood is very attractive but not too helpful, the signposts do not really help as they do not give instructions relating to the woods."
"Defiantly need to improve the signage it was very confusing."
"The woodland itself is lovely, other than where the footpaths and cycle tracks have been butchered by vehicles."
"The bike trails, the public and the ones stated as being for family where full of tree roots and the vegetation has not been trimmed down along the paths."
Parking and Accessibility
Pros:
"Parking, pay at the meter, near the restaurant before you leave, just add your license plate and pay."
"There are two car parks on opposite sides, so you don't have to walk far."
"Plenty of parking (pay when you leave so bring change!), has great trails through the woods which are unpaved so bring boots or wellies."
"Parking is a reasonable £3 all day."
"Plenty of parking and only £6 if you stay 3+ meaning you can stay the whole day for a decent fee."
"Great amount of parking and simple payment at machine at end of visit."
"Ample parking, including disabled bays."
Cons:
"Parking is not free."
"It's now so expensive that it's pricier than a city centre."
"Unfortunately the place is going downhill. Unreasonable parking charges which will put most casual, picnickers off."
"Had to call an ambulance due to the heart attack I received after discovering the parking was £4 for less then 2 hours."
"Expensive car parking and only one machine to pay at means queuing to pay."
"Parking can sometimes be a problem during busy periods but usually you get a spot with some patience."
"The problem is parking fee u have to pay. I stayed an hour they charged me 4£."
Cafe and Food Quality
Pros:
"Highly recommend Tree Tops Cafe, reasonably priced, friendly and helpful staff and lovely food."
"Nice cafe with hot and cold drinks, ice cream, organic lollies."
"Good facilities if you require them, toilets coffee etc, all very clean."
"There is nice cafe and visitor's centre staffed by helpful, friendly people."
"Cafe was reasonable enough and we didn't have any problems with the service, you can order take out via the outside window if you want quick service and a coffee to walk around with."
"Theres a cafe with a good choice of food, drinks and ice creams."
"The views from the cafe are great, just sat there watching the birds at the feeders and we could see the Herons on the nest."
Cons:
"Went to cafe after and was disappointed with the hygiene of the seating area."
"The price of the food here is extortionate £8.95 for a baguette."
"The quality of food and particularly coffee is pretty poor."
"The food quality is poor and I wish it could be improved as we'd like to eat here but often leave to eat elsewhere."
"Restaurant good was ok; nothing special. would advise to take your own picnic."
"The restaurant however is a different matter. We had the ploughman's to share for 2. This theoretically had doorsteps of bread to accompany it. Instead you get 2 slices of stale processed sliced bread."
"Cafe service appalling despite ordering 2 coffees at 11 and having waited 30 mins for them to arrive when the vegan croissant finally arrived arrived at 11.39 when coffees were nearly drunk it was raw inside."