Thornbridge Estate Reviews Summary

Gardens

Pros:

• "The gardens are lovely, not too big to tire you out but not small either."
• "Amazingly beautiful gardens, fantastically interesting and peaceful to walk around."
• "Beautiful gardens, Garden Shop, Cafe and small gift shop (including their frozen Estate Meat products)."
• "The gardens are well maintained though there are a number of steps and slopes which would make it more difficult for someone that was infirm."
• "The formal gardens are lovely. Take a walk around the koi fish pond, peek in the orangery, explore the different plants and flowers."
• "Gardens are wonderful, paths everywhere, make sure you try every one they lead to some very special views."
• "Thornbridge Hall is surrounded by 12 acres of quirky and quintessentially English gardens."

Cons:

• "Only four stars because it poured down so we didn't get to see the gardens, which I am sure will bring up the review."
• "Nice gardens, overpriced though, I felt, even with a teeny discount due to limited access to all garden areas as there is a wedding taking place there today."
• "The garden seems bit unloved and overgrown."
• "Went in January, excellent for a stroll around but lots of steps throughout the gardens and steep slope out of the car park to enter if not disabled but have walking problems."
• "Has gone down market and downhill as far as the gardens are concerned."
• "Unfortunately this has changed and now it feels like a children's play area and not something the RHS would be proud off."
• "The sense of expectancy generated by the website is never quite lived up to."

Cafe

Pros:

• "The café is excellent, the shop reasonably priced and all the staff we met were wonderful."
• "Cafe serves AMAZING sausage rolls and cakes not to mention excellent coffee and Thornbridge beers!"
• "Very friendly cafe, which is dog friendly and has locally sourced produce."
• "We had a lovely lunch in the cafe, with delicious cakes too."
• "The cafe on site serves some of the best sausage rolls, made from the on premise small holding."
• "I'd definitely recommend a visit to the onsite café as their Sausage and bacon sandwiches are absolutely spot on."
• "A lovely warm and inviting 'Quackers' coffee shop - with stunning looking cakes."

Cons:

• "Beautiful gardens but the cafe was beyond chaotic."
• "Did not use café which looked excellent as awful smell of hot deep frying fat on arrival."
• "The cafe is nice, if a little pricey."
• "The cafe was perhaps a bit pricey but the food was fantastic - glad to see a vegan option."
• "The cafe very popular. Dogs are welcome. Cafe Rather Cramped and could do with being much bigger."
• "Nice cafe although large slow queue meant we skipped it and sent elsewhere."
• "The cafe was extremely overpriced, £3.50 for a generic ice cream!"

Accessibility

Pros:

• "Disabled parking spaces available right outside main entrance."
• "Parking and access very good, although our sat nav took us to the wrong side of the Hall so plan your route."
• "FREE Car Park 😍Suitable for all ages."
• "Parking spaces for the disabled near the entrance."
• "Parking, plenty of spaces for all persons. Dog friendly, in the cafe and the gardens."
• "There are slopes in places to avoid steps. Maybe disabled route planner in gift shop."
• "Car Park: some of which is on a slope. Short walk to the entrance."

Cons:

• "Toilet in the cafe, currently emergency cord needs extending to the floor which I have passed on."
• "Not easy or obvious to find the main entrance yo the place and the sat nav takes you to on the wrong side of the road or round the back of the building."
• "Accessibility: mixed due to the garden being on a hill. Level areas of the house and grounds to explore."
• "There's a children's play area adjacent to the fire pit too and as it isn't cordoned off, so it could be potentially dangerous for children."
• "Nice wedding venue. Only they are not helpful late at night when as usual taxis are cancelling ride as too far from Sheffield."
• "If we'd found the entrance we might have liked it. Parked in car park. Handful of cars there.Walked around. No entrance or guidance signage we could see anywhere."
• "Shame this beautiful place ruined with such a modern extension for the cafe."