"Love the forest but the parking is absolutely extortionate."
"Parking is atrocious."
"Parking is a nightmare as there were not enough spaces and cars just dumped blocking routes to navigate around."
"Absolutely beautiful forest, only downside is the cost of parking."
Cafe
Pros:
"The cafe was reasonably priced with a good choice of food and drinks."
"Café is very nice with a selection of drinks, snacks, cakes and hot food."
"Good cafe with outside and inside seating."
"The sharing lunch was amazing value for money and plenty for the two of us."
"Great food & drink selection & the prices were cheaper that the previous company that used to be there."
"The cafe has a log burner and caters for dietary needs with friendly, helpful staff."
"Nice cafe on site offering pies, snacks, ice cream and drinks."
Cons:
"The cafe is OK but very expensive for what it is."
"We brought our own food as the food in the cafe is quite expensive."
"The cafe is very small and there is not much selection of food especially for people with allergies."
"Sadly the cafe was a bit of a let down."
"The cafe was a little disorganised though and could do with a better system of delivery when busy."
"I was very disappointed with my visit to the Wyre forest centre cafe the food was awful."
"Parking is a bit pricey."
Trails and Walks
Pros:
"Paths are well marked out."
"Always a pleasure coming back here, so relaxing, clean, quiet, full of variety and breathtakingly beautiful all around."
"Really well maintained woodland, mountain bike trails, horse trails as well as the walking paths."
"Lovely woodland with well marked out paths for walking, cycling and horse riding."
"Many route to walk/run/cycle down which is always nice so not in everyone's way."
"The routes are well maintained and well sign posted which definitely makes the price you pay for the car parking worth it."
"Great trails for walks, running or mountain biking."
Cons:
"You have to be aware this is a 'man made' forest, so you won't be trekking through muddy hills."
"Maps not great to understand though now we got lost I think i understand where we went wrong."
"There was meant to be a waterfall on the green route but it was dried up."
"Marking on trails could be improved."
"No sanitisation of play equipment as per Government guidance for outdoor play areas."
"Would be Excellent, but it now has very misleading signposting major differences between their map at the site, the actual signposts enroute and what is shown online."
"Additionally many bikers don't take care and keep devastating even the places with no permission to come, making new bike's paths."
Facilities
Pros:
"Spacious and clean toilets."
"Toilets available at the visitor centre with a cafe."
"Restrooms are free."
"Accessible toilet needs updating and a few repairs but is clean."
"The toilets were immaculate, clean and tidy."
"There are benches dotted around to sit on and toilets in various places."
"Playground, cafe, toilets, there's even a dog washing station."
Cons:
"Service can be slow."
"Toilets had a few broken locks."
"One working ticket machine with massive queue or a ropey website not optimised for mobile."
"The playground is rather small, certainly not worth the journey if that is what you want."
"Why only one baby changing facility cubicle for a place so big???"
"Childrens play area is a bit broken so is looking a bit shabby and they still haven't repaired the woodpecker."
"Disgusted at lack of social distancing around the children's play area."
General Experience
Pros:
"Such a great escape from the city."
"Been coming here for a very long time now and it’s just the perfect place to go for a long or short walk and with your furry friend!"
"Wow what a great place."
"Great day out at Wyre Forest."
"Fantastic day out for a family get together of 17, took some great photos in the woods with the kids."
"A wonderfully planned forest centre."
"Fantastic place to visit."
Cons:
"Visitor centre was packed, almost queuing out of doors so gave up and went home."
"The wait in the queue for service was interminable."
"Busy, crowded and it seems far from nature."
"I am very surprised how much the parking fee has increased."
"With so many great walks in the area there's nothing special about this one."
"Sad fact is that, trees are cutting down in big amount, a new road was built last year."
"Parking not cheap and difficult to work out time periods."