About Alice Holt Forest - Forestry England
Alice Holt Forest is one of the largest surviving ancient woodlands in the South of England. Managed by Forestry England it offers a wide range of ways for people to enjoy the great outdoors. Facilities include cafe, cycle hire and Go Ape.
Alice Holt Forest - Forestry England Description
There's so much to do! You can walk, cycle, play or just have a picnic in our lovely woods. Experience life in the trees with Go Ape, take a relaxing break in our café and finish your visit with a quiet stroll.
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Hi everybody! It's a glorious day in the forest. Please remember that Alice Holt gets very busy during the holidays as lots of visitors come to enjoy our forest. Our car parks are currently full and operating on a “one-out one-in” basis. We will endeavour to update you once more spaces become available. Thank you for your patience.
Forest fencing has arrived.....
We can’t wait to see you all for lots of fencing fun!
Upon arrival make your way towards the Visitor Centre where you can be directed to the bandstand to meet our coach from Premier Activate.
Are your kids learning to cycle?
Then head for a fun family day out and learn to ride a bike at the same time! Our site has bike hire, family trails plus, from 25th July-24th August, a cycling skills area where you can complete activities to help them build their confidence!
🚴➡ www.forestry.gov.uk/familycycling
LAST CHANCE TO BOOK: Only 3 days until our forest fencing!
Our fun fencing activities provided by partners @Britishfencing and @PremierActivate will give the kids a day out to remember!
... For more information and to book:
info.premier-education.com/fencing-in-the -forest
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This looks rather yummy!
We love our beautiful forest. There are so many delights to discover.
Have you tried a thrilling Go Ape Tree Top Adventure at Alice Holt Forest yet? To book, visit https://goape.co.uk/Booking/Select-Activi ty.
ATTENTION ALL PARK RUNNERS!! please see below, tomorrow's parkrun has had to be cancelled.
Our stunning forest. We feel so lucky to have such beauty in our midst.
We really are having perfect weather for a BBQ at Alice Holt Forest. Message us on Facebook to book!
Plans to go running tomorrow? Why not join our Friendly relaxed and welcoming run clubbers lead by Alton Sports. There are so many bennefits to running in the forest find out more www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/BEEH-AA5FJH< br>
We are excited for our fencing in the forest coming soon.
We’ll be trying out some super-fast footwork and lunge attacks. Will you be joining us?
There’s still time to book a place for children aged between 4-12 years old at:
... info.premier-education.com/fencing-in-the -forest
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We are pleased to announce Facepaint UK will be on site on Sunday 8th July 2018, adding another dimension to a day already filled with fun filled activity. *NEW - Glitter Tattos" also available! https://www.facepaintuk.info/
En garde!
Want the kids to get outdoors and try something new? Well now’s your chance!
We are offering 4 of sessions for children aged 4-12 years old on 21st and 22nd of July on site at Alice Holt.
... For more information and to book: info.premier-education.com/fencing-in-the -forest
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Kids love the Wild Learning Holiday Club. With lots of dates available in August, why not book a space today? https://www.facebook.com/events/747079032 149417/
We are excited for our fencing in the forest coming soon.
We’ll be trying out some super-fast footwork and lunge attacks. Will you be joining us?
There’s still time to book a place for children aged between 4-12 years old at:
... info.premier-education.com/fencing-in-the -forest
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Have you heard?
We’ve got fencing in the forest this summer courtesy of our friends @Britishfencing and @PremierActivate.
So bring the kids along to learn their lunge, practice a parry and reposte with a fully qualified instructor on the 21st and 22nd of July.
... For more information and to book: info.premier-education.com/fencing-in-the -forest
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Children love our Fantastic Forest Craft Club. Dates are available on 10th, 16th and 28th August. Book now to avoid disappointment. https://www.facebook.com/events/566142697 061680/
This is the perfect place for whatever you want to do. It has walks for people on their own, in groups or with their dogs or horses, a lovely restaurant, Go Ape, information centre, bike hire and service and play areas.
I thoroughly recommend it and hope you have a great time �.
Nice visit. We took the 4k Pound lake trail, enjoyed it immensely as, for the best part it was empty, impressive for New Years eve. Incredibly impressed by the owl, woodpecker and log pile play areas, dispite having no children. The cafe was heaving but we got seated outside, only down point was the cueing and waiting for food at the cafe, there was no structure to the cueue and nowhere specific to wait where we weren't in the way. Although, saying that we got served really quickly
Myself and my 3 children visited last weekend for the first time. We originally came just to see the Gruffalo but ended up spending many hours enjoying the play park and the cafe too. Well worth the hour drive and we will be back!
My young family and I visited for the first time today specifically to go on the Gruffalo hunt! What an amazing day especially with the only expense was parking for those organised enough to bring a picnic for lunch. Not many family adventures can boast all of this at such low cost! We’re not organised so we got to sample the cafe which was just lovely. Bit of a queue but it moved very fast and food came out really quickly and was lovely. Great choice of seating area inside and out with sofas where I could breastfeed youngest at ease. Park was great (although benches could do with some refurbishment as wobbly). Fantastic family day had by all of us. Thank you!
Loved everything about here even on a winters day, can’t wait to come back on a summers day
I go there frequently and the girl serving in the cafe was absolutely lovely I forgot to pick up one of my drinks and she said don't worry Pay for it now and pick it up on your way out no worries � and she remembered me from yesterday saying ahhh yes you have a card � it's little things that mean a lot
Hello �
We visited Alice Holt today with our 2 dogs and toddler. It’s always pleasurable as everyone is free to roam and enjoy the outdoors.
Unfortunately, there were two horse riders being extremely rude to runners, walkers and bikers. They were shouting at people to slow down (even a lady in full flow doing well at some jogging) and telling people that they were scaring the horses.
This really wasn’t the case and the shouting and being ‘posh’ rude really did make people feel unwelcome. I was wondering what the policy was on horse riding? Surely, if you can’t control such a big animal, or the animal is nervous then don’t take them to such a public place.
They were lucky my toddler wasn’t having a tantrum or running and shouting after our dogs!
All the best! �
Had the most amazing time at the Wreath Workshop. Really nice and relaxed time.
Would suggest to improve it with having maybe a bit more time (we struggled to finish it within the proposed time).
Had heard good things about the place and it didn’t disappoint. The only snag was waiting half an hour to get into car park. First day of half term and sun shining so the queue to park was long. Obviously someone had the foresight to open an overflow car park so my sister didn’t have to wait as long. Once in though great facilities and kids loved the various walking trails and adventure park. Plenty of area to sit and eat lunch and drinks reasonable inside cafe. All in all a good day was had.
Fabulous time doing the Gruffalo Trail with our son on his third birthday, he absolutely loved it. This was a Wednesday in February, not in school holidays so there was hardly anyone there, maybe 30 cars in the car park max. I can imagine at peak times it is an altogether different experience, but pick your moment if you can and it is idyllic.
Great food in the cafe and friendly, helpful staff. Looking forward to returning in the future.
We love Alice holt. Great place for kids and dogs. But Hate £9 parking charges for less than 4 hours in half term. Why put prices up in holiday? ? You should make it affordable for everyone and not be so greedy.
Took the kids for a new years day stroll. Well laid out trail and kids loved the owl, woodpecker and log pile play features. Cafe was very crowded and no seating inside but staff friendly and happy to make kids drinks cooler for me. One of car park payment machines was out of order and a running event meant the queue to pay for parking was about thirty deep at one point. Definitely somewhere I will revisit in the warmer weather. A laminated more durable map would be great (only found paper ones).
Had a lovely time today doing the Gruffalo hunt with our four year old daughter - the trail is just long enough to keep toddlers interested. The restaurant was great, and the playground was a big hit! The only reason I haven’t given it five stars is that the Gruffalo statues (especially the Gruffalo’s Child) could do with some attention and re-painting. But otherwise, it was really good value, and a great day out!
I have always enjoyed coming to Alice Holt, great for the kids and the dog, but am afraid the parking charges are just way too high now - 5 pounds for 2 hours parking is just crazy!!!!! Such a shame to have to take it off the list of places to visit regularly...
Won’t be going back till they sought out pay machines. Such a shame because it would s lovely there but to have to queue for 45 mins to pay spoils the whole experience
A lovely walk but terrible organisation considering it’s half term. We queued for an hour to get in and the same to pay for the car park at the end (resulting in the more expensive time slot!)
More measures to deal with all your half term visitors please!
A fantastic place to visit but sadly extortionate peak time prices for car parking (weekends and school holidays) mean that we won't be going so often!
The new payment system for parking was a shambles - one of the machines wasn't working and the queues at the pay stations were ridiculous. There were long queues when we arrived mid-afternoon, and we still had to queue for nearly half an hour at 4:45pm. Why don't you provide an online payment system? Such a shame as it's always been a lovely place to bring the children for walks.
I bought a Christmas tree two weeks ago (Sunday 3rd) from Alice Holt it was a Nordic fir non drop and all the needles are coming off?? I can’t get hold of anyone at Alice Holt and have tried calling many times???
This is the perfect place for whatever you want to do. It has walks for people on their own, in groups or with their dogs or horses, a lovely restaurant, Go Ape, information centre, bike hire and service and play areas.
I thoroughly recommend it and hope you have a great time �.
Nice visit. We took the 4k Pound lake trail, enjoyed it immensely as, for the best part it was empty, impressive for New Years eve. Incredibly impressed by the owl, woodpecker and log pile play areas, dispite having no children. The cafe was heaving but we got seated outside, only down point was the cueing and waiting for food at the cafe, there was no structure to the cueue and nowhere specific to wait where we weren't in the way. Although, saying that we got served really quickly
Myself and my 3 children visited last weekend for the first time. We originally came just to see the Gruffalo but ended up spending many hours enjoying the play park and the cafe too. Well worth the hour drive and we will be back!
My young family and I visited for the first time today specifically to go on the Gruffalo hunt! What an amazing day especially with the only expense was parking for those organised enough to bring a picnic for lunch. Not many family adventures can boast all of this at such low cost! We’re not organised so we got to sample the cafe which was just lovely. Bit of a queue but it moved very fast and food came out really quickly and was lovely. Great choice of seating area inside and out with sofas where I could breastfeed youngest at ease. Park was great (although benches could do with some refurbishment as wobbly). Fantastic family day had by all of us. Thank you!
Loved everything about here even on a winters day, can’t wait to come back on a summers day
I go there frequently and the girl serving in the cafe was absolutely lovely I forgot to pick up one of my drinks and she said don't worry Pay for it now and pick it up on your way out no worries � and she remembered me from yesterday saying ahhh yes you have a card � it's little things that mean a lot
Hello �
We visited Alice Holt today with our 2 dogs and toddler. It’s always pleasurable as everyone is free to roam and enjoy the outdoors.
Unfortunately, there were two horse riders being extremely rude to runners, walkers and bikers. They were shouting at people to slow down (even a lady in full flow doing well at some jogging) and telling people that they were scaring the horses.
This really wasn’t the case and the shouting and being ‘posh’ rude really did make people feel unwelcome. I was wondering what the policy was on horse riding? Surely, if you can’t control such a big animal, or the animal is nervous then don’t take them to such a public place.
They were lucky my toddler wasn’t having a tantrum or running and shouting after our dogs!
All the best! �
Had the most amazing time at the Wreath Workshop. Really nice and relaxed time.
Would suggest to improve it with having maybe a bit more time (we struggled to finish it within the proposed time).
Had heard good things about the place and it didn’t disappoint. The only snag was waiting half an hour to get into car park. First day of half term and sun shining so the queue to park was long. Obviously someone had the foresight to open an overflow car park so my sister didn’t have to wait as long. Once in though great facilities and kids loved the various walking trails and adventure park. Plenty of area to sit and eat lunch and drinks reasonable inside cafe. All in all a good day was had.
Fabulous time doing the Gruffalo Trail with our son on his third birthday, he absolutely loved it. This was a Wednesday in February, not in school holidays so there was hardly anyone there, maybe 30 cars in the car park max. I can imagine at peak times it is an altogether different experience, but pick your moment if you can and it is idyllic.
Great food in the cafe and friendly, helpful staff. Looking forward to returning in the future.
We love Alice holt. Great place for kids and dogs. But Hate £9 parking charges for less than 4 hours in half term. Why put prices up in holiday? ? You should make it affordable for everyone and not be so greedy.
Took the kids for a new years day stroll. Well laid out trail and kids loved the owl, woodpecker and log pile play features. Cafe was very crowded and no seating inside but staff friendly and happy to make kids drinks cooler for me. One of car park payment machines was out of order and a running event meant the queue to pay for parking was about thirty deep at one point. Definitely somewhere I will revisit in the warmer weather. A laminated more durable map would be great (only found paper ones).
Had a lovely time today doing the Gruffalo hunt with our four year old daughter - the trail is just long enough to keep toddlers interested. The restaurant was great, and the playground was a big hit! The only reason I haven’t given it five stars is that the Gruffalo statues (especially the Gruffalo’s Child) could do with some attention and re-painting. But otherwise, it was really good value, and a great day out!
I have always enjoyed coming to Alice Holt, great for the kids and the dog, but am afraid the parking charges are just way too high now - 5 pounds for 2 hours parking is just crazy!!!!! Such a shame to have to take it off the list of places to visit regularly...
Won’t be going back till they sought out pay machines. Such a shame because it would s lovely there but to have to queue for 45 mins to pay spoils the whole experience
A lovely walk but terrible organisation considering it’s half term. We queued for an hour to get in and the same to pay for the car park at the end (resulting in the more expensive time slot!)
More measures to deal with all your half term visitors please!
A fantastic place to visit but sadly extortionate peak time prices for car parking (weekends and school holidays) mean that we won't be going so often!
The new payment system for parking was a shambles - one of the machines wasn't working and the queues at the pay stations were ridiculous. There were long queues when we arrived mid-afternoon, and we still had to queue for nearly half an hour at 4:45pm. Why don't you provide an online payment system? Such a shame as it's always been a lovely place to bring the children for walks.
I bought a Christmas tree two weeks ago (Sunday 3rd) from Alice Holt it was a Nordic fir non drop and all the needles are coming off?? I can’t get hold of anyone at Alice Holt and have tried calling many times???