Rushmere Country Park

Final chance to do bug hunting TOMORROW at #MauldenWood Working Woodlands Centre opposite wood entrance - ticket £3 per child (age 4+ please) http://ow.ly/pFTx30lchel

Today's Bug Lab at #RushmerePark is SOLD OUT - no further tickets are available so please don't try to attend if you haven't booked on.

Bug Lab today at #RushmerePark is SOLD OUT so if you haven't already booked please don't try to attend. We limit the numbers to make sure everyone who takes part has a quality experience.

Important news on road closure. Old Linslade Road is closed to all traffic eastwards form Stoke Road. You cannot access the park from this direction probably until the 20th August.

Message from Rushmere visitor Monday Today my son appears to have left the children's sandy playground with another child's size 10 trainers similar to his own.
If you have the wrong shoes please contact ian.richardson@greensandtruust.org to arrange swap!

We're counting down to our Big Summer Weekend #RushmerePark this weekend 11-12 August. Make sure you've got your concert tickets and we look forward to seeing you (and your dog) at the Summer Fayre & Fun Dog Show on Sunday. http://ow.ly/NQ2x30ldBGr

Rushmere Dog Show update At the moment the weather for Sunday is looking perfect for our dog show. Should the temperature change to anything beyond 25 degrees, we would have to cancel. Assuming we do go ahead, we are a little concerned at the numbers that might turn up bearing in mind just about all local dog shows up to now have sadly been cancelled. Please note that class numbers are restricted to 40, so entrants will be on a first come first served. look forward to s...eeing you there. There will be further updates during the week. Don't forget your tickets for the Saturday concert before they sell out!
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Mobility impaired access to countryside sites in Central Bedfordshire Want to know more about easy access in the area? Don't forget you can borrow a wheelchair at Rushmere and Stockgrove centres http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/… /impai…/overview.aspx

Hurray - make sure you're not disappointed! Concert in the Park next Saturday 11 Aug from 5pm We've invested in a stage and better sound system and put together a really great line-up of local music talent too! http://ow.ly/Vfkl30lclCj

Who's joining us next Saturday for our fantastic Concert in the Park #RuhsmerePark? Get your tickets now - adults/ £12 concessions/ £8 http://ow.ly/9sb430lclcE

At the Tree Tops Cafe we like to support local food and drink suppliers - and also local music artists. We're delighted to have Aisha Khan join us for her first performance at the park next month singing jazz, blues, rhythm and blues of the 1940s/50s with a nod to the glamour and sophistication of a bygone era. We do hope you'll join us and make this fundraising evening a great success!

The Tree Tops Cafe is delighted to welcome Aisha Khan for her first performance at Rushmere singing American roots music, Jazz, Blues and Rhythm and Blues of the 1940s/50s with a nod to the glamour and sophistication of a bygone era.
With over 25 years of experience, Aisha combines outstanding original material with powerful cover versions and performs them all with class, soul, talent and wit. Equal parts sultry jazz chanteuse and rhythm and blues belter, Aisha easily commun...icates heartbreak, joy and a range of emotions in between, continuing to honour the tradition of the true Divas.
For more information on Aisha visit her Facebook page. These musical evenings are always popular so get your tickets now! Tickets £15 including a glass of wine or juice and car parking Licensed bar and menu available with food served from 6pm prior to performance starting at 7.30pm, 18+ only All proceeds will be reinvested into the park.
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We're bug hunting tomorrow at Tiddenfoot Waterside Park with two sessions 12.30pm and 2pm. If you want to come along we still have tickets - book via the link £3 per child (age 4+ please).

Look who came to visit on his intergalactic travels today!

Big Summer Weekend coming up 11/12 August #RushmerePark #Beds Sat - Concert in the Park (get your tickets now!) Sun - Summer Fayre & Fun Dog Show See you there!

Big Summer Weekend 11-12 August Sat - Concert in the Park from 5pm (buy tickets on our website!) Sun - Summer Fayre & Fun Dog Show 11am - 4pm https://www.greensandtrust.org/Eve…/con cert-in-the-park-2018

We've had an amazing response to our competition to win a Family Ticket to Concert in the Park with almost 300 entries via Facebook and visitors to Linslade Canal Festival.
Selected by a random generator THE WINNER IS CLAIRE SAWYER!! Congratulations Claire - we'll see you there!
If you weren't successful you can buy your tickets now via the link - it promises to be our best ever with a great line-up of local musical talent, don't miss out! ... https://www.greensandtrust.org/Eve…/con cert-in-the-park-2018
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Join us for a Wild Night Out at the park with our expert rangers. A truly special experience awaits - involves a long walk in the dark so not recommended for younger children. Tickets just £10/ adult £5/ older children 8+ & concessions. Hurry as numbers are limited!

Free event coming up on Thursday at the park - who's in? Join us outside the Visitor Centre from 11am.

We had great fun bug hunting at the park yesterday - TOMORROW we're at Linslade Wood with Two sessions at 12.30pm and 2pm. On Thursday we're at Tiddenfoot Waterside Park - get your tickets now! Just £3 per child (age 4+ please). https://www.greensandtrust.org/E…/bug-l ab-2018-at-tiddenfoot

Wonderful place to walk around! We loved knocking on fairy doors, climbing trees and going on an adventure. We only skimmed the first wooded area but really enjoyed it! And a bargain at £3 a car! Defiantly take a picnic with you even tho there is a cafe but it gets really busy and like any country park it can be pricey.



Kids and adults will love walking around and even with lots of people about it doesn't feel packed.

What a fabulous place!!!!!!! Went today with my nieces and they absolutely loved it (so did me and my mum!!!) lovely quiet woods to walk around and explore and the fairy 'village' was brilliant!!!! The view over the heronery was spectacular and so relaxing after a nice long walk. The dog also enjoyed exploring and being free to be off lead for most of it was an added bonus. We will definitely be back!!!!!!!

We walk there almost every day with our dog. Loads of different trails to take so we never get bored. Just lovely to enjoy nature and the changing seasons in a beautiful, well kept location.

My doggie and I visit the park almost every Sunday and we love it. The foot-paths are great and clearly signed. I love that there are big woodland areas where dogs can go off the lead and we found that most of the dog owners are responsible ones :) some of the trees have been chopped now guess it's a regular maintenance. Would be lovely if you could use some of those logs to maybe build few jumping logs here and there for the doggies :) just an idea really :)

Lovely park in convenient location (edge of Leighton Buzzard). £3 to park all day, lots of space, convenient parking, toilets, cafe and play area. We will return!

Lovely forest, my children loved the enchanted tales, goblins & fairy doors. Great facilities and helpful staff. Perfect for a family picnic. We had a lovely family day and made some great memories with our children thank you : )

It is a lovely place. Lots of trees for the kids to climb and sometime between February and March you will be able to see Grey Herons nesting in the trees from the Cafe veranda.

It is a beautiful space, it's a shame about the level of litter though.

I took my 2yo to Rushmere for the 1st time yesterday & we loved it. The cafe is great. We had delicious cake on the deck looking out at a beautiful view and later on a tasty baguette to take away which was stuffed full of filling. The cafe lady was very friendly and helpful.

The park itself was lovely - fairy doors, giant chairs, wood carvings... so much to keep kids entertained. My daughter loved the little play park at the cafe and it was fully enclosed which meant I could relax knowing she was safe. Only £3 to park all day - bargain! Will definitely visit again!

Fantastic place my favorite place so much to do & see you can just can do lost in it all 😊

An absolute gem . Great for all year round and I'm definitely going to be there a lot. So many paths to explore. My coffee was lovey and it was even better drinking it over that gorgeous and peaceful balcony view. Paying

£3(current price) only for the parking it totally worth it for what you get.

Went for the first time yesterday (sat 2nd) didn't have a good start as we were getting our things out the car 2 ladies walked by us and between them had 5 dogs 3 of which were not on a leash our dog was on a leash and got very agitated and difficult to calm especially as one dog tried getting in our car but must admit after the unfortunate episode we had a most enjoyable couple of hrs

Lovely afternoon out with the kids. The park is beautiful. I was however let down with the cafe. It was very expensive for what was being provided, £2.40 for an ice lolly and 50p for a miniature banana. Service wasn't great either, my friend had her cookie handed to her with a thumb on it! �

Would return again but would not revisit the cafe

Great park but the cafe/restaurant is desperate!! Takes 20 minutes to get served and there's stupid rules about not being able to order takeaway coffee from the "restaurant". Shame as I've seen 3 people walk away who were trying to spend money. Been a few times and the cafe/facilities are always a shambles!!!



Not the kids who work there's fault.



100% Management issue!

We really love the footpaths, wooden carvings and fairy doors. I have absolutely no complaints about the outdoors at all however we ate at the cafe today and had another bad experience, this is the 3rd time now so we will not be eating here in the future. We ordered 2 baguettes and a child's meal, the baguettes came out 25 mins before my son's meal. By the time his meal arrived he was upset and we had finished our baguettes, it appears his order had been lost and when his meal finally arrived his chips were overcooked and hard which he didn't want to eat. The door also kept getting stuck half shut and it was freezing! Not particularly helpful staff who grunted at us when we asked twice where the child's meal was. If the cafe could be improved it would be the perfect day out but the food really was not worth the £30 we paid

Rushmere Park is fantastic fun place for the family. It is a great place to spend a day, loads to do! But just take your own food and drink as the catering facilities are a joke, the catering staff are very slow and also unhelpful, they do not know what customer service is!

If they could sort out their catering facilities it would be 5 stars. If you talk to regular users of the park, people always say how great the place is and how poor the Cafe is. Some will complain about the cost of the food or drink, I don't feel this is a problem if they could sort the service out!

Me and my friends came here yesterday with our children. We wanted to eat lunch outside but the wasps were everywhere you couldn't escape them ! We went into the cafe and ate lunch us adults bought a coffee as we were sure they would have told us to get out. We had a lovely day at the park the kids loved it we were having a nice day until ice cream time.



My friends children are allergic to egg and she has found some ice cream contains egg so she always checks the labels, when she asked the staff behind the counter if any of them had egg in they were so I helpful and said "I don't know you should go to the inside cafe they can tell you ". Off she went to qué up inside was given very vague information about the contents having egg and said "I think vanilla doesn't have egg but we don't have vanilla ice cream". So over half hour later and no ice cream for the kids it was terrible service !!

Lovely place and beautiful for a picnic. Lots to see and do! SLIDE very dangerous. A lot of children sliding down into the wood area at the bottom and hurting themselves. It's very steep! Service in both cafe areas were so slow and took almost an half an hour to get anywhere near the front and when we did the service was still very slow. Place overrun with WASPS!

First time here, the grounds, paths, sculptures were beautiful, outside we had an amazing time and the children loved exploring. However inside the cafe was shocking, no structure, we had to really struggle to get a suitable table, door kept coming open which made a cold breeze sweep through. Staff were no help at all, and asking for a basic drink became a challenge. Our food did not come out at the same time, so half our table was not able to eat. We came back towards end of the day after our walk for final drink, again our drinks were 15mins apart and some of the children’s ice-creams were forgotten. Really poor service from the cafe which let our overall day down. We may return but not going to spend our money in the cafe.

Wonderful place to walk around! We loved knocking on fairy doors, climbing trees and going on an adventure. We only skimmed the first wooded area but really enjoyed it! And a bargain at £3 a car! Defiantly take a picnic with you even tho there is a cafe but it gets really busy and like any country park it can be pricey.



Kids and adults will love walking around and even with lots of people about it doesn't feel packed.

What a fabulous place!!!!!!! Went today with my nieces and they absolutely loved it (so did me and my mum!!!) lovely quiet woods to walk around and explore and the fairy 'village' was brilliant!!!! The view over the heronery was spectacular and so relaxing after a nice long walk. The dog also enjoyed exploring and being free to be off lead for most of it was an added bonus. We will definitely be back!!!!!!!

We walk there almost every day with our dog. Loads of different trails to take so we never get bored. Just lovely to enjoy nature and the changing seasons in a beautiful, well kept location.

My doggie and I visit the park almost every Sunday and we love it. The foot-paths are great and clearly signed. I love that there are big woodland areas where dogs can go off the lead and we found that most of the dog owners are responsible ones :) some of the trees have been chopped now guess it's a regular maintenance. Would be lovely if you could use some of those logs to maybe build few jumping logs here and there for the doggies :) just an idea really :)

Lovely park in convenient location (edge of Leighton Buzzard). £3 to park all day, lots of space, convenient parking, toilets, cafe and play area. We will return!

Lovely forest, my children loved the enchanted tales, goblins & fairy doors. Great facilities and helpful staff. Perfect for a family picnic. We had a lovely family day and made some great memories with our children thank you : )

It is a lovely place. Lots of trees for the kids to climb and sometime between February and March you will be able to see Grey Herons nesting in the trees from the Cafe veranda.

It is a beautiful space, it's a shame about the level of litter though.

I took my 2yo to Rushmere for the 1st time yesterday & we loved it. The cafe is great. We had delicious cake on the deck looking out at a beautiful view and later on a tasty baguette to take away which was stuffed full of filling. The cafe lady was very friendly and helpful.

The park itself was lovely - fairy doors, giant chairs, wood carvings... so much to keep kids entertained. My daughter loved the little play park at the cafe and it was fully enclosed which meant I could relax knowing she was safe. Only £3 to park all day - bargain! Will definitely visit again!

Fantastic place my favorite place so much to do & see you can just can do lost in it all 😊

An absolute gem . Great for all year round and I'm definitely going to be there a lot. So many paths to explore. My coffee was lovey and it was even better drinking it over that gorgeous and peaceful balcony view. Paying

£3(current price) only for the parking it totally worth it for what you get.

Went for the first time yesterday (sat 2nd) didn't have a good start as we were getting our things out the car 2 ladies walked by us and between them had 5 dogs 3 of which were not on a leash our dog was on a leash and got very agitated and difficult to calm especially as one dog tried getting in our car but must admit after the unfortunate episode we had a most enjoyable couple of hrs

Lovely afternoon out with the kids. The park is beautiful. I was however let down with the cafe. It was very expensive for what was being provided, £2.40 for an ice lolly and 50p for a miniature banana. Service wasn't great either, my friend had her cookie handed to her with a thumb on it! �

Would return again but would not revisit the cafe

Great park but the cafe/restaurant is desperate!! Takes 20 minutes to get served and there's stupid rules about not being able to order takeaway coffee from the "restaurant". Shame as I've seen 3 people walk away who were trying to spend money. Been a few times and the cafe/facilities are always a shambles!!!



Not the kids who work there's fault.



100% Management issue!

We really love the footpaths, wooden carvings and fairy doors. I have absolutely no complaints about the outdoors at all however we ate at the cafe today and had another bad experience, this is the 3rd time now so we will not be eating here in the future. We ordered 2 baguettes and a child's meal, the baguettes came out 25 mins before my son's meal. By the time his meal arrived he was upset and we had finished our baguettes, it appears his order had been lost and when his meal finally arrived his chips were overcooked and hard which he didn't want to eat. The door also kept getting stuck half shut and it was freezing! Not particularly helpful staff who grunted at us when we asked twice where the child's meal was. If the cafe could be improved it would be the perfect day out but the food really was not worth the £30 we paid

Rushmere Park is fantastic fun place for the family. It is a great place to spend a day, loads to do! But just take your own food and drink as the catering facilities are a joke, the catering staff are very slow and also unhelpful, they do not know what customer service is!

If they could sort out their catering facilities it would be 5 stars. If you talk to regular users of the park, people always say how great the place is and how poor the Cafe is. Some will complain about the cost of the food or drink, I don't feel this is a problem if they could sort the service out!

Me and my friends came here yesterday with our children. We wanted to eat lunch outside but the wasps were everywhere you couldn't escape them ! We went into the cafe and ate lunch us adults bought a coffee as we were sure they would have told us to get out. We had a lovely day at the park the kids loved it we were having a nice day until ice cream time.



My friends children are allergic to egg and she has found some ice cream contains egg so she always checks the labels, when she asked the staff behind the counter if any of them had egg in they were so I helpful and said "I don't know you should go to the inside cafe they can tell you ". Off she went to qué up inside was given very vague information about the contents having egg and said "I think vanilla doesn't have egg but we don't have vanilla ice cream". So over half hour later and no ice cream for the kids it was terrible service !!

Lovely place and beautiful for a picnic. Lots to see and do! SLIDE very dangerous. A lot of children sliding down into the wood area at the bottom and hurting themselves. It's very steep! Service in both cafe areas were so slow and took almost an half an hour to get anywhere near the front and when we did the service was still very slow. Place overrun with WASPS!

First time here, the grounds, paths, sculptures were beautiful, outside we had an amazing time and the children loved exploring. However inside the cafe was shocking, no structure, we had to really struggle to get a suitable table, door kept coming open which made a cold breeze sweep through. Staff were no help at all, and asking for a basic drink became a challenge. Our food did not come out at the same time, so half our table was not able to eat. We came back towards end of the day after our walk for final drink, again our drinks were 15mins apart and some of the children’s ice-creams were forgotten. Really poor service from the cafe which let our overall day down. We may return but not going to spend our money in the cafe.