"The gardens are well stocked with a variety of tree types, shrubs and flowers ranging from more formal areas to wilder spots."
"The gardens are beautiful we spent 4 hours but could easily have spent the full day had we been organised and taken a picnic."
"The gardens were lovely as were the grounds."
"The grounds have marked out paths of different distances to choose, ideal for dog walking, with wooden sculptures along the way."
"The gardens are beautiful and tastefully set out."
"The grounds are certainly worth exploring too. Not formal gardens but a picturesque lake is well worth walking around so that you can take in views of the house."
"The gardens and woodland around the residence provide hours of walking and a wide variety of trees and followers."
Cons:
"The gardens aren't as pretty as I thought they were."
"The gardens were poor, not much colour (September) and lots of weeds."
"Grounds seemed a little parched probably due to the drought."
"The grounds are well manicured but so boring."
"Gardens okay, but aren’t very memorable, visitable part of the house is few rooms."
"However if you are with the dog they cannot enter into the garden."
"Lovely place. It feels lived-in as well as knowing it is lived in."
Accessibility and Facilities
Pros:
"Access and parking, well planned and more than adequate."
"Toilets very clean, staff very polite."
"The children's playground is amazing. Parking is reasonably priced and plenty of room."
"The gift shop and cafe's are all accessible for people with disabilities."
"Dogs are very well catered for though, water taps for dogs and bottle re-fills are available around the restaurant / gift shop area."
"There are also clean toilets, including wheelchair accessible toilets and baby change facilities."
"There are buggies to take you around the grounds if you can't manage the walk."
Cons:
"Parking is a bit of a put off sometimes."
"Parking costs can be quite expensive."
"No toilet facilities at house or gardens and no refreshments until back at visitor centre."
"Only a few rooms in the ground floor are accessible to visitors."
"The house and gardens were lovely but very poor in terms of accessibility."
"Pets are allowed, but not in the territory of the house and garden."
"Unfortunately, the restaurant is not dog friendly."
Value for Money
Pros:
"The cafe is reasonably priced and I suggest that Holkham Hall take a look at Sandringham to see how to run a cafe and offer quality sandwiches and cakes at a reasonable price."
"Prices in the cafe and shop are reasonable."
"The Royal Parkland is free."
"Coffee is good and not expensive."
"The price is great, with 16 year olds and under free."
"The restaurant offered a good selection at very reasonable prices."
"Excellent value."
Cons:
"It was £26 for 2 people."
"£23 for house and garden was a bit expensive."
"The gift shop is extremely expensive and sadly as such may not be accessible for everyone."
"The food was just so overpriced on average £14 for just a burger at one stall it was £5 extra for 1 extra patty taking it from £15:50 to £20:50 what a complete rip off."
"Had to have a nose around the official Sandringham gift shop, and was absolutely gobsmacked at the outrageous prices charged."
"I did feel the prices in the shop were high - £5-£7 for a bar of chocolate, £5 for a wooden spoon, £5 for a small jar of chutney, £40 for a rose scented candle is expensive."
"All in all, my personal opinion is that £23 for an adult ticket to enter the house is a little on the steep side given we (my group) were in and out within 30 minutes."
Staff and Service
Pros:
"Very friendly and knowledgeable room guides."
"The staff inside the house were very knowledgeable and shared lots of interesting information."
"Staff are very pleasant and extremely knowledgeable."
"The staff everywhere were friendly, knowledgeable and helpful and clearly love the family."
"Staff were very friendly and helpful."
"All staff are friendly, and very knowledgeable."
"The wonderful staff bent over backwards to accommodate us, despite the mess up."
Cons:
"The multimedia guide devices were not available as staff had forgotten to charge them."
"Service was a little slow."
"Only downside was the service at the kiosks was a little slow."
"Spoke to an employee at the entrance who was very abrupt."
"Then we went for afternoon tea at the restaurant and it just went badly... clearly commercialised by an outside company."
"We couldn't get into the restaurant as the empty tables were reserved for a group."
"The event was awesome but getting out was a nightmare. Over an hour to get to the gate and two hours to get out of the car park."
Events and Activities
Pros:
"I've been at Xmas Luminate trail event at 2021. I could honestly say this that this event it's just wow... it's truly a magical event with all kinds of xmas lights all around that place."
"First time going to luminate light display at Sandringham and it didn't disappoint light displays amazing."
"There were some amazing light displays set to great music, the music theme was running through the whole display."
"The lights were beautiful and all was very well organised."
"Visited for luminate light show. No Christmas tunes playing, no real atmosphere either."
"I saw The Who here, wow best setting for a concert."
"Had a great day out at Sandringham craft, wood, and food fate."
Cons:
"Attended Robbie Williams concert. Dreadfully managed event, 2hrs queuing to get in and the same to get out, nightmare."
"The Fair and associated stall were as to be expected expensive and well worth missing."
"Absolutely atrocious Traffic ‘management’ This green eco-friendly festival that causes 4 mile long tailbacks."
"Visited on Saturday with family. My father in law came from Ireland to see the church where the queen used to visit but the gates were locked."
"Also, as with any other large-scale event, everyone wants to leave at the same time, so be prepared to queue to get out!!!"
"The house tour is self guided with an audio guide and takes only about 30-40 minutes, you can also ask questions to the room guides who are very knowledgeable."
"Catering at the stables was a bit of a let down but the bigger restaurant looks better."