Trosley Country Park Reviews Summary

Walking Paths

Pros:

• "Great for family woodland walks, 3 different walks which are well signed."
• "Great place for a woodland walk, with some fine views between gaps in the trees."
• "A beautiful park with lots of different options for walks."
• "Great for all types of walking whether a slow stroll or rough trail walking."
• "Lovely woods to walk through on hard core paths with a few muddy sections but easily negotiated."
• "Several different easy walks depending on how far you want to go."
• "Beautiful views. 3 different walks."

Cons:

• "100% NOT wheelchair accessible despite website stating one of the trails is - it is definitely not, dangerous, rough, uneven ground in several places and STEPS about halfway round."
• "Great place for walking, but avoid the longer blue route if with little ones/buggy push chair."
• "The paths can be a little uneven, so tread carefully."
• "A lot of the paths are stones with some mud on top."
• "Paths weren't really paths, just mud. Would be nice if we could use the country park even in wetter or winter days with a pushchair but it is not possible."
• "The blue one has a MASSIVE steep heel to climb in the middle of the walk."
• "The walks were not quite as long as the map says."

Cafe and Refreshments

Pros:

• "Nice cafe and good walks through the woods. The views in the clearings are great and it's an accessible walk that is fairly flat for the most part with wide hard paths."
• "Lovely cafe, clean toilet facilities, reasonable parking price."
• "Great little cafe serving good sandwiches and jacket potatoes."
• "Small Cafe for refreshments, but bring a picnic and enjoy the area."
• "The cafe is cheap, simple and effective, and you can't complain about that!"
• "Onsite cafe good food and nice coffee. Friendly staff."
• "The cafe is good too, decent portions of food and tasty drinks."

Cons:

• "The cafe is expensive for what you get. A packed lunch recommended."
• "Had a great walk but one member of staff in canteen was exceptionally rude with no intention of any politeness at all."
• "Cafe very slow service and the drinks are tiny for cost you pay."
• "Bit disappointed with the sausage sarnie today, has been the No1 place to go as they were fantastic sarnies."
• "The people in the cafe where lovely but the coffee was a bit half a cup."
• "The cafe is not as good as it used to be. There are no doorstep sandwiches any more and the coffee is just machine made."
• "Halfway through the sandwiches, we were told 'you can't sit there, as it's for private parties only'."

Parking

Pros:

• "Car park is reasonably priced and there are well kept and clean toilets available."
• "2.50 to park all day in the fairly small car park."
• "Parking price is brilliant."
• "Car parking available for a small fee and road parking."
• "Parking is easy and for 1.50 for all day you can't really complain tbh."
• "Parking cheap at £1.70 a day."
• "Good sized car park with payment machines or you can use various parking apps including ring go."

Cons:

• "Not worth visiting when you get a parking fine because they prefer to spend money on parking cameras rather than machines and signs."
• "Only negative is the £1.50 weekday parking charges and £2.50 weekend."
• "Parking is busy and chaotic...10am on a Sunday was not early enough!"
• "Parking extortionate at £2.50 if you plan to walk for only a couple of hours."
• "Parking was a bit of an issue, but it was the weekend and during lockdown so I think everyone is wanting to get out and about."
• "Parking is £2.50 for the day regardless of the time you are there."
• "But watch out for car parking charges. Make sure you pay or you'll be fined."

Facilities and Maintenance

Pros:

• "The facilities were great, loo and a cafe."
• "Good cafe and toilets."
• "The visitors centre has good facilities that are accessible for those with mobility issues."
• "There's plenty of maps showing you the routes and route markers throughout so you know you are going the right way."
• "Lots of picnic benches, 2 play areas and dens for children to play in."
• "Clean, beautiful forest and fields."
• "Lovely Café, tasty food, felt covid safe and the staff were friendly."

Cons:

• "No hot water for washing your hands in the toilets."
• "The cafe food is also very poor."
• "One of the toilets had no paper and one soap dispenser had no soap."
• "Public Toilets are disgusting."
• "General lack of cleanliness and maintenance."
• "It was disappointing to see individuals sitting on the neolithic tombs; smoking weed and drinking beer."
• "There is a cafe at the moment but with covid still taking affect it is not open, which is slightly disappointing."