A great place for kids but take a change of clothes for them! They'll love all the muddy activities. Good walks for dog walkers but be careful of pond weed, The trail is free for over sixties but could work out rather expensive for young families on a budget with kids, I'd have given this place 5 stars but took one off for the two pounds parking charge.

Brilliant time on the adventure trail with a 2 year old and 4 year old. Plenty they could both do! The equipment is a lot of fun, the scenery is beautiful and it’s really well maintained.

It's been over 19yrs since I last came and today I wondered why I left it so long. I hired a double kayak for an hour at £30. Easy to book online and turned up to confirm booking and was able to go get our bouany aids and get straight out there. It's £2 for parking so make sure you've got the coins ready. There is a cafe, but we had brought a picnic that we had sat by the side watching the ducks and everyone out there. Toilets and changing areas are available and clean. There are other things to do like walking, activity trail, fishing, sup, windsurfing and sailing. They also advertise lessons.... so give it a go

Beautiful day for paddle boarding. Cake from the cafe or take a picnic. Will be back. £2 parking is well worth it....oh and take your sunscreen.

Great place to take the kids,lots of different activities reasonably priced. I would definitely recommend this place.

Lovely day out whether you like hiking, obstacle courses, or boating. Staff are all really nice and the area is well kept and clean.

Staff friendly and helpful. Plenty to do and try. We went for our first time and did 2 person kayaking. Included in the price was 1 hour rental of the kayak and life vests. Floor was muddy/silty under foot, so water shoes would be recommended. Couple of patches of pond weed, but generally clear, cold and nice to be in. Not too deep, around the edges.

Fab day out. £2 car park(coins needed on arrival)...water assault course excellent. Cafe plenty of toilets take chairs and your own picnic. Can spend all day doing activities or watching and relaxing

Beautiful lake and has a crocky trail. You can hire items for the lake and also has a Inflatable aqua park. Toilets and restaurant on site. Lovely and clean. Excellent day out.

Not cheap but we were able to go round Adventure Trail before and after lunch. Definitely need a change of clothes for when you have been in the must water. Limited house down after and cafe is expensive treat but it was a really fun day.

Brilliant day out for everyone if you don't mind a bit of exercise and getting wet and dirty ,me and my partner really enjoyed it and there's so much to see and do Brilliant

First time here today, first off I found it slightly odd that you need to pay £2 to park especially when you are only going for a walk round and a coffee with the kids. The coffee shop is obviously run very poor and is very expensive we ordered 4 ice creams and 2 coffees and it come to £22! For 2 coffess we where charged £9 alone. We waited ages to be served and it wasn't very busy at all there seemed to be more staff doing odd jobs rather than serving customers. When we did finally get served we asked for the ice creams and the coffees they charge you £3 per scoop and the scoop was not much bigger than a tea spoon! We where asked to sit down to wait for our coffees which didn't come out for 15 minutes after we ordered them and when they did the waitress asked if we wanted any sugar we said yes and then we never seen her again! Overall its overpriced, under staffed or has no proper management. We won't go back again and feel very dissapointed with the whole experience.

Brilliant place we went on the trail today gets as muddy as you like so a spare set of clothes is needed !! cannot wait to go back and take our boats to go on lake 😀

What a 5⭐ water fun family day out we had at Manley Mere. The Muddy Trail was not as muddy as the kids would have liked, due to the recent heatwave, but it was still awesome fun for us all. To avoid overcrowding you have to book your place/slot for the water Play Park, Muddy Trail, if you want to use your own ( self launch) paddle board or boat, my advice is to book early to avoid disappointment.

Thank you to Kate, David and the rest of the team at Manley Mere for making our end of year 6 leavers afternoon so brilliant. The food was perfect, the staff were lovely and the girls all loved their best lives on the adventure trail having probably all brought a huge chunk of mud home from their water antics each! Truly memorable day and would highly recommend.

Family paddle boarding. Had a fantastic time, lovely clean place. Highly recommend. I've added this after going back, was a bit upset as there was two dogs off leads around lake jumping in and also kids with same group, told women at reception see said she would go and have a look and didn't even come out ? I think the women with dogs may know or live there as one of the dogs was left there where house was . That's probably why women didn't go and have a word , rules are dogs on leads which to be fair you should do always as not everyone feels safe around them

We did the adventure trail here and loved it. We also found it at a good price point as you can spend as much time as you like there. There are great bridges to cross to test you. we chickened out on a few. It's great to do as a large group, and you can really egg each other on to do the more difficult crossings. You do get very muddy, and if you're up for a dunking very very wet. There are changing facilities at the end to get dry. We took our own picnic and drinks, so I can not comment on these.

Beautiful, peaceful place. Great summer day out with family and friends. The staff is super helpful. We'll be coming back this summer for kayaking and paddling board for sure 😊

My boys had a great time here. I would like to thank the first aider who pushed my broken tooth back in on Monday bank holiday August 30th 2021. It has now healed and a crown has been installed on top. Without his prompt action it wouldn't have been saved.

Manley mere has alot to offer from paddle boarding, boating, aquapark inflatable & more. Great day out for the family and friends

First time here and kids loved it take extra clothing as you can't help join in the muddy fun. Lots of places to enjoy a picnic and didnt spend long waiting for next obstacles. Will definitely go again.