Chorlton Water Park Reviews Summary

Recreational Activities

Pros:

• "The parks many paths allow you to adventure for hours without hitting the dreadful wall of boredom."
• "Lots of nature, fishing and species to be seen including the rare parakeet parrot."
• "You are free to do some fishing here."
• "Fantastic place for a gentle walk round."
• "Very nice lake to walk around. Its roughly a mile in diameter so I ran around it a lot whilst marathon training."
• "If you love walking (with your dog) or just chill near the water, this is for you."
• "Day ticket fishing available with season day tickets at £30 well worth it."

Cons:

• "No boating and swimming allowed."
• "Much to disgust I noticed no one seems to be swimming in the water park. I thought what a misleading title of an attraction this is."
• "Large ish car park but partially flooded."
• "Beware of joggers and cyclists, very rude in this area."
• "Lots of dog owners with zero clue how to control their dogs."
• "The only downside is the usual irresponsible dog walkers who don't notice when their dogs poop."
• "Only downside was the sunbathers clogging up the vantage points."

Nature and Wildlife

Pros:

• "Beautiful local park with a large lake."
• "It is clean, peaceful and rich in greenery."
• "Plenty of trails leading from the park to enjoy more of the scenery and wildlife."
• "If you love nature, it's overflowing with it."
• "This is a beautiful Nature`s spot in Manchester, to which you will come back on and on as I do."
• "It's a beautiful park. With a very large lake with a variety of birds swimming around."
• "Lovely nature reserve with a path around the large lake which has ducks living on it."

Cons:

• "It does get a bit untidy when people leave litter and sometimes people don't pick up the dog dirt."
• "It does get busy during the weekend."
• "Despite wardens doing a great job there is quite often rubbish laying around and over spilling from bins."
• "Unfortunately, the state of the public toilets is catastrophic."
• "The pathways are muddy so won't be to everyone's taste."
• "Full of dog poo though."
• "On the down side it can get very muddy especially on the far side of the lake."

Facilities and Accessibility

Pros:

• "There's also a coffee cart if you want a drink or a snack."
• "Nice place to take the children (there's a play area) or to walk your 🐕."
• "If you have kids you can come there and find the nice playground area."
• "Paths are good enough for a pram or wheel chair."
• "There are free toilets & free parking."
• "Usually an ice cream van is parked near the lake."
• "The main paths are pram and wheelchair friendly."

Cons:

• "I was unable to get past the car park because the gate was locked."
• "Can get V busy on hot days."
• "Parking seemed a little crowded but this was mainly due to the giant puddles that no-one wanted to exit their cars into."
• "Some places would be a bit tricky for a wheelchair."
• "it prevents anyone in a wheelchair, or a scooter, from being able to enter!"
• "Only negative is that the way down from the car park (choice of two slopes) is quite steep."
• "VAN THIEVES!! Don’t take your vans there as the security is useless and there’s thieves hanging around there breaking into vans."

Family and Pet Friendliness

Pros:

• "Love taking my dogs here, it has everything you need."
• "Great place to walk your dog or go with the little ones in your family."
• "You are also free to feed the ducks in the lake too which is good for the kids."
• "Great to let the kids and dogs blow of steam."
• "Play area is always full with kids that enjoy playing together."
• "A really lovely water park, smaller than the neighbouring Sale Water Park but very pretty and family friendly."
• "There's a decent outdoor play area for the children."

Cons:

• "Some lovely walks along the River Mersey but we didn't find anywhere the dogs could access it for a swim. Bins and benches a little rare in the woods and some of the paths we took are not pram or wheelchair friendly."
• "I don't use Chorlton water park much, compared to Sale water park. In all honesty I find it very boring just to walk round."
• "It does get busy during the weekend."
• "the day i went with my daughter it was full of youths swearing engraving there names with a compass into the new climbing frame."
• "Also, as always, there are some dog owners who allow their dogs to run wild and frighten the many beautiful ducks geese and swans."
• "Dog walkers allow their dogs to freely roam and consequently there is dog muck all over the place!!"
• "but beware of people on horses as you have to get out of their way when they go into the water, and then the horses fill it with poo, spoiling it for everyone else!"