Address: Tangham, Woodbridge, IP12 3NF, United Kingdom
Phone: +443000674321
Rating: 4.6
based on 148 reviews.
Parking
Pros:
"Ample parking at £2.50 for up to 2 hours or £4 all day."
"Lots of parking space (card payments)."
"There were toilets and plenty of parking."
"Plenty of parking, paid £2.50 for 2 hours."
"Parking can be paid by cash or card."
"Plenty of fresh air! Pay to park can take credit cards."
"Beautiful forest with scenic views, lots of parking (£3 for 2 hours or £5 all day), campsite, toilets & burger wagon."
Cons:
"Usually park outside the gate as I dont think the parking charges are cheap/fair enough."
"Parking expensive and you feel pressured to get back to the car because of it, and not wander too far or hang about too long."
"Also £5 to park over 2 hrs is a bit steep when nothing has been added to site."
"Annoyingly the car park machines are cash only and at £4 a day it's hardly loose change."
"Ringo parking very expensive compared to other ringo car parks added 26p to parking for using app."
"You can only pay parking with cash which is very inconvenient."
"The parking charges are essential to pay for the route / play areas up keep, the staff and the toilets, it is clearly not enough revenue or it isn't all being spent back on the site."
Facilities
Pros:
"Public toilets were clean and tidy but no toilet rolls?"
"Lovely staff at bear grillscafe, staff from forestry commission great as well. Clean facilities."
"Toilets on site kept beautifully clean."
"Good facilities at the main parking area, with toilets, an information point and decent catering provided by 'Bear Grills'!"
"Toilets and information facilities at the main car park, plus a recently added mobile catering hut."
"Different coloured trails to follow, Lots of car parking, play equipment, toilets, picnic benches, refreshment van and lots and lots of fresh air, beautiful scenery and wildlife and nature!!"
"Beautiful forest, camping, campsites with amenities, cycling hire, cycle tracks, climbing parks for children, wildlife, deer, airbase, picnic area, zip line, paint ball, theatre."
Cons:
"Toilets are disgusting!! Always have been."
"Also, number of the large wooden play equipment was either broken or removed, disappointing that visitors pay to park and the money isn't being used to repair or maintain facilities."
"Visited the site again after restrictions lifted, very disappointed to find childrens play area closed for repairs!"
"No more den building allowed because of 'dangers'."
"The bike track is closed and won’t be reopening."
"Where it was disappointing was the facilities. Only one male and female toilet plus two portaloos. All were pretty disgusting."
"Used to be really great but gradually they have removed all the play equipment that made it exciting for kids."
Trails and Activities
Pros:
"This forest is Awsome an I love it here, also bike hire and toilets plus you can build a den from fallen branches."
"A lovely part of the world. A very nice picturesque drive through the forest to get to the centre."
"Fantastic Forest with endless trails through it & into neighbouring Tangham Forest."
"A really enjoyable day out, a definite recommendation if you are wanting a forest walk."
"A great way to get the whole family out and about."
"Great calm place to visit and the forest is very picturesque."
"Absolutely incredible forest walk, you stop often to just soak in the solitude and beauty of it all."
Cons:
"The ufo trail, as it's famous for is a bit slack as it could put the story together more as you walk round."
"No GPS or 4G signal so we were relying on the walk signs for direction. Which was pretty useless."
"The small route for accessibility was not suitable for people it’s intended for."
"No picnic areas on the trails, so plan your food stop for before or after completing a loop."
"Easy Access Route not accessible, it is described as suitable for all abilities, wheelchairs & buggys."
"The UFO trail was great fun."
"Would not recommend the entire UFO trail for children. It is a very long walk and the actual recreation of the UFO is a little underwhelming, and vandalised in places."
Food and Catering
Pros:
"Take a picnic as there is no effort in their food."
"Done the ufo walk on Saturday was great fun and felt like I was in an alien movie."
"Stunning, vast, and easily accessible forest."
"This is one of my favourite places. It's so peaceful and beautiful and the grounds staff are lovely."
"Great play area's for big kids and little ones. You can get a free UFO map and look for space ship."
"We had a great time on the three-mile UFO trail and spotted loads of different fungi."
"Very child-friendly too with an array of children's playground structures to keep the kids entertained."
Cons:
"With all the local produce around the American hotdogs are not american and the burgers were like cardboard the rest of the menu had sold out on Saturday at mid day."
"Please avoid the bear grills food truck trust me I love my food but it seems to be not only using the name from the tv adventurer but the food is cheap and nasty."
"Parking expensive and you feel pressured to get back to the car because of it, and not wander too far or hang about too long."
"No birds or animals as you get near the supposed landing of the aircraft whether you believe or not was all good fun for the children."
"The only thing I would suggest is more signage - to the toilets, to the car park, to the forestry centre etc."
"Annoyingly the car park machines are cash only and at £4 a day it's hardly loose change."
"Where it was disappointing was the facilities. Only one male and female toilet plus two portaloos. All were pretty disgusting."