Grafham Water Visitor Centre — Attraction in Huntingdonshire

5 stars for the place itself but hardly 1 star for the coffee shop. Visit April 2025, coffee was £3.20 and as others mention you need to help yourself to it from the machine. I thought it was overpriced for what it was. A pizza was £12 but it wasn’t bad at all. Parking for 4 hours was £8 a bit much if you ask me. We bought a ball for our kid to play with. On the price tag it was a 1 and then a dot or a dash with a 19 afterwards. They charged me £1.19 but they said with a bitter voice that they should charge me much more than that but they’ll let me go this time. Did she mean she should’ve charged the 19 quid and ignore the pound sign, number 1 and the dot after it? Who knows but I found their remark misplaced and unnecessary. I wouldn’t have paid anyway 19 quid for a bouncy ball, come on! Will return though as the lake and the surroundings are great but will avoid the cafe as it’s a rip off and will try to park somewhere...

Lovely area for walks and picnics. The play area is great and the bouncy pillow is a great addition. The only downside is the The cafe and loos and that surrounding area, needing a little TLC. Although the food in the cafe was actually much better than I thought, we actually all enjoyed what we had so couldn't fault it. it feels a little sad in side. Could be due to the season and one part looking shut, but it's not nice to sit in seeing half of the cafe looking like storage! Also the grounds were full of weeds, so again not nice to sit around. Would also like to see free parking for disabled. Pretty good wheelchair access, although some paths turn really gravelly, so hard to push we did have to turn around and the loo looks like a bit forgotten, but clean. Prefer this in the summer, so you can enjoy picnics around the grassy areas. But my little boy...

This is a lovely visitor centre very close to Gratham itself. It also close to the bike hire centre so.ideal to get water or supplies before riding. Food is about average price and classic English grub. I live close to the centre so I feel I need to say something. Gratham Water is a large expanse of water that is stunning to look at. To keep that natural vibe and beautiful vista there has to be certain mechanisms in place. And keeping the area from being overly commercialized is one of them. The centre is well manned and offers a nice range but don't expect 3 course meals. It's a visitor centre trying to cover for a lot of differing tastes. It offers good grub at a cheap price with cheerful staff. And I say this in defense of an incredibly entitled family whingeing behind me last weekend. The team do a great...