National Trust - Morden Hall Park Reviews Summary

Category: Park

Address: Morden Hall Rd, London, Morden, SM4 5JD, United Kingdom

Phone: +442085456850

Rating: 4.6
based on 439 reviews.

Park Facilities

Pros:

  • "Lovely park with lots to offer."
  • "Morden Hall Park is a great open space with winding streams and river with lots to see a rose garden."
  • "This is a wonderful place for the whole family. It has a cafe and the all important loos."
  • "Beautiful, old buildings and the stream that runs through it is cooling and soothing."
  • "The park is well kept and clean, good parking locations."
  • "A great public place for a walk or just to hung out with friends and family."
  • "It's a hidden gem."

Cons:

  • "The garden centre is ok but reeks of scented candles which is a bit much."
  • "Slightly let down by the very slow pace of the main cafe."
  • "The park itself is not very big although it has some nice features particularly for families."
  • "The garden centre is pretty normal, and parking is limited, but there is a tram stop and plenty of parking around the park."
  • "Gone downhill since a few years ago, but it still has a pleasant atmosphere."
  • "The cafe always leaves a little something to be desired - overpriced, understaffed and limited options."
  • "Could do with some better sign posting."

Café and Food

Pros:

  • "A great little café with lots of indoor seating and some outdoor. A good selection of food, and dog ice-cream too!"
  • "Good cafeteria, plenty of seating."
  • "Food was great in the cafe."
  • "They café gave a lovely lunch spot to sit and talk after your walk."
  • "Also there is a garden centre and an aquatics fish shop in the grounds for additional interest."
  • "Fab national trust cafe, ice-cream top notch."
  • "Excellent cafe where the cakes are always good value for money."

Cons:

  • "A lovely cafe with a hit and miss soup of the day - the apple and parsnip one was lovely the celeriac was not."
  • "Just wish the toilets were regularly cleaned and maintained and the cafe area floor was regularly swept and tables cleared."
  • "Don't go to the cafe, somehow their ludicrously expensive sausage rolls are wet, not moist, when you bite into them."
  • "The cafe needs more sandwich choices as the cheese and onion marmalade sandwich on white bread looks innocuous but tastes like a heart attack on a plate."
  • "Café ran out of 3 dishes so not much choice."
  • "Don't bother with the cafes! Went into both around 11:30 and the menus were aspirational rather than real."
  • "Bring your own lunch as the café prices extortionate! £4.65 for a slice of cake."

Nature and Wildlife

Pros:

  • "Beautiful natural parklands with a meandering stream."
  • "The water is so clear that you can see the fish in some of the streams and ponds."
  • "Beautiful & well tended grounds, not too manicured, left to be just wild enough."
  • "A unique huge park with a beautiful natural playground for kids."
  • "The river has improved a lot, not crystal clear but you can see fishes, lots of birds and wildlife."
  • "Beautiful park, lots of birds as part is a wetland with a wooden walkway and places where to do a little birdspotting."
  • "Beautiful setting and bustling with wildlife."

Cons:

  • "Unfortunately the wetland is getting overgrown and lacks water."
  • "The little aquarium was nice to walk round, some stunning fish to see, although could do with the fish having more space."
  • "Lots of tanks very over full and not giving the fish a good quality of life."
  • "Can be overgrown sometimes."
  • "No access to the house, very little to see."
  • "Quite a few dogs which I didn't like around my baby."
  • "Let down by inconsiderate dog walkers letting their dogs roam about and rush at people."

Accessibility and Transport

Pros:

  • "Parking is free for 1.5 hours. To get the free parking ticket press the green button for 3 seconds and it will print out a free ticket for you."
  • "Although owned by the National Trust, it does not charge an entry fee to enter the grounds and garden."
  • "Parking is tight but they have opened an overflow car park which more than doubles available parking spaces."
  • "Readily accessible from Wimbledon by bus or tram and from central London via Northern Line."
  • "Good transport links with the tram, tube and buses right next to it on all sides."
  • "There’s a tram stop just outside the park and a bus stop (5 min walk)."
  • "Located very close to Morden tube, Phipps Bridge tram and served by lots of local buses so is easily accessible."

Cons:

  • "The car park was full so get there early to avoid disappointment."
  • "Parking is limited, but there is a tram stop and plenty of parking around the park."
  • "The only downside is the parking area, quite tight."
  • "The car Parking is not that big (proportionate to the size of the park)."
  • "Parking is always available with overflow car park however it is paid."
  • "They also have a parking, but it gets full very quickly, especially on the weekends."
  • "The park isn’t 100% secure, there is an exit to the tram line and out to the streets."

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