Dulwich Park Reviews Summary

Park Facilities

Pros:

• "There are good facilities here, toilets and a good cafe and a reliably present ice cream van."
• "Cafe in the centre of the park is good for teas and snacks."
• "The kids playarea is well equipped, including with a swing and roundabout for wheelchairs."
• "Lovely cafe in the middle with woodfired pizza."
• "A good sized children's playground, a nice café, winter garden, adult exercise machines."
• "Has got a large diverse kids playground, a cafe, public toilets, football pitches, basketball courts, bicycle hiring and pedal boat for hire in the lake."
• "The park has quite a big cafe, well stocked, a great playground for kids, plenty of roads to cycle and jog, and a bicycle rental place."

Cons:

• "So the park is huge but bare there isn’t too much there."
• "Let down was the Hand and Flower Vegetarin dry sausage small not worth the £."
• "Only minor downside for me was signage for toilets, which was completely wrong."
• "The only downside is the lack of parking spaces."
• "Only one toilet in all the giant park, and it is not kept clean."
• "The public toilets are a bit grim."
• "Very upset when i got back my car to fund a parking ticket on the windiw screen."

Accessibility & Transportation

Pros:

• "Several entrances to the park & some parking spaces in the park but plenty of free parking available in the streets around."
• "Good to reach by public transport as well."
• "Parking is £2/hour from PayByPhone (like Beckenham Place Park) and there’s lots of it."
• "Great wide expanse of green with lovely old trees."
• "The park is close to the train station, a bus stop and the walkways are easily accessible with prams or wheelchairs even in wet weather."
• "You can hire bikes and boats. There's a running track and walking loop round the park."
• "Marvellous communal space - very popular with families, joggers and dog-walkers. Very pretty lake with a wide variety of waterbirds."

Cons:

• "By 10.30 park filling up with cars, people children not so quiet."
• "Unfortunately, sometimes it is too crowded - kids are running, many of them are singing or shouting."
• "Only downside for me was the relatively low volume - in a cinema the sound levels are usually high enough to drown out the popcorn..."
• "I Was really looking forward to my English breakfast which I have enjoyed for Colicci many times before. This time was extremely disappointing."
• "WE LIKE GOING DULWICH PARK OVER 10 YEARS, BUT LATELY VERY DISAPPOINTED CAR PARK PAYMENT ABSOLUTELY 👎."
• "The only thing that doesn't make it perfect is the rather small choice of parking spaces available, you really struggle to find somewhere to park."
• "Very busy on the day we went and very muddy, seems prone to flooding in heavy rain."

Activities & Entertainment

Pros:

• "Sunday in the Park with a book. Lovely!"
• "An AMAZING place to go for a walk and enjoy the joys of the countryside in LONDON."
• "Enjoy the space, it’s a special place, and to me feels like one of the safest and most welcoming parks in London."
• "Wonderful Park. Take the dog there 2xday. Boating Lake. Woodland walk along perimeter, ideal for a sniffing cocker."
• "Such a variety of plants, places and scenery. Just gets even better over time."
• "A beautiful dreamy park. Great atmosphere. Impeccable gardening."
• "I love this park. Vast open green space with a glorious variety of trees and wildlife."

Cons:

• "The kids playarea is well equipped, including with a swing and roundabout for wheelchairs but there is no shade in the play area so it's very hot on a hot day."
• "The park was nice. But it closes at 5, despite the website saying it closes at 9:30 and the person closing the park got very aggressive towards us."
• "Although the ice cream vans sell a 'waffle cone' it's very small and actually a wafer cone shaped as a waffle cone! Bit of a con really."
• "Beautiful park but very very overcrowded and lots of selfish park goers who are unaccustomed to sharing any space."
• "1 thing I didn't like this time was a dog off the lead and it ran straight through where we/my group was standing."
• "Not my favourite park. Too many bikes to be able to take a relaxing walk."
• "Beautiful park but very very overcrowded."

Cost & Value

Pros:

• "Lovely park but expensive to hire bikes at £10 an hour."
• "Cycle hire is also available!"
• "Pedalos to hire, as well as great fun recumbent bicycles."
• "There are plenty of tennis courts, there’s a playground for children, there’s an impeccably well kept bowling green, there’s an outdoor gym for anyone wanting to work out for free."
• "Parking is free all week so that's a bonus."
• "The park is clean and so lovely, lots of families and activities including a lake and boat and pedalos hire, bike hire, tennis courts."
• "A lovely spacious park with a lovely walkway across the water, tennis courts, large play area, decent toilets, outdoor gym equipment, cycle hire, go kart hire, and rowing/pedalo boats for hire."

Cons:

• "Great Park BUT disappointed about the new parking charges."
• "Parking is pay by phone. Better get the app downloaded before as otherwise it can be tricky to pay."
• "Cafes ok but expensive and ever so genteel."
• "A really good all round park, but you do need to take your own food and drink as The Park Kitchen should be charged by the police for extortion for their prices."
• "Parking is a bit pricey."
• "However, the car parking charges are outrageous."
• "Ice cream van in the park, and a ridiculously expensive cafe."