Bedfords Park

We visited here fairly briefly with our 18-month-old. Our visit was unfortunately cut short by heavy rain but in the 45minutes or so that we were there she had a wonderful time running over the grassy banks, admiring the deer, and playing in the small children's play area.

The carpark was almost empty on arrival (lunchtime, mid-week) and the deer were visible from there. Curious and friendly, they came right up to the fence to see whether we had any food for them. This was a delight for my little one and really enjoyable for us.

We hope to visit again and explore further soon.

Very nice local county park with meadows, lake, and wild life like deer's, rabbits, ducks, and other insects. Good play area for kids and lot of area for walking. Have a nice view of some areas of East London from a point in the park.

What a lovely park. You can see and feed the dears. Very nice and quiet.

Lovely Park with visitors centre and nature reserve. Small cafe in the visitors centre with plenty of seating and access for everyone. Serving hot and cold drinks and snacks. Plenty of open areas for kids to play. The nature reserve offers plenty of exhibits and options to observe nature. Parking is ample with disabled parking available and it's a short 30 second path to the centre if you want to grab a drink. No charges. Cycle or walk no restrictions. I would recommend for a relaxing walk and coffee. The walled garden is within the grounds.

Local fave for me.
You feel further out of Essex than you actually are because the grounds are so large.

The wooden children's playground is great for ages up to 9/10. Bucket swing, monkey bars, toddler swings, wooden bridge, climbing logs/frames.

Once the kids agree to leave the playground (easily play here for over an hour, right by the free carpark) you can head to the deers.

The walk from the car is less than 10 mins to the gated area where the Deers are.

On a good day you can see up to 10! Theyre friendly and love carrots and apples.

Not to far again, there is the main cafe/toilets (never sure of their opening hours though!). This sits at a higher point of the grounds, and you get amazing views of some London skyline. Here we picnic or the kids play football on a sloping landscape :)

A great way to spend half a day.

What a lovely place grandchildren & I saw the dears played on the little park & went for a walk
Beautiful place
Toilets there, little cafe & shop

Beautiful green space with a deer enclosure. You can feed the deer but bring your own apples and carrots. Lovely for long walks and picnics.

Visited with my daughter and grandson, my grandson likes to feed the deer, it's great for families to visit, children,, grandparents, wide open space to walk around, it has a playarea,, a cafe, and souvenir shop, toilets are on site, definitely a place to visit..