Peasholm Park Reviews Summary

Park and Grounds

Pros:

• "This is a lovely park and caters for everyone."
• "A great place for a gentle peaceful walk. Hundreds of tame squirrels who will take food from your hand."
• "Beautiful well kept park, lovely to walk around the grounds."
• "Very pretty, easy to navigate around."
• "A beautiful park with lots of wildlife and stunning scenery."
• "The park itself is just lovely, very well maintained, litter free with beautiful scenery."
• "The park is always clean and so well maintained."

Cons:

• "The lake needs a bit of cleaning up though."
• "It's not what it used to be and really needs some TLC by Scarborough Council."
• "Some areas are looking very tired and dated."
• "Used to be very nice here, but it’s very run down now."
• "The Chinese Oriental garden is looking a bit tatty."
• "The garden in the middle island is not very well kept."
• "Been a long time since we were at Peasholm Park and, sadly, it was showing. The years have not been kind."

Facilities and Attractions

Pros:

• "The pedalos are a brilliant way to explore the park and island too."
• "The food outlets in the park offer a range of popular refreshments, from lattes to ice-creams."
• "One of the park's main attractions is the naval warfare reenactment, which takes place on the lake during the summer months."
• "Pedalos are reasonably priced when running. Also a small pitch and put, when open."
• "There are toilet facilities within the park boundary, also a cafe where you can buy snacks and tea or coffee."
• "If you're able to cross onto the island you are able to explore a nicely planted gardens and climb to the top reaching the oriental themed garden."
• "The boating lake is very popular with all ages so be prepared to eat icecream whilst you wait your turn."

Cons:

• "We were there during the holiday season, everything was closed."
• "On our weekday visit in October none of the facilities where open (peddle boats, cafe and island walk)."
• "Christmas lights don't bother what a waste of money half were not working and the ones which were you could see from outside the park."
• "The only drawback, is the seagulls that keep raiding the bins."
• "The website is very vague."
• "Not all attractions currently running or open."
• "It was disappointing to see the structure at the top was closed off so we couldn't access it."

Cleanliness and Maintenance

Pros:

• "The food was very good and for a reassuringly good price in the current climate."
• "A truly magical place. Will definitely come back here."
• "The ducks and squirrels are very friendly."
• "The public toilets were very clean and well maintained."
• "The grounds are well maintained and make for a very pleasant and relaxing experience."
• "A stunning place to visit. For us it had an extra bonus of being wheelchair accessible."
• "Beautiful park bristling with wildlife."

Cons:

• "Public toilets weren't the cleanest..."
• "Toilets would disgrace a third world country!"
• "The toilets were disgusting, vandalised and dirty."
• "Toilets old, not the cleanest and no soap."
• "What should have been a relaxing walk through the park was marred by the number of rats running around."
• "There’s a rat infestation."
• "Even though it's a lovely walk around peasholm park, the lake could do with a clean up, and something done about the rats."

Accessibility and Pricing

Pros:

• "Close by car park which charges £1.80 for an hour, £2.80 for two hours and £7.00 for all day."
• "Boats are reasonably priced & so much fun 😁, we paid £8 for a family boat which seats 4 adults plus two kids in the middle."
• "The 'dragon' pedalos are very popular."
• "The Pedalo dragon boats are reasonably priced, and you get half an hour to play on the lake."
• "The ticket for the naval warfare display was £12 for a family ticket, which we thought was quite reasonable."
• "Visitors can rent rowboats and paddle around the lake, or simply relax on the shore and enjoy the scenery."
• "Parking across road where roundabout is. Toilets at car park. Not free parking."

Cons:

• "However, the dogs must be on leads policy is not enforced which totally ruined our experience."
• "The toilets need to be brought up to date, not very nice to use."
• "Also the car parking, outside the park is a bit costly. No parking in the park."
• "A lovely place to go have a wander, shame about the expensive car parking, and no help for blue badge holders."
• "You have the option of 2 hours, but then they make you pay substantially more to stay for 4 hours, with no 3 hour option."
• "Unfortunately the peddle boats weren’t in operation because of some huge faff with some model boats."
• "My only downside to this park is finding parking for your car may be difficult."