Landal Darwin Forest

Fabulous place. Our first visit. Will definitely come back. Must have been a hundred or so lodges, maybe fewer, but it all felt really serene and relaxed. Good swimming pool on site, plus a large soft play (extra cost, but not much), games room, playground, crazy golf, tennis, restaurant/bar and a woodland “adventure” walk. Staff were friendly and accommodating. Small shop to buy the odd few supplies.

Accommodation is simple but very comfortable and has everything you need (including a washing machine).

Loads to do in local area.

I left here to spend the second half of the holiday at Alton Towers. Wish I was still at Landal Darwin Forest 😄

Nicest lodge accommodation we've stayed in. Immaculately clean and very well equipped. We stayed in in a 2 bed lodge with a hot tub which was lovely! Staff all very nice and helpful - the toaster in our lodge was broken and maintenance had replaced it with a new one by the time we walked back from reception. Great location for exploring the Peak District. We would definitely return.

Excellent, didn't leave the site our whole stay. Plenty to keep us entertained inbetween chilling out at the lodge. Everything was immaculate. We stayed in a Glade lodge, it was perfect and equipped with everything thing we needed. The site is very well thought out and maintained to a very high standard. Staff were friendly and polite. Best lodge/site we have stayed at in a while.

Absolutely first class lodges with hotel quality linen and towels provided, all in beautiful woodland. So peaceful, lovely woodland walks and a joy to watch the wildlife through the windows.
This weekend was bonfire night and a magnificent bonfire complete with guy lit and safely protected with accompanying fireworks. Magnificent!!
Look forward to returning.

Spent a great week with our son, his wife and their two young children. It's a lovely site, which is very well maintained with lots of walks and facilities - especially for young children. The lodge itself was immaculate and very comfortable. There are lots of things to do in the area, although you'll definitely need a car. So why only 4 stars? You have to pay for some of the facilities (which is, to be fair, mentioned on the website) so you can end up spending quite a bit extra - especially when the little ones want to go in the soft play every day! What I do think is a little unfair is that these facilities are also open to non residents and, for instance, on our first day there we had to wait 45 minutes to enter the soft play as it was busy with a party of local children. We were also a little disappointed in The Foresters restaurant - the waiting staff were very polite and helpful, but we waited almost an hour for a very average meal for the family when the place was less than half full. It's clear they are struggling to get kitchen staff as limited bookings were being taken. Overall though, we had a very enjoyable holiday.

Lovely place and lodges were large, just bit disappointed that 3 people supposedly cleaned our lodge but was very mucky under beds and sofas, didn't go searching for it was found when kids lost toys under said items..floor didn't looks as if been washed either as could see marks/footprints on it as entered.
Excellent hot tub maintenance though, that was very impressive indeed!

Breathtaking views. Me and my wife decided to go here on our honeymoon and it was such a great escape. Extremely clean! There is a swimming pool, sauna and jacuzzi in the centre of Darwin Forest estate. We will be returning it was that good!

Lovely peaceful break. The spa is small but nice and clean. The pool is nice but water abit too cool for me. The lady in the site shop is lovely. Prices abit more expensive but u expect it on a site. The restaurant was nice food good and not too expensive. The lodge was fab clean and spacious . The hot tub was great and very clean. They come twice a day to check it. All in all a fab time x