Cockington Court Reviews Summary

Grounds and Location

Pros:

• "Beautiful, peaceful place - an amazing free day out for the whole family."
• "Really lovely place to visit great walks and just five mins from the seafront."
• "The grounds are spacious, the trees and foliage add an element of magic."
• "Beautiful setting with very well kept grounds."
• "The grounds are lovely, well maintained."
• "Beautiful open gardens.. Was lovely to walk through."
• "The grounds are very well kept and a joy to walk around."

Cons:

• "The downside is the road is terrible. It's a small country road."
• "The grounds can get very muddy, which even my dogs don't like!"
• "Some of the shops do not open on Mon/ Tues (we were there on a Monday)."
• "Parking is a bit on the expensive side too."
• "Parking £1 per hour up to 3 hours, £4.50 over 3 hours."

Cafe and Refreshments

Pros:

• "Food fantastic in the cafe and not expensive and lots of seating."
• "The café is brilliant was very good and reasonably priced food and drinks."
• "We had cheese scone and caramelised onion and chile jam which was lovely."
• "A choice of places for refreshments."
• "Great cafe too & some amazing thatched cottages."
• "The cafe is good for snacks and coffee, outdoors only at the moment. They do some gluten-free cakes and food."
• "Coffee & tea served in paper cups, and the teabag had turned my tea into a stewed bitter mess."

Cons:

• "The cafe facilities which were dire. They looked decidedly grimey."
• "The cafe was very expensive e.g. £1.50 for a can of diet coke that is less than 0.35p at wholesale!"
• "Only to find 'kitchen closed' this on a Bank Holiday weekend!!!"
• "Over priced cafe that only ever gets your order wrong."
• "We abandoned tea and cake at the cafe in the house as it seemed to be in chaos."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Lovely place to get married. Staff are great very welcoming."
• "Friendly staff in the café and shop."
• "I visit the park and Cafe most days while exercising myself and our dogs, I can only congratulate the staff on the polite and helpful manner with which they treat us."
• "The staff was nice and friendly too."

Cons:

• "Dont Bother, as rude as they come."
• "The one member of staff I had contact with was not particularly warm or friendly."

Facilities

Pros:

• "Toilets are outside, no purchase necessary. Clean, plenty of cubicles and essential supplies."
• "There are good toilets, two parking parks, a cafe which does hot drinks and snacks."
• "Gift shop, gallery, cafe and toilets located in historic Cockington Court."

Cons:

• "The toilets, especially the disabled, they are disgusting."
• "It was a shame the toilets in the car park were locked so there were only facilities for customers of the eating establishments."
• "The toilets inside the court were not as clean as they could be."

Activities and Attractions

Pros:

• "An interesting place with a number of arts and crafts type outlets."
• "There's something to interest everyone, from Children to the more mature person.. Plenty of space to roam & explore."
• "Lots going on in the courtyard including glass work and metallurgy."
• "Great selection of arts, crafts, cards and unique gifts at the Cockington Craft Centre."
• "Brilliant place to see old crafts in action and to buy and lovely walks in the park and the old cockington village with all the thatched roofed dwellings."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately many closed during our visit."
• "Not really much that interested me in the craft shops and some of them were closed - visited on Sunday."
• "The arts side of it is good but rather sparse, especially in the winter months."

Accessibility and Inclusivity

Pros:

• "Dogs are welcome here and water bowls are provided too."
• "Dogs are welcome inside the Cockington Court tea room."
• "Disabled parking is vastly improved with spaces much nearer to the Manor House and Craft Centres."
• "No entry fee, free disabled parking up the top, everywhere disabled and dog friendly, even in the cafe."
• "Gardens, lakes and parkland are massive and disabled and dog friendly."

Cons:

• "Visit here fairly regular my kids love it and always love to go to the glass maker very friendly, bit annoying that people don't keep their dogs under control (my son is petrified of them)."
• "I would like to give it a 5 but as half of family are disabled ie wheelchairs and they didn't get to see church and village shops due to steps."