"Beautiful and vast park with lovely alleys, trees, and a lake with lots of ducks and swans."
"It has wide open spaces, woodland areas, water features and of course the amazing palm house, there's something to entertain the whole family."
"The park is well maintained and the animals are very friendly."
"A lovely park which is just a short drive from the city centre. Plenty to do for both adults and kids, with numerous play grounds, sports areas, a visit to the palm house, or walk around the lake."
"Lovely park to walk around. There is plenty of space for everyone to enjoy whatever they want to do, walk, cycle jog or general exercises."
"This park is gorgeous, so well looked after."
"The park is beautiful and has all sorts going on with cafes and the palm house which hosts an array of events each year."
Cons:
"We were planning to visit the Palm House but it was closed for wedding ceremony."
"Could do with a few public convenience/wc's especially for children."
"All bins were overflowing even before the crowds arrived."
"One thing I was disappointed with was the toilets they could do with some maintenance."
"It feels risky in terms of covid as well as stressful."
"The cafe there (not the one by the lake) was awful, cup of tea in a styrofoam cup, got loads of small change and service was bad."
"The cafe is quite expensive so try and take your own drinks."
Accessibility & Parking
Pros:
"Plenty of parking"
"Plenty of free parking around."
"There are several areas to park for free around the border of the park."
"Parking is allowed and free to most of the perimeter."
"We parked up no bother on the road, plenty of spaces."
"You can drive the full circumference of it and either park on the street or in the handful of carparks dotted around.... All free!"
"Free parking, lovely lake, and stepping-stone features."
Cons:
"Gets really busy at weekends and in the summer."
"Please stop driving here, causing parking problems, parking on private driveways and causing pollution."
"The park is spoiled for locals by masses of people."
"Nice park, roads need redoing cos the tarmac is cracked and hard to walk on."
"Be careful though, as the stepping stones can be rather slippy when wet."
"But a £7 charge per person applied to see these lit up."
"Felt it needed more of a police presence though being such a big event."
Events & Activities
Pros:
"Sefton park hosts great events like runs and music shows like Africa Oye."
"Popular location as an open-air venue for events throughout the year."
"The park often plays host to events like outdoor concerts."
"Africa OYE is a yearly event to celebrate African culture and music, the event is free with live musician showcasing different sounds across Africa."
"They also host an African music festival here every yr and the palm house regularly hosts events and can host weddings too with some lovely flowers such as passion flower and Hibiscus."
"The events they hold are also fab make sure you keep an eye out and go."
"Quite often have events on of some sort or another and so park is well used."
Cons:
"All bins were overflowing even before the crowds arrived."
"It feels risky in terms of covid as well as stressful."
"The park is spoiled for locals by masses of people."
"But a £7 charge per person applied to see these lit up."
"Felt it needed more of a police presence though being such a big event."