点评:Oh dear. Great Notley Park still has some fun stuff to keep kids occupied, but it feels like it's also lost a lot.
Firstly, as everyone says, the parking is too expensive. It's now even worse because Essex council have handed the parking contract to one of those depressing firms that insist you download their annoying app and pay in advance online. The makeshift parking signs referred to an "onsite terminal" but I never saw one. To cap it all the 4G signal was unreliable and it took me several attempts to pay. A frustrating start to the visit.
The cafe was open when we arrived but looks a bit sorry. There was a very limited choice of snacks and seemingly no hot food. The solitary cafe staff member sat behind the till looking at his phone which was unsuprising given the complete absence of customers. The floor was dirty and needed sweeping.
The main attraction for families will be the play equipment. There are still enough of them to pass an hour or two in good weather, but much has disappeared in recent years. The water play feature near the cafe has gone. The amazing high ropes play area by the sandpit has gone. The zip wire had had it's seat removed so stands there empty.
It's such a shame, Notley park used to be so much better than this.
翻译:哎呀。诺特利公园仍然有一些有趣的东西可以让孩子们玩得尽兴,但感觉也失去了很多。
首先,正如大家所说,停车费太贵了。现在情况更糟了,因为埃塞克斯郡议会把停车合同交给了那些令人沮丧的公司,他们坚持要你下载他们烦人的应用程序并提前在线支付。临时停车标志上写着“现场终端”,但我从未见过。更糟糕的是,4G信号不稳定,我尝试了好几次才付款。这次访问的开始令人沮丧。
我们到达时,咖啡馆还开着,但看起来有点破败。小吃选择非常有限,似乎没有热食。咖啡馆里一位孤独的工作人员坐在收银台后面看着手机,考虑到完全没有顾客,这也不奇怪。地板很脏,需要清扫。
对家庭来说,主要的吸引力在于游乐设施。天气好的时候,仍然有足够的游乐设施可以玩上一两个小时,但近年来很多设施已经消失了。咖啡馆附近的水上游乐设施不见了。沙坑旁那个超棒的高空绳索游乐区也消失了。滑索的座位也被拆掉了,只剩下空荡荡的架子。
真是可惜,诺特利公园以前可比这里好多了。