Burnby Hall Gardens Reviews Summary

Gardens and Grounds

Pros:

• "Large gardens, well kept and very interesting."
• "Absolutely lovely place to go, beautiful gardens to walk around, everything about the place, I love."
• "Very beautiful gardens which are kept up to high standard all year round."
• "A great place for the whole family young and old, able bodied or less able bodied."
• "Fabulous place to visit for all age ranges and family and friend groups etc."
• "A beautiful place to go, for a relaxing walk. Gardens are kept beautifully."
• "These gardens are a joy to wander round, this is our 5th visit on 6 years, there is always something different to see as the garden is evolving all the time."

Cons:

• "The garden lacks a little colour in January as you might expect, but look closely and you’ll see that bulbs are pushing through everywhere."
• "Not the biggest of gardens, but they were immaculate when I visited."
• "Nice gardens but perhaps a bit small."
• "Gardens are lovely but the restoration seems slow."
• "A little disappointed that some of it was cordoned off for refurbishment."
• "The gardens aren't huge but are very specialised with the lilly ponds and stumpery."
• "As a former resident of Pocklington visiting the area with my new partner, I was quite upset to find that dogs are no longer allowed in the gardens."

Lake and Fish

Pros:

• "The lake is well stocked with carp, that will come up when you feed them."
• "Colourful koi carp in the big lake are a lovely distraction for kids and adults alike."
• "The large fish in the lake was amazing and on giving them food pellets nearly jumped out of the water."
• "Watching and feeding the Carp was hilarious, they almost climbed out of water to get the food."
• "The fish are very friendly and will eat out of your hand."
• "Feed the rapacious fish, a sight to behold."
• "Our favourite activity is feeding the millions of carp that live in the lake!"

Cons:

• "Wish we had bought more fish food."
• "There was blue algae in the water but we were well informed by the staff on arrival."
• "We love going to Burnby hall see the garden's and feeding the fish. The band were good, but a bit disappointed at the state of some of the ponds the second one was brown and muddy felt sorry for the fish could only just see them there was twig's and alsorts floating on the top shame."
• "Be careful your little ones don’t fall in!!"
• "The ponds are being renovated currently but when in their full glory they are magnificent & there are just hundreds of koi carp."
• "The fish are frenzied and entertaining to feed!"
• "The fish are also beautiful and you can feed them for a small fee really worth visiting."

Cafe and Food

Pros:

• "We all enjoyed our food in the café."
• "The sandwiches were enormous, very fresh and tasty."
• "The cafe serves nice food and also nice cake."
• "A lovely relaxing walk around the changing gardens followed by a sandwich and coffee in the cafe."
• "The cafe serves high quality food at great prices."
• "Great cafe with courtious staff and good food."
• "Cafeteria is excellent, great choice of afternoon teas and excellent service!"

Cons:

• "Milk jug with our tea had not been washed properly so my friend had black tea."
• "However the carpark was a nightmare. It will put people off from returning."
• "Thought some of the cafe staff were slightly over zealous when challenging us with a sleeping baby in a pram expecting us to leave the pram outside the cafe which had lots of available space."
• "Had lunch for the last time at the cafe; a ploughman's served up on a scruffy wooden board, bread in a toy watering can, piccalilli in a plant pot - like having tea at your gran's who has dementia."
• "The only disappointing bit was the cafe."
• "The cafe was a bit too busy we had to walk around them return later."
• "However, in warm weather sit inside - the wasps made it a little unpleasant despite the several insect traps around."

Accessibility and Parking

Pros:

• "Accessibility - level and wide paths."
• "Relatively easy pushing a wheelchair round too."
• "Our daughter is in a wheelchair and she had no trouble manoeuvring her power chair around the gardens."
• "Fully accessible for those with mobility problems."
• "Paths are reasonably flat and quite accessible."
• "These grounds are suitable for wheelchairs, mobility scooters and pushchairs."
• "The gardens are wheelchair accessible and well worth a walk around."

Cons:

• "Parking was a little tricky so research local options beforehand if you're not getting there early."
• "It can get quite congested in the car park."
• "Needs a better/bigger car park, the existing one is too narrow."
• "The car park is narrow with bays not clearly marked out."
• "Would not recommend if you have a big car as parking is a joke."
• "Parking may be a problem if it's a busy time."
• "Car parking at capacity and quite tricky, though free."