Woodlakes Park by LIV Retreats

We stayed for two nights with our own private hot tub, really lovely Acorn accommodation perfect for 2. Lovely staff on site, lots to do around the area and lovely walking around on the site. Food and drink on site is well priced and really good quality.

Absolutely loved this stay, lodge only one year old so in good order. Clean and everything you need, although a chopping board would be good. Comfortable beds, shower easy to work, hot tub fabulous if a bit close to the dusty gravel thoroughfare so everytime traffic passed a cloud of dust came in through the hazel fence! Covered the car too. Generally a fantastic setting with great walks for dogs and owners around the 5 lakes. Nice to not have to drive anywhere as choice of 3 restaurants on site too. Next visit, yes we would book again, would be away from the busy through road and to stay in a quieter lodge. Because of the fake grass, the use of power tools to clean it was deafening for about 30 mins every time someone left! Slight smell of blocked drains a bit offputting but I think a noisy truck fixed the problem! It was a great week, much needed, staff were great and the bird life amazing. We saw geese, ducks, cormorants, pheasants, great crested grebes, swans, Lamas, goats, peacocks and a variety of small birds........paradise for nature lovers. Would highly recommend.

We went for 2 nights away here- no WiFi or signal at all the tv didn’t have any channels on - take your own pillows because it’s like sleeping on a4 paper… take extra toilet roll because we got charged £3 for extra ?? Shower is tiny and we couldn’t even shut the shower doors.. we had a hot tub outside but we couldn’t even fill it up because it had no hot water we ended up having to fill it up by boiling the kettle it would stay warm for 10 minutes and then you’d be cold so it was a waste of time. We had no hot water in the cabin either

I booked Woodlakes Park as a birthday surprise for my partner, and we were definitely pleased with our experience. We stayed in Lux Oasis 6, which included a hot tub and a dome with a bed outside, unfortunately half of the dome lights were broken and no heater inside but this did not affect the enjoyment of our stay, it was just a shame. The lodge itself is lovely, a fully equip kitchen, sofa bed, big tv and nice shower. The only downside of the lodge was that the beds are extremely uncomfortable and full of springs, this did affect our sleep for the 2 nights we stayed, so I recommend potentially bringing a mattress protector, but everything else within the lodge itself was up to nice. The hot tub was incredible. As a heads up for any one who wants to book the fishing, I myself have never been fishing before so should of researched whats needed, however I paid for 2 tickets for the fishing and unfortunately did not have any equipment prior, so my hope was to rent some of this out at the lodge last minute, however upon arrival we were advised that this is purchase only. The lovely lady at reception advised they can swap this cost for a late checkout and to enquire with Livre for a refund - Livre unfortunately declined this and told us this requires 7 days notice, so it was a shame as this was £40 in total. We ate out at Pan Asia and Woodlakes kitchen and bar for dinner on night 1 and 2, both restaurant's were outstanding and 5* for the food. The staff at both restaurant's were very welcoming and quick service. Overall I would definitely return, having walked around the park for a nosey around the different types of cabins, I would definitely stay in a different cabin due to the variety that's offered here.

Lovely place for a chill for a couple of days. Really enjoy just walking around the lakes & relaxing. The hot tub was lovely as was the view over the lake. The Cedar chalet was in need of some tlc, damaged, dirty blinds, the light covers were missing & the curtain hook was broken, the road is also noisy & the bed was uncomfortable. It served its purpose but having stayed in a lux last time we came I wouldn’t stay in the chalet again. Love the Thai restaurant and the food is lovely

Overall cabin looked okay, we stayed in Acorn 8. Nice large garden area with hot tub and fire pit, few tea, coffee, sugar, milk sachets on the table. No radiators apart from 2 tiny portable ones!!! We had NO HOT WATER, we couldn’t get through on the out of hours phone number and when we finally did 9.10 am it then took maintenance until lunchtime on the second day we were their to come have a look, he managed to get it fixed and stayed on for half an hour then went off again. Reported it again and no one came. When we looked closer at the fittings and fixtures it was awful. Taps were hanging on for dear life, sink you could lift straight out of the worktop, dirty taps and toilet, headboard on double bed was broken and mattress was as hard as bricks with springs felt wherever you laid. Bunk beds were the same felt every spring and the bottom piece of wood to keep mattress in was hanging on and you could pull it off. Also cobwebs everywhere and dirty rug in lounge area!! We visited the ‘petting farm’ it consisted of a few alpacas, some goats and birds. The enchanted forest was still undergoing maintenance and all the huts are wired up ready for having heaters but no heaters just loose wires! Jacks and Pan Asia were CLOSED!!!! Only place open was woodland bar and restaurant but doesn’t allow dogs so we sat outside in 0 degrees to have a quick drink because huts didn’t have heaters in yet. No park for children despite being child friendly and shop doesn’t have a lot in and shuts early.