Delamere Forest Visitor Centre — Attraction in Great Britain

There is plenty of parking for all. You pay for parking before leaving. It's on camera. As you start to type, the license plate number (in the photo) pops up on screen for you to confirm before it charges you for the time you have parked there. We paid £11 for 4 and a half hours. All the money goes into the forestry upkeep, and you don't pay for entry. There are a few different trails. A place to hire bikes and tramper for hire, I would prebook the tramper in advance, though, as they tend to be popular! We've used them before, and for those with mobility issues, these are brilliant to enjoy the trails on. You can buy a map that you can either download to your mobile or have it in paper format, it cost £2 from the information centre. There are maps up around the forest and markers to follow for the different walks/ tracks. There's a go-ape. A children's gruffalo trail with large animal carvings whilst we were there. Large cafe with reasonably priced drinks and food, plenty of seating indoors, and outside. I noticed there were also things sold for dogs in the cafe as well, and your four-legged companion was welcome inside. To the rear of the cafe building, there is a quick order window if you just want to grab a takeaway drink or food! Toilets were being cleaned when I went in. Family changing room. Separate disabled toilet. For those in manual wheelchairs, if you have standard wheels, some of the starter track may be a bit challenging on the sloped areas, especially when it's been raining... it may be easier going past the go-ape cabin area towards the lake as it's more flat and firmer under foot! The wheelchair we have we interchange the wheels for ones that are for outdoor terrain and are liken to mountain bike wheels, great tread, and grip for forest and...

I am assuming from the start that the visitor center is responsible for the management of the forest walks. If they are not then I apologise in advance for any offense caused. The visitor center is an odd building that before you enter looks as if it would have lots of information and points of interest. In fact when you walk in it is spacious but only has a small desk offering memberships. I had already decided to do what on their web site was described as the 6.5 mile Whitemoor trail. I printed maps of the trails to use on the trail. At the trail head however, there are no signs indicating a Whitemoor Trail. There are signs indicating several cycling routes. This mix of confusing signs continues throughout the trail. In some places the distance fluctuated between 6.5 miles to 7 miles. The forest itself is beautiful and the trails are well worn so paths are easy to follow. The same cannot be said about the waymarkers and general signage. These need to be updated to match the maps available on-line. The maps I printed were also inaccurate. I did not expect OS quality but they were missing some obvious land marks that would help alleviate the confusing signage. I also think that £11 for 4 hours parking...

A fabulous place for a walk, run or bike ride. There are several walking routes available, which are of different lengths and durations and are shown by different coloured markers. One route takes you up to the nearby viewpoint which give great views over the surrounding countryside, together with markers pointing out the nearby and distant landmarks. The rest of the trails go through the forest and round the lake. There are a few different bike trails of varying difficulties and a "Go Ape" high wire facility so there is plenty of activity options available. Entrance to the forest is free but you have to pay for your parking based on the length of your stay. There is a number plate recognition system which removes the need for a paper ticket which I think is a brilliant idea. We didn't really go into the visitor centre except to use the clean toilets. There is a drinking water tape available and a cafe to buy food and drinks. Overall, a fantastic location and well...