Wollaton Hall, Gardens and Deer Park

"Been coming here since I was a kid and it's just as good now!! The hall itself is magnificent from the outside and the grounds are kept immaculately. Security staff are very friendly and there's so much to do including the inside tours of the Nottingham History Museum within the Hall, play areas for the kids, and a ton of space for ball games, picnics, and the like. The gardens out back are expansive and beautiful as well and if you're lucky you can be pretty close to the local deer herd as well which was amazing. It was closed when I went last but I hear there is a smaller museum inside the stables too. Coffee shops and gift shops are on site as well with varying degrees of quality but the coffee we had was pretty good. Staff in those shops could be a little more helpful however. All in all its a varied and wonderful place that could probably do with a few adjustments in some areas. Eg the museum needs to bring back more of the taxidermy as its historic and very unique and educational. Also the parking is diabolical, expensive for one but also requires an app to use which is Ill thought out considering there's literally no signal there. So it loses a star for that but otherwise a fantastic day out."

"Beautiful place to visit, we stopped for a couple of hours on our way down south whilst travelling from the north, house is beautiful, we didn't go inside but gardens were lovely to stroll around and a few lawn games for the children to play with. Park was great, perfect place for a picnic and run of some steam. We would definitely visit again."

"Lovely place to come for a walk, got a lovely cafe, toilets, places to sit and eat. Definitely recommend it. Went to the botanical gardens (Only open Sunday 2pm - 4pm) but very nice walk around there. Wheel chair and dog friendly. There's loads of shady areas for the hot days and couple of ice cream vans around the park."

"It's been quite a few years since we last visited here. It really is a special place. Thoroughly enjoyed the Dinosaur exhibition, the 2 young volunteers were brilliant ! & other areas were interesting too. The grounds are extensive ,& it's lovely to be so close to the Deer. Downside, the parking system is a shambles. You pay for either 2 hours or all day, plus the machines don't work, an App to pay is suggested, which we don't have or want & visitors with the App said it didn't work ! Hence had to pay in the coffee shop for parking ! That aside, we had a lovely time"