"The visitor's centre has toilets, shop and a small cafe but it can get really busy at times."
"Visitor centre has very clean toilets, gift shop and sit in or takeaway cafe."
"The staff at the visitors centre were very helpful."
"There is a café and gift shop educational area and toilets in the visitor centre."
"New visitor centre and restaurant."
"Free car park and visitors centre with amenities."
"The Visitors Centre is a good spot, nice cafe, good clean toilets."
Cons:
"Went in to visitors centre to get information about camping site on sunday evening and women behind counter was extremely rude."
"The café was cramped and crowded ie too small."
"No visible directions available from car park."
"Pity dogs not allowed inside visitor centre and cafe but there are picnic benches outside to sit at with your dogs."
"The only complaint is the lack of toilet facilities, so be aware at the moment that the only toilets available are at the main visitor centre."
"Why I've given it 3/5 stars is to highlight the visitors centre and cafe not being dog friendly."
"The toilets near the playpark (basic but fine) were not well signposted."
Park and Nature
Pros:
"Great time with the kids, nice walk through the woods and play park with big climbing frame and slides."
"Some of the best views in central Scotland along the Forth valley to East Lothian and the Fife coast."
"Amazing place to walk around and lose yourself in nature."
"Gorgeous views. Well maintained paths & walks."
"Brilliant location to have a wonderful day out with fantastic views and wooded area where you can enjoy nature at its best."
"Beautiful view of the hills, farmlands and forest."
"This beautiful place have a lot to offer."
Cons:
"If it's raining you're going to get supper muddy."
"Nearly half of the forrest has gone, appears to have been felled in one, not great forrest management."
"The paths can get quite muddy in places and that's with the sun out."
"I found the walks weren’t too obvious as to where they started or ended and it could get a little confusing if you are not used to forestry walks."
"It's a bit of a walk to the picnic areas and the bbq areas are a little exposed."
"Lovely views from the top of the hill but the path walking up the hill from Linlithgow was excruciating."
"During covid it is hard to manage facilities but we are being encouraged to go out and support local, because of this it was disappointing the cafe and all facilities were open except the toilets."
Cafe and Food
Pros:
"Very lovely place to have breakfast or lunch."
"The cafe has good food at a reasonable price."
"Café has tasty baking and food with big selection of gluten free food."
"The cafe has a good menu and is very reasonably priced, both coffee and tea are good quality."
"Pizza and chips were lovely."
"Cafe was excellent fabulous food very generous portions and very keenly priced."
"Very tasty food in the cafe, the staff were very friendly and helpful and the cafe and visitor centre were very clean."
Cons:
"The Hideaway café service time was very disappointing."
"Sadly let down by the 'gift shop' and 'cafe'. They were nice and clean but not really much to them."
"The cafe is very nice but small and very noisy when busy."
"Unfortunately I was not able to get served a coffee at the end as dogs are not allowed in."
"The café was cramped and crowded ie too small."
"Prices are steep for what they have on offer."
"Food itself was nice enough although the plates were cold, so food cooled down quickly."
Activities and Events
Pros:
"The silent disco was defo our fave part - dancing away in the middle of a forest with snow on the ground and belting out last Christmas, what's not to love!"
"Great day out, so much to see and do."
"Beecraigs festive forest was a tremendous night, my wee boy loved it."
"Kids enjoyed it. Adults enjoyed it."
"Fantastic place to visit with kids for the day."
"The food trucks were great, the people dressed up as characters were so fun, the rides were a bonus at the end and I genuinely recommend everyone to go because it really got us in the festive mood!"
"We attended the Festive Forest and it was brilliant!!"
Cons:
"The character suits were bad, Olaf and the Grinch."
"Went here for the forest light show. It wasn't a patch on the Pitlochry one."
"Beecraigs Christmas lights, it's a struggle to say two stars."
"£10 for 1 waffle and 1 Candy dummy."
"£73 for the tickets. Next year we'll go elsewhere."
"What a waste of money for the Festive Woodland walk....we won't be back 🤬"
"The stalls prior to the entertainment stage, what a rip off."
Parking and Accessibility
Pros:
"Car parking at the visitors centre is a little short however there are plenty car parks around the park that can be used if you don't mind the walk."
"Numerous car parks at locations throughout the park as well."
"There's plenty of car parking all over the park."
"The country park had loads of parking and easy to follow paths for walking throughout."
"Free car park and visitors centre with amenities."
"This park is hidden gem in West Lothian, lastly it is home to the only memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives fighting in the Korean War."
"A few of these are accessible by wheelchairs (manual or electric) and a map is available at reception."
Cons:
"Parking areas do not allow for a lot of visitors, so one in / one out parking situations."
"It is difficult to get there by public transport, which is a shame."
"Parking is an issue, there is ALWAYS a lack of space I would recommend going early."
"Went to light festival wasn't great parking was chaotic we parked at side of road steward didn't even speak to drivers to inform them to park just walked by."
"Parking can be a real pain."
"Beecraigs is exclusively for drivers. I've never known a bus to go there from anywhere."