Upton Country Park Reviews Summary

Park Facilities

Pros:

• "Facilities, parks and walks are really good."
• "The visitor center offers good food."
• "The gardens are very well kept, the view is amazing."
• "Lovely cafe for refreshments seats inside and out."
• "Cafe was open until 9 pm with good range of hot drinks, cold drinks and cold and hot snacks."
• "The cafe is good, and has a good selection of snacks, cakes, coffee and tea."
• "The café on site was good, had lots of options and friendly staff."

Cons:

• "The tea rooms are normal (expensive) prices, which I accept, however the service is sooooo slow."
• "The queue was moving very slowly so we didn't manage to get a hot drink."
• "Insufficient number of tables and chairs in the outside cafeteria. No seating indoors."
• "I counted 6 members of staff in the cafe with only 1 of them serving customers."
• "Only drawback was the lack of hot food in the restaurant."
• "Cafe very good but limited choices for lunch."
• "But, if you want to go to the cafe, I'd suggest you don't! The food used to be great, with really friendly staff, but clearly there is a new management team."

Parking

Pros:

• "Reasonable parking rates."
• "Parking is a reasonable price which is a bonus compared to some places to visit in the BCP area."
• "Parking is good with Contactless card payment or cash, not by phone or app and priced OK."
• "The large carpark with it only being £6 for all day was reasonably priced."
• "Parking cheap or walk or cycle for free."
• "Lots of parking (you have to pay but it is not too much, e.g. it is currently £1.50 for 2 hours)."
• "Parking fees are fair with the amount you can do here."

Cons:

• "My only negative is the Paid parking which was introduced a couple of years ago. I personally think it's too expensive, particularly for shorter visits, the least you can pay is £2 for an hour."
• "Ample parking but a little expensive."
• "Parking expensive (£3 for 2 hours)."
• "I do however feel the charges for the car park is rather high."
• "Downside is the parking charges."
• "This is now an expensive few hours so we don't go anymore."
• "£3.50 for 2 hours is extortionate IMO."

Cleanliness and Maintenance

Pros:

• "All areas were clean and tidy."
• "The grounds are kept in great condition, had a very pleasant experience here."
• "Toilets very clean and all of the park very well maintained."
• "Clean toilets onsite."