Hamworthy Park Reviews Summary

Beach and Swimming Facilities

Pros:

• "Lovely gentle waves splashing along the sand and pebble beach."
• "It's a lovely place to swim, stroll and exercise, highly recommended :D"
• "Peaceful and safe for our granddaughters to play in the sea."
• "It's a clean sandy beach, but be aware when the tide is out it can be quite rocky and muddy."
• "Lovely well kept park."
• "The beach is very tidy and beach huts look well maintained."
• "Best public park I have been to, firstly there is a beautiful sandy/gritty beach which is perfect for little ones."

Cons:

• "The new sandy beach suffers from hordes of flies right now (May) and there is dog mess on it too."
• "Sea water not the cleanest as in the harbour and you'll need water shoes as very rocky and visibility not brilliant."
• "The beach nearby has a lot of seaweed and no dog restrictions which keeps you on edge when they bound over to a small child."
• "Overall a great little beach, only down is that there are too many pebbles and shells on the sand."
• "Beach is small but is dog friendly and clean no cliffs to climb down which is great though if in a wheelchair I didn't see any slopes to access sand just Steps of about 3 to 5 depending on area."

Park and Play Areas

Pros:

• "Such a great park. The paddling pool is brilliant, two playgrounds for different ages, the beach is there too."
• "Large open waterfront park, ideal for family get together. Good play park for kids. New safe paddling pool for little kids."
• "Excelent park with playground that goes from toddlers all the way to teens."
• "Great place with a nice beach, cafe, play equipment and paddling pool."
• "A good open grass area with plenty of kids play equipment."
• "Great play Park for children of all ages. Newly refurbished Paddling pool."
• "Excellent park very clean and play equipment varied for different ages."

Cons:

• "Not impressed with the paddling pool, all the paint is peeling off the bottom and floating around in the water."
• "The park equipment needs a refresh or replacement."
• "Needs more painting or different equipment as these have been there for quite some time."
• "Park is looking a little worn out in recent years."
• "Shame the paddling pool is no looked after as well as it should be. A good recoating is overdue."
• "The paddling pool is under refurbishment and will be lovely in summer for swimming with toddlers."

Cafe and Facilities

Pros:

• "Shop is like a general seaside shop, overpriced but always taste good."
• "Well maintained garden/grass area, nice little cafe but only the ladies toilet was open when we visited."
• "Nice Park cafe and pool in the summer months, very popular in the summer months with families with small children."
• "Lastly there's a wonderful seaside cafe where the staff are friendly and prices and good."
• "Great little cafe with good food."
• "The cafe in the park is run by locals for locals, the food is fab and reasonably priced, with dairy free and gluten free alternatives."
• "Nice café with plenty of outside seating and yummy snacks."

Cons:

• "Cafe is a bit pricey but convenient."
• "Park is really nice, only thing that let it down was heard one of the staff in the cafe being really rude to a customer."
• "The lady serving in the Cafe isn't polite. She just takes your order... no good morning, no thank u.. no nothing."
• "The burger is also overpriced and tasteless. I will not buy there again."
• "Would have preferred cafe staff to be more friendly."
• "A shame the cafe closes at 3:30 but on the plus side parking is free from that time."

Parking and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Cheap parking if you can get a space, come early on a hot sunny day."
• "Car parking for as little as 20p (30 mins)."
• "On site car park really good value £2 for 5 hours!"
• "Car parking charges are reasonable."
• "The parking area was big enough."
• "Our local park. A lovely little park with cheap parking, loads of open green to kick a ball and a massive play area."
• "The local roads are easy free parking so if you can walk in, do so."

Cons:

• "Parking is a nightmare."
• "The only fault with this popular place is the lack of parking places, as a disabled driver I find it difficult to park during the day or early evening here."
• "Small car park- a lot of people get freaked and start blocking the exits waiting for a space."
• "Parking can be a challenge because of small car park."
• "The car park was busy and at times hard to find a parking."
• "My only criticism is the car park is tiny and leaves you driving around local streets on busy days, for somewhere to park."
• "There just aren't enough parking spaces."