点评:This is a really impressive ruin of a castle.
It took a couple of hours to walk around. There are lots of steps which have been placed in the ruins so you can go 'upstairs' in some of the buildings. I found it quite hard work, so if you have mobility issues it involves a lot of walking and may limit your visit.
The cafe is in the old stables. It was very clean and tidy but service was so slow. Only 1 person seemed to be in the kitchen and she was rushing in and out with cooked food. The 2 staff at the tills were working at a slower pace and there were 3 or 4 empty cake boards limiting choice, including no scones. There were no clean forks, I had to ask for some, and no napkins, a roll of blue roll was at the service station instead for us to use. My husband was unimpressed with the blue roll, and even more so that a pasty was served on a paper plate.
It wasn't particularly busy but they were struggling.
We had a lovely visit but couldn't stretch to 5 stars mainly because of the cafe issues. We visited on a Monday during term time so it wasn't that busy.
Parking is free for members, 4 hours costs £5 or all day for £7, quite steep and not helpful that the machine wasn't taking cards, it would only accept cash.
翻译:这是一座令人印象深刻的城堡遗址。
我们花了几个小时才走完。遗址里有很多台阶,方便游客进入一些建筑的“楼上”。我觉得走起来很累,所以如果您行动不便,需要走很多路,可能会影响您的游览时间。
咖啡馆位于以前的马厩里。咖啡馆非常干净整洁,但服务速度很慢。厨房里似乎只有一个人在忙碌,她端着做好的食物匆匆忙忙地进出。收银台的两位员工动作也比较慢,而且有三四个空蛋糕架,选择有限,甚至连司康饼都没有。没有干净的叉子,我不得不自己去要,也没有餐巾纸,取而代之的是服务台上的一卷蓝色纸巾。我丈夫对蓝色纸巾很不满意,更让他不满的是,馅饼竟然是用纸盘盛的。
咖啡馆当时并不算特别忙,但他们显然很吃力。
我们这次体验很愉快,但因为咖啡厅的问题,所以没能给五星好评。我们是在学期期间的周一去的,所以人不多。
会员停车免费,其他停车方式收费:4 小时 5 英镑,全天 7 英镑,价格偏高,而且停车机不接受刷卡,只收现金,这一点也让人很不方便。