Salcey Forest Reviews Summary

Walking and Cycling Trails

Pros:

• "Wanted to get out into nature so loved walking the 10km walking path around Salcey Forest."
• "Loved the wellbeing walk and the fun kits activities too."
• "Lovely forest with 3 trailed walks ranging between 0.75mile, 1.5miles or 6miles, cycle routes and a horse trail."
• "Very easy access and absolutely well signalling all the trails."
• "The walks are well marked and there is some amazing scenery to wander through."
• "Lovely trip here today having not been in a few years. Very lovely walks amongst the forest."
• "Great place to be at one with nature, including paths for walking, cycling and bridleways."
• "Really beautiful parkrun route. One lap trail course. Very friendly people."

Cons:

• "Took the Elephant trail for a walk with the children. We had a lovely walk but got lost as we'd taken a wrong turn."
• "The cycle trail is strangely shorter than most of the walking routes."
• "Good place for exercise with many varied walks of varying length. Pity about the Tree Top Walk being permanently closed due to a poor design and material choice."
• "Tried to follow the arrows not realising it a one-way system ended up lost and confused and going in circles."
• "Got confused with following each trail as we wanted to do the gruffalo trail and got lost the first half of it."
• "Since my last visit, a number of years ago, the facilities have increased but one if the main attractions the Tree Walk, I hear has been out of action for over a year due to lack of maintenance/cost."

Parking and Accessibility

Pros:

• "The all day pass is worth splurging on! If you like it & can imagine going back regularly, it's worth paying for a yearly pass!"
• "Paid Parking, £2 an hour or £6 all day, with disabled spaces (not free) located near the cafe."
• "Parking is fair if you are a regular visitor would recommend getting the membership as its £35 year which is a bargain."
• "£6 parking for more than 2 hours is excessive. Forest is nice but it's a forest!"
• "Parking is very easy as there were a few attendants showing the way to the available space."

Cons:

• "The only downside is the cost of the parking. For an hour is not cheap."
• "Parking is quite expensive compared with other woodland."
• "Lovely area and lovely walk, but massively let down by the playground not having anything for younger children and the absolutely obscene parking prices."
• "Quite a pricey £4 to park. Faulty credit card machine and no change from cafe made this difficult to sort out."
• "The cost of parking here is absurd. It is a forest, a natural area which should be free to enter and visit."

Cafe and Facilities

Pros:

• "Cafe offers hot and cold food and drinks, and there's plenty of things for kids to do."
• "A lovely Caffè too to get some extra energy or a warm coffee on a rainy day like today."
• "Lots of parking even on the busier days, good facilities at the main entrance with friendly staff."
• "Hidden gem if you are not local. We decided to have a short break and were impressed of this place. Affordable trails for children with interesting playgrounds."

Cons:

• "Cafe closes at 430pm, take your own drinks with you if you're going for a walk in the afternoon as you'll probably not be back in time to purchase before they close."
• "Disappointing that they use disposable cups and no teapots on offer! Eating toast on a paper bag and cutting it with a wooden knife wasn't the easiest either."
• "Would be 5 if not for the issues paying for parking. No signal for card payments on ringo, so if you don't have up to 8 quid in change on you."
• "New cafe very disappointing; salad in a BOX (?!), I paid extra for roasted veg topping, there was about a level soup spoonful."