Waseley Hills Country Park Reviews Summary

Category: Country park Birmingham

Address: Gannow Green Ln, Rubery, Birmingham B45 9AT, United Kingdom

Phone: +441562710025

Rating: 4.7
based on 188 reviews.

Facilities

Pros:

  • "There is also toilets, disabled friendly toilets and a cafe here located on the edge of the car park."
  • "A nice cafe with lovely friendly staff."
  • "On site cafe serves homemade cakes and hot coffee for reasonable prices."
  • "The car park is quite spacious."
  • "Plenty of space for parking."
  • "Clean and tidy with great facilities, brilliant place for a picnic as there are plenty of tables and benches between the playground and the cafe."
  • "Public toilets clean."

Cons:

  • "Outdoor toilets block - expect cobwebs & cold water!"
  • "But it was all CLOSED OFF."
  • "Parking is an absolute nightmare where the car park machine is a joke it's card only but you have to stand there and physically put all the details in scan your card and wait for it to give you a ticket when we went there was a huge queue we waited well over 15 minutes just to get to pay the car parking."
  • "Only drawback is that you have to pay for carparking, which is wrong."
  • "A shame there's limited parking with a fee to pay."
  • "The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because the cafe only accepts cash."
  • "The toilets which are feeling old and can be quite smelly, and the playground for smaller children needs an update."

Scenery and Walks

Pros:

  • "Great views from the upper areas. Brilliant for walking the dog."
  • "Short (2 mile) walking circuit, with fabulous views over the whole of Birmingham and more importantly, you can see the Cotswolds, Malverns, Shropshire Hills and on a clear day parts of the Brecon Beacons."
  • "Stunning views of the countryside from all around, lots of dog walkers and ramblers."
  • "Beautiful, with lots of different walks to choose from."
  • "Excellent outdoor area with several walking routes available to explore."
  • "Great trails through the hills looks on neverending walk, as a part of bigger adventure."
  • "Spectacular views beautiful countryside."

Cons:

  • "Not the prettiest place with the pylons etc but we had a decent walk and hope to return soon."
  • "Was always put off by this place due to its proximity to the M5, the M5 is ever present."
  • "Definitely dog-friendly, and a great place for kids as there is an outdoor playground and also a cafe. Regarding walks, be mindful that it is quite muddy and some footpaths have been cut off."
  • "Wellies are a necessity during and after wet weather. Even light rain for a day or so turns the lower slopes by the car park into a soggy mess."
  • "Parts were extremely muddy and water logged so need to wear appropriate clothing."
  • "The hills themselves are rather steep and uneven and might not be ideal for everyone."
  • "I will never understand why in Great Britain whenever there is a piece of nature they build motorways so close to it that you can't escape the noise."

Play Areas and Activities

Pros:

  • "It is a lovely place for any age, they have a play area for children."
  • "Great little natural play area for 2-14 year olds with a cafe and toilets open all year round."
  • "A good place to get some fresh air. Good playground for young children, plentiful supply of picnic tables."
  • "Great place for walking your dogs... Got a nice park play area for the kids, and a nice visitor centre, that serves hot and cold food, plus drinks."
  • "For younger children there is a playground area. Something for everyone."
  • "Theres are large play area for kids at the entrance that's pretty good, felt nice and safe and well thought out."
  • "A spacious playground for the kids to enjoy as well as a picnic area with benches."

Cons:

  • "The zip wire on the play areas gone and been replaced by less health and safety risk climbing structures."
  • "Sadly a few visitors upset the beauty of this magical area. As dogs off leads in the playground/picnic area put people off visiting."
  • "It's a lovely closed in little park with a separate but attached area for little ones, well maintained and got a good few things for the kids to play on."
  • "The only concern that some dog walkers have is the fact that some of the fields have cows in them and their calves can get spooked by the dogs."
  • "Be careful if your dog is off lead there are sheep in some fields and dog got covered in sheep muck."
  • "Sometimes there is cattle in the fields so be careful if you have your four legged friends off the lead!"
  • "Also a fair bit of litter left by irresponsible chavs."

Parking

Pros:

  • "The car park is quite spacious."
  • "Plenty of space for parking."
  • "Car park was quite busy, but there is an overspill area."
  • "Has its own little car park which is great."
  • "Parking was free as machines were out of order."
  • "Ample parking."
  • "Plenty of parking."

Cons:

  • "Parking is an absolute nightmare where the car park machine is a joke it's card only but you have to stand there and physically put all the details in scan your card and wait for it to give you a ticket when we went there was a huge queue we waited well over 15 minutes just to get to pay the car parking."
  • "Only drawback is that you have to pay for carparking, which is wrong."
  • "A shame there's limited parking with a fee to pay."
  • "Remember one thing, parking is not free."
  • "However if you just want to take your dogs for a walk (even for an hour) you will pay £2.20. This is the minimum payment. It's £3 all day."
  • "The one problem was we did not have the £2 cash to pay for the parking and there wasn't an option to pay by card or an app."
  • "Knocked a star of for the minimum £2.20 parking fee, I can understand a nominal fee of a pound but it really deters me from coming here to walk the dogs multiple times a week."

Cafe and Food

Pros:

  • "A nice cafe with lovely friendly staff."
  • "Amazing sausage sandwich with red onion marmalade on granary at the end."
  • "On site cafe serves homemade cakes and hot coffee for reasonable prices."
  • "Food is good from the small cafe...cheesy chips are well earned after a walk around the hills!"
  • "The log burner was on, food was great as well as the service from the two very pleasant ladies who were chatty and very helpful."
  • "The Windmill Cafe is lovely as well. Real fires on colder days and super helpful and friendly staff."
  • "A great cafe that is really cheap."

Cons:

  • "I think they must use a very hot oven as most of our food was burnt."
  • "The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because the cafe only accepts cash."
  • "Café is just a fast food waggon which seems a shame as there are enough buildings there that they could have a lovely little cafe."
  • "The cafe, whilst having a good selection of cakes their quality wasn't brilliant, it also let itself down on the tea."
  • "Popped in for a coffee. Found the older staff rude."
  • "They do a sit down food in the cafe which is ok, but the place is literally like a barn and a little on the cold side."
  • "The coffee is not great though. Really weak and milky. Have the tea. The tea is lovely."

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