Stockeld Park Review

Brilliant day out with the Family. Plenty of things to keep the kids occupied. Great picnic area also.

A popular venue with great facilities operated at a high standard. It is cheaper to buy tickets online at least the day before you go. The restaurant has a good selection of meals at reasonable prices. For drinks only you can use a separate serving area. The maze was complicated enough to make it impossible to remember. It wasn't necessary to use a map to reach the centre but it took 20 minutes of meandering and a scout out from a raised bridge to make it. Very well done to the designer.

We recently visited Stockeld Park to visit the magical Christmas Adventure which quite frankly looked amazing and with three children under six I hoped it was as good as it looked.

Arriving at Stockeld Park it s clear to see that this beautiful attraction loves Christmas just as much as we do, from twinkling lights to lovely decorations this places oozes charm from the moment you walk through the gates.

The activities on offer including Ice Skating, Nordic skiing, the Maze and the Enchanted Forest Trail are great fun and whilst it is possible to pay for individual activities I think the best value for money is gained when purchasing a family day pass especially when you have children like ours who fall in love with an activity resulting in them wanting to do it again and again. In addition one thing I did like about this attraction is that people whom don t want to participate in the activities can still enter free of charge allowing the whole family to enjoy simply being together during this festive day out.

Now I have to say that our visit to Father Christmas was amazing, the walk down to the Grotto was beautifully lit and the main man himself was exceptional! Not only did he look exactly what you would expect him to look like he was amazing with the children, talking to them, making jokes and more importantly enhancing the magic of the festive season- what more could you ask for?

After our visit to Santa we all headed to the Enchanted Forest Trail which is absolutely gorgeous. My biggest tip would be to make sure you walk around the forest after the sun has gone down as it is beautifully illuminated and there is still plenty for the kids to do on the way round. From play parks to chimes, slides in the shape of a tea pot, a house in the shape of a boot and the kid s favourite a magic mirror the trail oozes charm and gave us all the festive feeling.

Visiting Stockeld Park isn t the cheapest Christmassy day out available but it is the most beautiful place I ve taken the little man and in my opinion well worth a visit, we will certainly be returning next year!

Beautiful park. Well maintained and very clean. All areas are really good and fun for the children. We didn't eat here we took a pack up and enjoyed it in the sun on the huge open field, but we had an ice cream from the cafe.... a little expensive for my liking and very long waiting time.
Overall had a brilliant day and would re-visit, only thing I would do different is not visit the circus, it was very basic, it was free with the purchase of a ticket so can not grumble, but it's not worth a re-visit.

Lovely place do much to see. Brilliant for children

Been twice now for Christmas. Got lost in the maze, been ice skating and once skiing. Walk through enchanted forest and seen the lights in there. We've always taken our own food and drink so we dont lose time queuing up and we've never joined age to see santa. I did think it was better 1st time we went though but still a good day out

Just had an amazing day at Stockeld Park. Perfect weather, not too busy, fab place with tonnes to do and see! I ve skating really good too! Want to say how fab the staff were in particular the Sedgeway at the end. We had got there as it closed and the last group were getting their safety briefing and they were so kind to let our two children have a go as they were upset we had missed it and went out of their way to bring another Sedgeway for them! Absolutely fantastic. Thanks so much! Made our already fantastic day just perfect! We will be back

Lots for kids to do, but incredibly busy. Cafe was overpriced and portions of the mains were disappointing.

We love Stockeld Park, doesn't matter what the weather is like we always have a great time. There's loads to do and keep 2 active boys busy

Had a lovely time. Visited during Halloween half term. Maze was good. Covid restrictions in place. Small fair which you have to pay for separately. Nice experience but far too expensive for what it is.

The activities were great, brilliant for both adults and kids. But the food catering is shocking. We had to wait for hours, literally, to get food.

Bring a picnic of you make a day trip.

A lovely afternoon and evening. Really enjoyed the enchanted forest and nordic skiing.

Absolutely love this place!! Fab for kids of all ages

Good time with family and friends. Ice skating was fun, scooter ride was worth the wait and maze was good too. At the end good options at cafeteria. Our second visit was worthwhile

We visited today for the first time to see the winter illuminations, which are lovely.
A lot of effort has been put in to help visitors social distance and stay safe, hand sanitiser is available throughout the walk and signs to remind people to social distance are placed regularly around the park.
It isn't heaving with visitors and you're timed in to leave gaps between groups which gives plenty of space for people to social distance.
Unfortunately a lot of visitors either don't understand what a metre is or just don't care about social distancing. At one point when we were waiting for a family to finish at one set of lights were ended up with a family to our left, less than half a metre from us and a family over our shoulder on the other side.
This happened throughout the walk, which was a shame as the lights are lovely but the number of visitors ignoring social distancing made it quite uncomfortable.
I don't think there's any more Stockeld could do about this as they're doing lots to remind people already, hence the 4*.

Kids loved it fantastic didn't want to go home
For me (granddad) it was far to expensive and not very well organised. Very long que's. Not enough staff

asolutely DISGUSTED!!! attended for the firewrks display - clearly states on the website as well as the fireworks "you will also be able to try out our ice skating rink, walk around our truly beautiful enchanted forest, or maybe go on our cross country skiing trail". we took our 4 children and we attempted to begin our enchanted forest walk, gave our tickets to the gate clerk and were promptly turned away with him stating that the tickets were ONLY for the fireworks display - which was disappointing to say the least! our children were absolutely heartbroken sobbing there hearts out, the ushered us through the nearest gate into the most muddy, boggy, dark field with a double buggy which is impossible to push over that terrain!! so unhappy, we shall not be recommending this attraction to anyone, families please beware when purchasing tickets here - also the phones are NEVER answered!

Great day with a young family and excellent social distancing in place throughout. Pity maze was closed as other rides but understandable.

Great maze, wonderful walkland forest and lovely beef stew in Yorkshire pudding. What more can you ask for. Ice ring I suppose but they have one of them as well.

We love our xmas trips to Stockheld Park. Always lovely lights etc.

Great place for the family, especially at Christmas

My daughters took me on the 21st which was saturday wevw been excited about it since she booked it for ys as a family of 4 it cost her over 50.00..sadly the electric wasnt running so the enchanted forest wasnt magical at all the weather was bad and they were no arts n crafts on at all i was very dissapointed ..the maze wasnt all open so we didnt even get to count the bats we did make most of a bad day ..the ice ring wasnt ice enough to use which the weather is understandable as we were told about this before hand ..over all the advert on your page states 20th starts halloween with pics of whiches and everything else but when we arrived there it doesnt start til the 23rd false advertising..im deeply dissapointed in this ..
Mrs C King

Clean, enough room for social distancing although appreciate kids don't understand this in the play areas
Good day out

This was an amazing festive trip for our children that have missed out on so much this past year. So well organised and we all thoroughly enjoyed our time here.

Great fun, lots to do, sunny, too much plastic drink cups and straws. Excellent value

Even on 1st march there was plenty to do (school half term). Loads of great climbing / swinging / sliding areas, as well as the dreaded maze and the bouncy areas.

Just got back from a wonderful evening, walking around the beautifully lit park. An amazing and well thought out idea.

Amazing day out. My little boy has autism and lives nature and he was in his element here, the happiest he's been in a long time

Went to the Christmas wonderland walk here. After hearing good reviews from friends and family we was not disappointed. As with any place like this, take some food cause is was expensive. But apart from that what a magical experience. The daughter loved it as her eyes lit up at the lights and attractions. Every year I will return here

Brilliant day out,would recommend it for kids under 10,really clean and lots to do

Wonderful. We arrived at 11.30 and did not leave untill 6pm!!
In our party was myself and husband, his 70yr old parents and our 20month old daughter. There was something for all of us. The play areas are fantastic and lots of well placed seats to take a little rest. We went during the winter lights which is simply magical. The cafe is such a pleasant and spacious area extremely clean, as were the toilets. Absolute bargain for what you pay. Id recommend this to all my friends and family.

Great fireworks display,will definitely be going next year,could do with more food stalls.

Been her two years running for the Christmas festivities. The children loved ice skating and skiing and the park areas are brilliant. The enchanted forest is really nice too, just make sure you wait until it's dark to get the full atmosphere.

This is a great day out for all the family,can't wait to be part of the easter celebrations

Lovely place for primary school aged kids. A great day out.

Fairly expensive for what it is, but four year old loved it. Slept the whole way back, he was that tired out

We visit Stockeld Park each year as a family pre Christmas celebration, our family includes great Grandad, Granny, mums and dad grand children, Aunts & uncle And we all love our pre booked special Christmas occasion, What a fabulous day and evening we have, its full of enchantning Thames, and outstanding lighting forestry displays, magical water fountains and much much more, Thank you to all the organisation staff throughout the venue, we love and appreciate all the services provided.

Went for the lights. Family friendly, very busy but good estate management meant no big queues and lots to do.

Best feature by far is the water show on the lake. Jets of water, atmospheric lighting, coordinated with music made for a very beautiful experience. An after dark must see.

Only been for the Christmas Trees but they're great! Went on a Friday morning : on the plus side - lovely and quiet
On the downside... no mulled wine :)

Note for the weak of bladder: if you visit only for Christmas tree then there is no public toilet ....

The Christmas lights at night were enjoyed a lot by the kids.

Really good place to take the kids really professional andvlotscto do

Had an absolutely fantastic time here today.. especially due to the newly opened Laser zone which was run by an amazing guy called Zac and the staff (great guys).... it was so good we returned for another go at the end of the day.... Loved it and thank you all..... From Panesar family xx

Fantastic good value staff very good and. Got half price tickets to go back loads off picnic tables

Had an absolutely fab time at Stockeld Park. It rained all day but didn't spoil our fun at all. Santa's Grotto was one of the best I've ever been to and all the staff were great. The maze is great, my son really enjoyed being in charge of which way and he actually got us out! Loads of people didn't manage it and back tracked to the entrance. The skiing was OK, its pretty long for what it is, which isn't really skiing, I wouldn't do it again when I go back. We all enjoyed the Enchanted Forest which looks amazing at night and the parks that break it up are fun too. Lovely day out and we'll absolutely be back. Best hot chocolate we've had too!

amazing, 2 5 year old boys, and family all enjoyed it. plenty to fill the day! plenty food and drinks available, staff all friendly and helpful

Great place for kids. Can see the potential for post covid all within a reasonable walk. Do feel the price could be cheaper though

We love stockeld park, it is great every year however this year I felt they could have managed the large crowds better. I understand it's not necessarily dangerous (COVID) due to being outside however after months of social distancing I do not feel Stockeld Park it well at all. There are clear safety precautions taken in the indoor areas but the illuminations walk was a large crowd of people waiting for their turn on a number of occasions. Longer fallow periods might solve this. Will definitely outside of COVID.

Fantastic day out. Loads to do and worth every penny. I recommend taking your own picnic but lovely food is available. I prefer Tyne picnic area and downtime with the kids.

A great day out, even though it was pouring with rain, we had wrapped up, great day for the grandchildren to use their imagination and energy lol

Great family day out but had 3 pizzas for lunch between us which were all still frozen in the middle. Other people were complaining too. Disappointing!

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Well it was closed so didn't get to see owt and it not advertised the opening times so people can see if it is or not travled a long way to find it closed two disappointed kids hi yes we will visit you in the school holiday as we have been recommend it a good place for our kids

Love it, best place to visit to get into the chritmas spirit!

My kids really enjoyed going ice skating and skiing but if I'd of known how much it costs to eat there b4 I went I'd of took a picnic

My grand daughter has such fun here. Starting with the maze and then onto the forest to play in the many parks and to have a picnic. A very good few hours spent today at Stockeld Park...

Great fun, magical and perfect day out. Some areas closed due to covid-19 but they have opened other areas to make up for it. Some small queuing but nothing major.

This is a fun place to go, well organised, and the kids enjoy it. We went in the Summer, and it was a fun, reasonable day out. Brilliant!


Seriously Stokeld Park, do you really think you're on a par with Alton Towers........
A great place, but the pricing needs to be reconsidered. A really good day out is spoiled by the feeling that they want to squeeze every last penny out of you.

Bit of a mess and old fashioned like an abandoned theme park of the 90s. Expensive too. Free parking.

Great place. We went during the Christmas period and it was wonderfully festive. Only downside is the cost. Very expensive so not something you can do regularly (unless money is not a concern for you). It was very busy but we never felt overwhelmed by the amount if people (we times everything right).

We went to see the illumination in the Enchanted forest. It was really good. 15 month old loved it too. Good for pushchairs also. 1.5 hours walk at a slow pace and taking lots of pictures. Wrap up warm. There is a cafe and toilets to use. Recommend.

A great day out though unless through an offer it's a bit expensive

Was really impressed with this park. There's plenty to do, and all the facilities are clean and well kept. There are many many play parks on the trail through the enchanted forest, all of which are in great condition, varied and modern. We More

For the price you have an illuminated made and a lights show in the park. It is completely worth the money! The maze genuinely feels big and it genuinely feels like you can get lost in it - which is impressive! The illumated walk is also a spectacle - with some lights and shows being worth the ticket price itself. Absolutely worth the visit.

Absolutely amazing loads to do great family day out

Kids loved this (despite the 30 degree heat when we visited!). Loads to do and the forest was amazing.

Food was nice (we had pizza and panini as well as loads of ice cream) - staff were friendly and helpful too.

Would recommend.