Ruislip Woods Reviews Summary

Park & Woodlands

Pros:

• "Lovely area for a walk, dog friendly and the new cafe is good value."
• "Brilliant day out for free."
• "Highly recommended for a relaxing stroll, or for the more energetic, a bike ride or run."
• "So good to see the park well looked after and invested in to."
• "Its lovely family place to spend a day. Sand, water play, swing and train."
• "Really do enjoy it here. Beautiful woods to walk in and lots of kid-friendly activities by the lake and waterways."
• "A beautiful place for a walk with the family and friends."

Cons:

• "Much better before makeover to a Hollywood profile, and the new carpark inside the grounds is so, so ugly."
• "The biggest drawback was the amount of dog poo at the far end of the lido at the waters edge."
• "Toilet facilities are dirty and some out of order."
• "Only improvements would be the pond could be cleaned so the kids could enjoy the water."
• "It's a shame that the summer months see lots of rubbish left at the beach area by visitors."
• "The downside is that the water is dirty and you can't enter due to blue-green algae and an abundance of bird poo."
• "Nice and pleasant place but there are a lot of dog feces everywhere on the grass."

Parking & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Free car park here, or you can access from the north end of the Lake."
• "Parking is limited upto a max of 15-20 cars but we haven't had an issue yet finding it, perhaps it's more busy in the summer."
• "Good luck with parking though If you can't there is a woods up the road bit of a walk but it's free."
• "Parking for Hillingdon residents who have a resident card and additional parking for space for others."
• "Parking is free with hillingdon cards."
• "Nice facilities here, parking is good."
• "Lots of car parking."

Cons:

• "However the carpark is confusing, awkward to use and expensive."
• "Parking could get tricky as the it gets filled up pretty soon."
• "Car park bays are not enough when it gets busy."
• "Note - The Lido's car park charges."
• "Car park only takes cash though!!"
• "Parking is £5 and doesnt accept cards/notes so very inconvenient."
• "The car park is £5 for 5 hours."

Facilities & Amenities

Pros:

• "Nice to walk around the Lido and watch birds, or take a steam train, or have a lunch on designated areas with tables and benches."
• "I love Ruislip Lido & woods."
• "It is clean and well looked after."
• "700+ acres of free access mature oak woodlands surround the Ruislip Woods NNR."
• "A wonderful FREE place to take the kids or take a stroll ride your bike there is something for everyone."
• "Cafe very reasonable and coffee lovely."
• "A very decent coffee shop."

Cons:

• "Not really good as the water is dirty and I don't understand why they allow people and especially children to swim there."
• "The water is not good enough to swim in."
• "Public toilets (not very clean, ladies if I were you let's hope you can hover)."
• "Toilets were horrible, closest cafe card machine went down and no where to take cash out."
• "Unfortunately the beach and train are closed for few weeks because of covid 19."
• "Be cautious that on busy to day there are long queues for train back towards the car park."
• "The beach its self was very dirty and not well kept."