Astley Park Reviews Summary

Park Maintenance and Facilities

Pros:

• "Lovely park well maintained. Quite busy on this visit as it was a weekend and good to see."
• "Amazin park! It is very well maintained and has nice water feature near the Astley Hall."
• "Well maintained, the park is easily accessible from Chorley town centre and Astley Village."
• "Chorley Council really look after the hall, gardens and parkland with everything well maintained, they are always putting on free events too."
• "The park contains wide open spaces, a lake with fountain, a couple of well laid out planted areas and some woodland walks."
• "The park is clean and maintained."
• "Neat and tidy, well maintained park and grounds."

Cons:

• "I just wish teenagers mainly wouldn't leave their rubbish everywhere, it spoils it for everyone who actually respects the park."
• "Grass gets very slushy and muddy when wet drainage isn't good."
• "The only problem is the amount of joggers who are ruining the park."
• "Park partially closed. Couldn't walk along proper paths all fenced off."
• "unfortunately there isn't enough on the play areas for toddlers."
• "the small kids park for playing could do with a bit of maintenance as the roundabout seizes up once it's done one turn."
• "Only let down is the play area. Shame the council didn't do more with it as it's a bit rubbish for all ages to be honest."

Cafe and Food Options

Pros:

• "Reasonably priced cafe to enjoy ice cream with the family on benches next to the bowling greens."
• "The cafe area is really nice also with a pleasant outdoor courtyard and a separate local produce shop."
• "café ambio never fails to impress!"
• "Lovely cafe serving hot and cold drinks, home made cakes and ice creams."
• "It also has its own cafe/restaurant in a beautiful building, with plenty of outdoor seating."
• "Cafe Ambio is excellent with outdoor and indoor seating."
• "The café is great and sells teas, coffee and light meals."

Cons:

• "Extremely expensive. Staff not terribly pleasant."
• "pity only the cafe open today only place you could get ice cream and the queue was far too long."
• "The full English breakfast is disappointing for £10."
• "I then returned to ask for a piece of cake £3.20 stale!"
• "Outdoor cafe has a lovely array of cakes but very little to offer for lunch."
• "Cafe was crammed and expensive."
• "The only criticism is the price of food items in the cafe."

Parking and Accessibility

Pros:

• "Free car Parking spaces are available in front of park for 3 hours."
• "First there is plenty of free parking around the park."
• "We went on a Sunday and the parking was free."
• "Ample free parking."
• "Free and ample car parking is available."
• "It has free parking which is a bonus."
• "Free parking is available but it can get busy at times."