We showed up here with our puppy and got turned aw...

We showed up here with our puppy and got turned away. Only residents of the area can walk here between September and April, and there are no other parks anywhere nearby. If you want to take a taxi with your pup to an alternative, none of the drivers at the cab rank will take you, and the railway station cafe isn't dog friendly. The estate reception greets you with the whole 'nice but not actually' treatment. There's no good reason for turning people away who only want to go for a walk. It's particularly irritating that it's the only green space for miles so if you go there not knowing all of this, you have no alternative but to go back to where you came from. I can only imagine the estate is quite happy with that state of affairs generally. With the numbers of people who might pay to enjoy the space in the winter time, it's an absolute tragedy the estate chooses to operate this way. We're talking a space that is probably the size of Victoria Park, closed to the public for half the year and with excellent rail links in and out of London.