Woodlands Park Hotel - Excellent Value for Money

Advantages: Great ambience, fantastic service, good food.
Disadvantages: We couldn't stay longer!

...INTRODUCTION My wife and I were looking to do something special for our fifth wedding anniversary and decided that we fancied a dinner and room package somewhere fairly close to home. We had never left our toddler daughter overnight before, so we needed somewhere within short driving distance from the in-laws, just in case there were any problems whilst baby-sitting. A few months before, a friend of ours had recommended the Woodland Park Hotel, near the village of Stoke D?Abernon. It is one of the many properties in the Handpicked Hotels chain, so I looked up their web-site and signed up to their e-mail service, which sends general news and offers on all of the hotels in the chain, about two or three times a month. Fortunately, a timely offer popped into my inbox, and at £149 for two people, in a superior room, including a three...

Hishyeness 12.03.2009 (03.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of Woodlands Park Hotel, Cobham

Woodlands - Guaranteed All Weather Fun

Advantages: Loads to do indoor & out, all free once inside
Disadvantages: kids never want to leave

...love this place. Should have put this info on before: The park address Woodlands Leisure Park, Dartmouth, Devon TQ9 7DQ. tel:01803 712 598 www.woodlandspark.com Brilliant park, well worth a vist, the children will love it & so will you...

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Review of Woodlands Leisure Park, Totnes

Woodland worth every penny

Advantages: Design fantastic and ingenious, can be adapted for different ages and will last for years. A fantastic product well worth the money.
Disadvantages: Instructions need to be carefully read as were a little bit complicated, need help to build.

...I was looking for something special for my daughter who is four. I decided I wanted a bed that was unusual and fun. I believe a child's bed now days should be more than just a place to sleep and also a place to learn and play. My list of wants consisted of a slide at least. All the beds I had seen in England with a slide have been basic and cheap looking and the slides were very small with not a lot of room under the bed. As soon as I came across the woodland beds I knew that it was the special I was looking for. Wow was my first impression and also should I add a little bit of envy as I wished they had been around when I was young. I knew I wanted it and when my daughter saw the pictures her little face lit up. The design looked fantastic and ingenious. Its a bed that can be adapted for different ages that will last for years...

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Fishing at Woodland Waters

Advantages: Nice location, Can camp on site, Should catch
Disadvantages: Strange rules, Watch out for matches

...Woodland Waters is located just outside the village of Ancaster - a 10-minute drive from Grantham. The location is made up of four 'lakes'. Actually only a couple are really lakes, another a pond and the last more like a bath! I recently visited and one of the nice things about the venue is the fact it is also a caravan and campsite - you can see my review of this part of the facility under the DooYoo UK guide section. I only had chance to fish one of the ponds and I will leave this until last. I did however have a good walk around. The largest of the lakes is the 'Specimen Lake' that is overlooked by the caravans and tents. I had a walk round this lake and it did seem like the domain of the specimen angler - large (14 acres) and intimidating. This lake holds Carp to over 30ib and Pike to nearly this figure also. The lake however...

Pookie_Rabbit 16.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Woodland Waters

woodlands adventure park

Advantages: see op
Disadvantages: see op

...I went to Woodlands Adventure Park in Devon about a year ago now. My family and I took a picnic with us to avoid any expensive meals when we got there. We found a great little spot to eat, obviously it was outdoors, the sun was shining but there was shelter for when it got too sunny or it rained. Which is useful for different times of the year. There was a icecream van there selling a wide choice of icecreams, as well as a fast food stand, which was relatively cheap. Onto the rides, my favourite ride named The Twister named this because of the numerous sharp corners that you twist around in your dingy-type boat, it increases in speed as the ride progresses till you gewt to the very bottom of the track. I recommend this ride to any visitors of the theme park.Another one of the rides that I enjoyed is in a pitch black tunnel, where you...

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Review of Woodlands - Woodlands

A true Family Fun Park

Advantages: Adults are tranformed back into kid's again
Disadvantages: Not enough attractions for the older child.

...Having moved back to glorious Devon , we thought it time to start exploring the local ammenities , and one place we were advised to visit was Woodlands Leisure Park . Woodlands Leisure Park is situated at Blackawton , Totnes , S. Devon TQ9 7DQ . Tel. 01803 712598 . Web : www.woodlandspark.com. Email : fun@woodlandspark.com . Set in 60 acres of Devonshire woodland valley( hence its name ) , Woodlands is an all weather family fun park , with action rides , animals , and child friendly activities for all members of the family to enjoy . The action rides : 1) Cylclone water coasters : Three dinghy water slides for you to try , comprising of : a) Extreme Sidewinder : dark tunnel ride with an enexpected twist b) Free Fall Rapids : 45 ft. fast humped free fall ride , with great last drop. c) Twister : 420 ft of tunnels , twists...

CaptainKidd 14.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Woodlands - Woodlands

A Grizzly Old Grunion Writes

Advantages: Plenty to do, clean, no hidden charges, rural surroundings.
Disadvantages: Horrible food, not for older children.

...Ah, I am a grizzly old grunion who hates "attractions". In my experience, they are expensive, greedy, grabbing, dirty places offering a few brief adrenalin rushes and not a lot more. Usually, my children ? thankfully ? feel pretty much the same. However, the current obsession with Mini Murphys is the Death Slide. Death Slides are all that is cool. Woodlands Leisure Park has not one, not two, but three Death Slides. My word. I feel almost overcome. Therefore, when asked what they would like to do on a Bank Holiday Sunday, they chose to go to Woodlands Leisure Park. Sigh. Woodlands is in Devon, near Dartmouth and not far from Torbay. It sits close to the A38 and is very easy to find, from whichever direction you approach. Although it is very rural, brown "attraction" road signs are everywhere, and even a failed orienteer like me could...

jillmurphy 03.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of Woodlands - Woodlands

A WOODLAND OASIS

Advantages: You can create an entirely different effect in shade
Disadvantages: Not so many plants to chose from

...the case in your garden then you?re lucky because there?s a decent selection of plants that?ll thrive. If your shady area is under a tree or large shrub you?ll probably find that the earth is relatively dry, the moisture having been drained by the tree. As long as you?re able to water the area regularly (and I assume you?d be doing so with the part of the garden that?s in sunshine so just pull the hose pipe over to the shady corner whilst you?re at it), then the tree shouldn?t be a problem. We see our tree as a bonus because it gave us the initial idea to create a woodland bed. Unless you garden on clay, in which case you?ll need to open up and drain the soil with grit, what you?ll need more than anything else is plenty of humus (compost and well rotted manure) dug into the soil to help it drain as well as hold the moisture. That sounds like...

CherryBlossom 05.05.2004 · Read review
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Devon's Premier Attraction

Advantages: Fun for all ages
Disadvantages: Quite difficult to find

...children) £31.20 or for 5 or more guests each person is £7.80. The park is open daily throughout the summer from 9.30am (between 13th March to 7th November). After the 7th November it's open at weekends and school holidays, although closed for 4 days over xmas. NEW AT WOODLANDS For 2004, Woodlands have introduced a train ride in the park called the Woodlands Chuffer. The other new addition for this season is the Rock 'n' Roll Tug Boat, located within The Empire of the Sea Dragon indoor play area. Last year Woodlands also added a few attractions to the park. The major addition being the Trauma Tower. This is an amazing stomach churning ride. It basically takes you 50 feet into the air and then plummets back to the ground, leaving your stomach behind!!! The Master Blaster and The China Palette were also new last year. There is...

kez17 04.10.2003 (12.04.2004) · Read review
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Review of Woodlands - Woodlands

BEAUTIFUL WOODLAND GETAWAY

Advantages: LOADS TO DO AND MASSIVE CHOICE OF FOOD
Disadvantages: NOT FOR DRUNKEN WEEKENDS

...Kelling heath is in Norfolk near Cromer, past Hunstanton. Kelling heath is a holiday park set in a beautiful English country woodland about 200 acres, miles away from a main road. It's like nothing you've ever seen before in England. ----------MY EXPERIENCE........... I first visited Kelling Heath 4 years ago and I have been there every year since at least 2 times each year. When I first got there I couldn't believe how beautiful it was but my first impression was that I thought I was going to be board out of my mind so I went and had a look around the park and realized that there is a lot more to do there than I first thought. ------THE PARKS ENTERTAINMENT........ -There is an outdoor bar area which in the summer they have various bands on and other entertainment. -An indoor bar and restaurant which also holds...

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