Strathclyde Country Park Reviews Summary

Accessibility

Pros:

• "Easy access from public transport as well."
• "Easy access from the road network."
• "An absolute diamond in the heart of Lanarkshire. Easily accessible with loads of parking."
• "Great site within easy reach of Glasgow."
• "Very easy to access just off a big and busy roundabout."
• "Strathclyde Park is a fantastic park that is conveniently located and accessible via public transport."
• "Accessibility is excellent."

Cons:

• "Great resources at this park but I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars because you can't drive from one side of the park to the other."
• "Speed bumps are ridiculous, stops us bringing our wee boy to the parks a lot of the time."
• "There should be a sign stating that access to the Rowing Club is only from the Motherwell side and all the direction signs on the north side of the water should show the access roads closed with directions to the Motherwell entrance."
• "No through road at present."

Facilities & Activities

Pros:

• "Fantastic country park with range of options available for families; feeding ducks, water activities, plenty of adventure playground options for kids of all ages dotted along the waterfront on both sides of the water."
• "The actors in story time were fabulous, the grotto was excellent and Santa was really patient with our son who was scared of him."
• "There is something for everybody here. You have a theme park for all age groups and a lovely lake you can walk, run or cycle round."
• "A really nice walk around the Loch a multi user facility for walkers, cyclists, dog walkers and water sports users."
• "Its a lovely park especially when the suns out great walk round the park with a good sized loch and boating hire, hotels amusements, and funfare resteraunts and swing parks for the kids old roman baths lots of trails to explore and walks with the dogs a must."
• "There are nature trails, football pitches and water sports as well."
• "Several children's play areas along with a small beach area water sports centre and M&D theme park."

Cons:

• "Was at m&ds. Will never go back, it's not worth a day out, the place is just not what to expect from the theme park for Scotland, its dirty unkempt."
• "Kids aren’t allowed to ride bikes."
• "The place flooded because the drainage does work on the camping area."
• "We visited the play park today at the Motherwell end of the park. Several of the main attractions, for my kids at least, have been removed and it's very unkept."
• "Wanted to hire boat,website didn't say they only start hiring out in Spring as only open to schools when we went in Late August."
• "Activities closed due to covid."
• "Been a regular here since I was a child, now bringing my own children. Got to day there seems to be less and less attractions every year, no big wheel, no waltzers, very few stalls."

Cleanliness & Maintenance

Pros:

• "The toilet facilities are immaculate and the site itself is very well maintained."
• "Very clean with hardly any litter."
• "The site was immaculate. I saw many site staff about the site either gardening, emptying bins and cleaning the shower block."
• "Site facilities are immaculate, and staff are friendly, happy, and knowledgable on the area."
• "Park was clean and tidy."
• "Fresh walks well kept grounds."
• "The site is really clean, well spaced out and environmentally friendly."

Cons:

• "I noticed many dog waist bags just being thrown on the sides of the paths and other litter as some people cannot be bothered to throw it in the bin at the car park which makes the experience walking around the park a less nice experience."
• "The amount of litter, from babies nappies left on benches to empty beer cans and coffee cups."
• "The park is festooned with litter."
• "Scotlands theme park feels old and not very well looked after."
• "The poor thing was surrounded by rubbish. It was disgusting."
• "Very disappointed, not a pleasant place to be with litter absolutely everywhere."
• "It's crazy and sad just how much litter is left around here (or blown in the direction of the park)."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Free parking."
• "It's realistically priced given what's on offer."
• "Great place to go when on a budget."

Cons:

• "Little bit on the pricey side for the rides."
• "The wristband is another welcome addition if was a little less expensive."
• "Wrist band no longer available unless you have a yearly card/ticket, now card points at £1 a point, total rip off."
• "Ice cream van is very expensive too, and not good quality produce from them."
• "For the prices I was expecting marks and Spencer Ice cream, I bought a slush, at 2,50 for a small cup, and two sips your left with plain ice."