Bolderwood Deer Sanctuary Reviews Summary

Walking Trails

Pros:

• "Amazing walks of different lengths around some beautiful woodland."
• "gorgeous walks through the woods with plenty of benches and lots to see."
• "A lovely walk and adventurous trail."
• "Lovely walk through the woods."
• "Walking through the lovely wood."
• "Lovely walks through the woods and managed to spot plenty of deer."
• "A peaceful woodland with lots of wild horses and deer."

Cons:

• "The terrain is a sloping forest track which could be slippery when wet."
• "It's a few short walks around non descript woods with no deer, no wildlife and minimal interest."
• "Poorly signed walks."
• "It is easy to miss them and turn the walk into 7km as I did."
• "But largely saw where they HAD been: Hoof marks, rubbings on trees and strips of bark peeled off trees."

Deer Viewing

Pros:

• "Really lovely place to go in the forest. Lots of deer (they sometimes hide, but who wouldn't!)"
• "Lovely spot where if you are lucky, you might view some fallow deer or roe deer."
• "We were lucky enough to see deer from the viewing point, which is not guaranteed of course."
• "Fenced off field with a herd of deer. Easily visible for photos."
• "Being able to see the Deer wandering about is brilliant."
• "Good opportunity to see the Deer up close."
• "We saw lots of deer from the viewing point, and several running between the trees too."

Cons:

• "However when visiting you may or may not see any."
• "Unfortunately no deer to be seen from the observation post on the day we visited (but there is never any guarantee)."
• "No deers to be seen when we visited but it was still a lovely walk."
• "Absolutely beautiful, gutted we didn’t see any deer though!"
• "We went on a nice sunny day at 1 - 3pm but did not see any deers."
• "Disappointing no deer to be seen however we had a fabulous walk with hardly a sole in sight!"
• "We didn't see any deer on the day we visited, I would imagine they're not in the field much unless it's feeding time."

Facilities

Pros:

• "Has toilet facilities & free parking."
• "Nice little spot, toilets, decent amount of parking and an ice cream van too."
• "A great place with big open grass triangle for families to picnic and play in, decent car park, several directions for a good walk, picnic tables, ice cream van and toilets."
• "Good picnic area with tables and toilets."
• "There is public toilet."
• "Good sized car park too, and picnic benches."
• "Public toilets were clean and tidy."

Cons:

• "Plenty of car parks along the route to the deer sanctuary, however the majority of these were closed when we went due to low season."
• "Toilet facilities were really not clean at all."
• "The toilets were pretty poor, though - definitely in need of updating and regular cleaning."
• "Only downside was the toilets. Really could do with better care and lighting."
• "Our only complaint is that the toilets are pretty horrible. Not seats on the toilets and stink is bad."
• "would have been 5 star, however the toilets were not working."
• "Toilet facilities were basic,but there was a toilet! Cold water running though so not ideal in the winter."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "It is wheelchair friendly as long as it is not muddy and you have somebody who can push you back up the very steep hill or you have an electric scooter."
• "Route is nice and flat so great for buggies and probably wheelchairs too."
• "Really nice flat open area by the car park, perfect for family picnic."
• "There are different walks based on your capabilities and each one has great scenery."
• "It was very accessible with a buggy, only one place were it was a little difficult, on the way back."
• "There are lovely tracks for walking and cycling."
• "Lovely spot for a BBQ, with free to use BBQ tables."