Lullingstone Country Park Reviews Summary

Category: Country park

Address: Castle Rd, Eynsford, DA4 0JF, United Kingdom

Phone: +443000411811

Rating: 4.6
based on 225 reviews.

Café and Food

Pros:

  • "A cream tea from the cafe enjoyed in the autumnal sunshine was the perfect end to a lovely afternoon outing."
  • "The cafe did nice food and was reasonably priced and the toilets were clean."
  • "We then headed to the cafe which served a good selection of ice creams and other tasty treats."
  • "The cafe next to the park has amazing indulgent cakes that I recommend!"
  • "Coffee shop is nice, even better when the owner replaces the coffee machine."
  • "There is a café and shop on the side where you can get lunch, coffee, tea, and cakes."
  • "The cafe is open for take away drinks, sandwiches and ice cream."

Cons:

  • "The cafe shop is good, bit pricey."
  • "Service very good, however very disappointed with vegan sausage rolls."
  • "The area is amazing and offers so much. Its just such a shame the visitor centre is awful - everytime i have come they have served awful food and had awful customer service."
  • "Very disappointed with cafeteria, not one clean table."
  • "The food was stale and coffee did not taste like coffee."
  • "Sadly no dogs allowed in the cafe."
  • "Cafe was ok, but not dog-friendly, we had to sit outside on a picnic table."

Parking

Pros:

  • "Parking was reasonable (Pay and display for the whole day was £2.70 on a weekend)."
  • "Parking is affordable at £2.50 for the whole day."
  • "Cheap all day parking and a kiddies play Park."
  • "Parking can be paid online up to Midnight the same night."
  • "Parking reasonably priced, only problem was paying, the machine only took cash and had a 5 min break between users."
  • "Parking places are a plenty though."
  • "Parking costs are reasonable but bring change in case the card machine doesn't work."

Cons:

  • "Parking charge notice £70 although I was pretty sure I paid for our visit."
  • "Car park is a joke. They have pay by phone parking and a machine that supposedly allows credit card payment but neither work then you end up with a £70 fine."
  • "Dodgy car parking avoid! Got a parking fine."
  • "The PayByPhone system is unreliable, so have some small change handy."
  • "Car park grossly overpriced, only a full day rate available."
  • "ANPR system registers your car, you will get a parking fine regardless of paying or not."
  • "Parking needs to be extended somehow as you can get there and find nowhere to park."

Facilities and Maintenance

Pros:

  • "The toilets next to the café are fairly well maintained, not the cleanest and don't always have a lot of soap or toilet paper but not bad for public toilets."
  • "Centre toilets were clean and soap and toilet paper was supplied."
  • "Great toilet facilities, play area and cafe just next to the car park."
  • "Wheelchair accessible toilets next to the cafe/car park."
  • "The children's play area is pretty amazing."
  • "There's a kids play area, a cafe (with great looking cakes) and a good gift shop."
  • "Good cafe. Lots of picnic tables and open space to play."

Cons:

  • "The toilets need a greater capacity for the amount of people."
  • "The children's play area was not very well maintained at all and the slide was out of order."
  • "None are wheelchair friendly unless you have an off road type."
  • "Toilets not up to standard, very dirty."
  • "The toilets were a bit smelly which is a shame because otherwise they are in good condition."
  • "Rather limited children's play area and the slide was off limits when we visited."
  • "Unfortunately small walk for children need attention and maintenance as sculptures to discover are in not great state."

Scenery and Environment

Pros:

  • "Lovely place to spend the day, if the weathers good. Lots of places to explore and have a picnic, great for kids and dogs."
  • "There are lovely routes across the countryside."
  • "Beautiful country park that has woods, fields and pretty views!"
  • "The view from the top of the hill is stunning."
  • "Very popular and I can see why."
  • "Lovely place to picnic and loads of wildlife around."
  • "Beautiful part of the Kent Countryside, plenty of well marked walks."

Cons:

  • "Intersects a golf course in places which can be a little off putting, when you hear the whack of a ball your kinda hoping it doesn't hit you."
  • "Not much to do inside so dress appropriately."
  • "The trails go through a golf course which can prove to be dangerous."
  • "The lack of tree cover may be a downside for some, as it can get quite hot in the summer months."
  • "The thing that bothers me the most is that the lake is behind a huge fence and you can hardly even see it from any of the trails."
  • "Obviously a matter of taste but for me too exposed to roads. Does not feel secluded enough."
  • "The only negative are the various golf courses, great if you're a golfer, but not a hiker, so keep off the fairway and keep on the paths."

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