We arrived for a walk for Mother’s Day at the deer park, limited parking and no visible disabled parking. Lovely walk around the grounds until we were met by a running race. Runners and marshals were particularly rude at one point we were told ‘move out the f*cking way’. Marshals shouting ‘there’s a race on’ there was no advertising of this and we were not warned. Also we had as much right to be there as the runners!! Couldn’t believe the attitude for the majority of the walk we were forced into the mud so the runners could have the path - not particularly safe when one of our party is visually impaired. Anyway arrived back at the woodshed and the food, cakes and drinks were nicely presented and very well priced. We had preordered a ‘treat box’ for our mum which we were really looking forward to. However we picked this up and it had the price on it in large print I couldn’t believe it it was advertised as a gift with a bow on not the price!! Slightly embarrassing as the gift was handed straight to my mum I didn’t have the time to get the price off! Despite this we enjoyed cake and hot drinks in a nice sitting area with lots of space. Shame about the experience on our walk! I hope the organises see this review!

Visited on Easter Sunday, very busy, too many people were let in. The grounds were the best part about the visit, thought the castle itself was quite disappointing. Felt like the staff were watching everyone, & very restricted with the rooms you could actually walk into. We were only in the castle for roughly 20 minutes.

We booked our tickets a couple of days before as we new the weather was going to be nice over Easter. It turned out to be very busy when we arrived and parked close by in a field. We decided to do the walk around the lake as soon as we arrived which took in some lovely views of the castle. We stopped for a picnic and enjoyed the view. We had a walk round the inside of the castle which was mildly interesting. I would highly recommend the food and ice creams when visiting which were all reasonably priced. The castle and its surroundings are very pretty and at £14 the entrance fee wasn’t too expensive. We all had a great time and would recommend a visit although opening dates are limited throughout the year.

Enjoyed our visit especially the castle interior which was beautiful and informative. The staff were also friendly and knowledgeable and enhanced our visit. We also enjoyed a walk around the lake, the setting is lovely and some impressive trees. Only point of criticism is the cafe which was overcrowded with a queue even on a relatively quiet day and the inside seating was limited and not so pleasant.

Plenty of high Victoriana to see inside the castle. Limited access to bedroom doorways was a problem when it was busy. In the main hall there were several stuffed animals and birds on show. The “we’ve had negative remarks about these” laminated card didn’t help matters one bit as it basically dismissed any concerns in an arrogant and high handed way. Struggled a bit with some poorly marked estate trails. It wasn’t obvious how to access the deer park.