Good But... (Bocketts Farm Park)

Member Name: Gwaxman

Product:	Bocketts Farm Park
Date:	29/03/09 (75 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good indoor and outdoor facilities

Disadvantages: Admission Costs too high

A Great Day out if you are a child BUT.......

Way too expensive.. I live locally to this attraction and have, since our son was born visited it on many occasions.

The facilities for the children are excellent, there are two soft play areas, a large and well designed outdoor area, trampolines, climbing frames, swings and loads more, my son loves it there. Whenever we drive past it he always asks if he can go in there.

I'm not so keen though, it's just an attraction for the kids really, there are no facilities there for adults and most of the activities are for the children only.

I personally feel the adult admission charge is far too high (now £7.60) because all there is for the adults to do is supervise their children! the cost for a child aged 3-17 is £7.30 so for a family of four the admission alone is over £30.00. Then if you want to use some of the premium facilities like the tractor rides, donkey rides etc be prepared for further costs.

I just feel that as it is predominantly a facility for children why is the admission charge for adults so high?

We have visited another popular farm not too far from us where the admission fee is all inclusive so all the facilities once in there are free to use and they cater a lot more for adult participation.

The restaurant is pretty good, it's set up in a large barn, it can be a little cramped when busy but the quality of the food they sell is good.

I would say this is a good place to visit but not the best in the area.

Paying almost £8 as an adult just so you can supervise your children on the premises is way too much. If there was more there for adults to participate in then maybe the admission charge would be fairer.

Bocketts is very popular and a great place for kids but not so brilliant for the big kids i.e the mums and dads and I believe that they are capitalising on their popularity by charging so much for adults and children to get in.

For the money they charge I think that they should be providing more services for both the children and their mums and dads.

Overall I would choose the other farm we have visited it offers much better value for money.

Summary: OK but there are better places