Stonor Park Reviews Summary

Grounds and Gardens

Pros:

• "The grounds are spectacular as are the views."
• "The gardens and particularly the walled garden were excellent with an array of roses still in flower in late August."
• "The adjoining gardens were beautiful too with the wonderful scent of roses and fruit trees throughout."
• "The main gardens are amazing for a private house."
• "The garden is beautifully maintained, and thoughtfully laid out."
• "Absolutely stunning park tucked away in its own little valley."
• "Beautiful grounds we look forward to exploring next time we visit."

Cons:

• "The gardens are not as big as expected and parts of the gardens are closed for the deers."
• "It was a pity the gardens were closed."
• "Gardens were nice however once past the main garden nothing else to see, gardens very small compared to a lot of English heritage or national trust sites."
• "Gardens are lovely (thought it would be a little bigger mind)."

Playground and Activities

Pros:

• "The adventure playground is the best we've been to, the kids couldn't get enough."
• "What an epic playground for children to run as wild as their imaginations."
• "One of the best playgrounds for children, they also have a large sandpit with water and slide."
• "Really great adventure playground and smaller playground for the little ones, and fantastic pizza as well!"
• "The play area kept our child entertained through 2 and a half hours (with breaks for lunch, drinks, and ice cream)."
• "One of the biggest jungle Jim's I've seen and pretty long zip line as well."
• "The wooded play area has a huge tunnel-like-slide, a great zip wire, climbing thingies, and best of all, a huge sand pit with a water pump that children of all ages will never want to leave."

Cons:

• "There's a large wasp presence in the play area, although I did notice a few traps, but definitely an issue."
• "Overpriced for what it is - basically a sand pit, a couple of slides and a big house that children obviously won't be interested in."
• "Wonder woods is absolutely NOT buggy friendly. Steep uneven slopes."
• "It's a relatively small playground with some nice decorations but I was disappointed: the pictures online looked a lot better."
• "The playground was good but had aspects where the older 2 needed help and direction, anything for the 2 year old was situated down the hill and therefore we were split up from our family day out."
• "Wonder woods is disappointingly small and only keeps kids entertained for about 40 mins."
• "The amount of frames and slides is less than I would expect for the money."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Runs some fabulous days for the family. The Jousting and the Supercar days are great fun."
• "£18 entry for the family and wouldn't say you get a lot for that, but it is still worth a visit."
• "We thought it was very good value for money, we stayed for 3 hours and they were entertained the entire time."
• "Have never paid to visit the park and house but regularly take the public footpath that runs through the park being one of my favourite walks - would definitely recommend it."

Cons:

• "Not worth the entrance fee to be honest (15 pounds for an adult and two children!)."
• "It was a static show. There was not a lot to see - quite a small show with very few stalls for £18 pp!"
• "£54 for a family of 5 for essentially just a children's play area extremely overpriced."
• "Overall a nice place but extremely overpriced for a child's playground."
• "Adults have to pay £9 each but there isn't much for grown-ups apart from the gardens by way of things to do."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff and guides were all very friendly flexible and helpful, dealing with many questions and efficiently with a group perhaps larger than they had expected."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful."
• "Great staff."
• "The team at Stonor Park care immensely about each visitor experience."
• "The staff are friendly and happy to go the extra mile."
• "The staff were all incredibly helpful and genuinely friendly."

Cons:

• "Worst of all, was the customer service - very rude and did not make you feel welcome."
• "Lady took our picnic of us when we walked through the gardens made us feel like we weren't to be trusted."
• "The owner, or one of them told us that the play area is close just to then go in with her child and lock behind them."

Facilities and Accessibility

Pros:

• "There is plenty of parking, close to the cafe, disabled access, loos are lovely and clean."
• "Really easy parking on site."
• "The facilities are modest but sufficient."
• "The facilities at the Visitors Centre were clean and regularly tended."
• "Parking free."

Cons:

• "Though I note that all facilities were temporary, so temporary 'tent' buildings, electricity generators, portable toilets etc."
• "Very hilly throughout not suitable for pushchairs or disabled."
• "The Wild Woods are set on the side of a steep hill, so it can be tough going on pushchairs and early walkers."
• "Car parking was on some sloping grass and is not ideal and I could imagine it being slippy when wet."