King George's Playing Fields Reviews Summary

Play Areas

Pros:

• "What a lovely play area. Play equipment for all ages and abilities. Well maintained and clean."
• "Different play areas for different age groups, skate park, splash park for hot day and indoor soft play for a rainy day, reasonably priced."
• "The playground has everything a child can ask for including round about, mini trampoline, tunnel, a two way swing etc."
• "Amazing park for skating, golfing, cycling, walking and picnicking."
• "The new playground for little one's is absolutely amazing!"
• "Play area for children is fantastic. Clean loads for the children to do."
• "A big spacious kids playground. You can easily make a day out here."

Cons:

• "Ridiculously busy in the new soft play area absolutely no where to sit very limited tables."
• "Soft play area is quite expensive and it is difficult to see the children."
• "Ridiculously busy in the new soft play area... staff just chilling behind bar chatting not actually doing any cleaning."
• "New play area okay but local youths keep breaking into the unfinished part leaving the building metal fences dangerous and exposing sharp jagged edges to young children."
• "The toddler area is very dangerous for a single mum."
• "There is temporary metal fencing through the middle play area, blocking off walkways."
• "Only downside is the new pay and display which is difficult to use once the app has been installed."

Parking

Pros:

• "There is plenty of parking."
• "The children's section is expansive and there are parking options and a golf course nearby too!"
• "Spacious grounds, enclosed sections making it safe for whatever activity you do."
• "Lovely park in Brentwood... Free parking up to 4hrs which is a bonus."
• "Parking is free for the first 30 minutes."
• "A big bonus is you don't have to pay to park."
• "Good parking options too."

Cons:

• "PARKING You will have to pay for parking at the park, you get 30 minutes free first and must pay after that."
• "ATTENTION !!!! Parking outside the Everyone Activ building looks very tricky...UNMARKED Parking...only paying by phone...in my experience didn't work 🤬🤬🤬 SCAM !"
• "The disappointing part of your visit will be parking. Spaces were limited when we visited, and the queue for the pay and display was lengthy."
• "Parking charges apply 30mins free, £2 for 2hours and so on."
• "The one awful thing that let's this place down is the parking which is dire."
• "The car park is ridiculously small."
• "Plenty of spaces to park but paying for parking is a faff."

Facilities & Maintenance

Pros:

• "Excellent facilities, slow staff, understaffed."
• "Excellent playing fields, dog friendly with plenty of bins."
• "Really nice park, lovely woods to walk around."
• "The whole park is well maintained by Brentwood council and always looks immaculate."
• "Otherwise, very clean, has a lovely wood to play and roam in, and ever so peaceful."
• "Wide open spaces fields and woodland to explore with the family great place to walk the dogs,clean and tidy,safe play space for the kids."
• "A wonderfully diverse park where there are activities and facilities for almost everyone of all ages and interests."

Cons:

• "Also Cafe 81 only accepts card payments not acceptable Will not visit there again."
• "The new part is great, albeit very busy... However the part behind needs some TLC, certainly some extra bark on the ground to combat the thick black mud everywhere."
• "I've given this park a three star rating as was disappointed with the paths there. I took an elderly man there who uses a wheel chair found it very difficult to make our way around the pot holes on the paths."
• "Expensive if you do all Everyone Stuff."
• "Work still not finished around the pavilion."
• "Lots of the park is broken and just feels very neglected."
• "There were also small bits of tin and metal lying around which look to be offcuts from building work."

Value & Pricing

Pros:

• "Visited today with 3 yr old, went to water park excellent, value at £3.50, play area great too lots of parking."
• "All activities are under £10."
• "Great park with lots on offer. There's a splash park and super play area that you book in advance and isn't extortionate."
• "The park and play areas here are amazing! There are paddling pools which are priced at £2 per child, bargain!"
• "This park is lovely. We visited the splash park and paid the £4.25 for our daughter (adults are free)."
• "Amazing children's play park with parking only £1.10 per hour."
• "A fantastic park, it is the first time we have been with the grandchildren I would so recommend this park it had so much for the children to go on, it had a little cafe."

Cons:

• "Beware of the ice cream van, no prices shown. Paid £3.50 for a ‘99’ cone OUTRAGEOUS!"
• "The food is expensive for a penini latte and fruit shoot I paid £10."
• "Also worth noting is the Everyone Active website used to book the activities in advance. Absolute farce."
• "Soft play area is quite expensive and it is difficult to see the children."
• "The FREE park is great, but the splash park is almost £5 for 25 minutes."
• "Toilets were very clean well looked after. Icecream vans in the park quite expensive, £3.50 for most icecream with flakes."
• "Really flipping expensive too! The splashpad is £5 for half an hour! Per child!!"