This festive winter wonderland in Fairlop, Essex, transforms into a magical village during the winter season. The attraction features a charming ice rink, surrounded by twinkling lights and festive decorations, where visitors can enjoy ice skating amidst a winter wonderland atmosphere. The village also offers a range of festive activities, including Santa's Grotto, where children can meet Father Christmas, and a winter market selling festive goods and treats. Additionally, visitors can enjoy a variety of food and drink options, including warm winter treats and festive fare.
Very good local place, it's quite small but just right, food and drink available and a little train for kids. Has car parking available and blue badge spots. Coffee, tea, chips, desserts and toy shop. Main thing is the ice rink, great for a laugh and for the kids to enjoy. If live local, would recommend to go there for a nice chilled out evening. All the staff are very friendly!
Nice little venue, enough there for a few hours: Ice Skating, Father Christmas (who was excellent, one of the best we have seen, my little boy was captivated), Fair Rides (small but enough) and food stalls. Would highly recommended to break the festive Season! Easy day out!
Very fun experience, all staff are very lovely and welcoming. My sister can be very challenging and I felt as if the elfs and Santa in the grotto were very accommodating and made her feel really special. Definitely recommend !
My recent visit was alright. Price for skating I found a bit high at around 17 pounds for adults. 8 pounds for kids and another 5 pounds to rent a penguin . I was told to book online if I wanted a penguin as they are first come first serve. The food is halal I was told by signage however they serve pork sausages and there is clear cross contamination between the pork and the beef so I can't recommend eating here if you have any conflicting dietary concerns. The singing from the choir was nice for a bit but I think the sound system setup is awful, really doesn't help. The setup overall is better this year than last year bit it's still a bit lackluster in what they are tyring to do. Pakring is terrible no help from staff. Thr funfare is not affiliated with the train rides so you gotta get tickets for diffrent hints. So strange I don't get it. Overall its OK for a local one but not worth a revisit. If your over 10 I'd suggest to miss this entirless unless you really want to go ice-skating. My daughter 2yo did enjoy the rider. The plane one especially.
Would give 0 stars if I could. Staff were extremely rude when refusing us a refund. Nothing was open and the ice rink was a tiny square. My partner and I asked for a refund 30 mins before our booking and we were met with a very rude man who thought the words "with all due respect" disguises his rudeness. We wanted a refund as it was raining and we did not feel the ice rink was worthwhile. We were only offered the option to reschedule and only told about the no refunds policy when we asked for one
My daughter loved the whole atmosphere and ice skating! We attended last year too and it was very well organised. Hope you continue to organise every year as lots of locals can have fun!
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Getting tickets in advance recommended
Good for kids
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Very good local place, it's quite small but just right, food and drink available and a little train for kids. Has car parking available and blue badge spots. Coffee, tea, chips, desserts and toy shop. Main thing is the ice rink, great for a laugh and for the kids to enjoy. If live local, would recommend to go there for a nice chilled out evening. All the staff are very friendly!
Nice little venue, enough there for a few hours: Ice Skating, Father Christmas (who was excellent, one of the best we have seen, my little boy was captivated), Fair Rides (small but enough) and food stalls. Would highly recommended to break the festive Season! Easy day out!
Very fun experience, all staff are very lovely and welcoming. My sister can be very challenging and I felt as if the elfs and Santa in the grotto were very accommodating and made her feel really special. Definitely recommend !
My recent visit was alright. Price for skating I found a bit high at around 17 pounds for adults. 8 pounds for kids and another 5 pounds to rent a penguin . I was told to book online if I wanted a penguin as they are first come first serve. The food is halal I was told by signage however they serve pork sausages and there is clear cross contamination between the pork and the beef so I can't recommend eating here if you have any conflicting dietary concerns. The singing from the choir was nice for a bit but I think the sound system setup is awful, really doesn't help. The setup overall is better this year than last year bit it's still a bit lackluster in what they are tyring to do. Pakring is terrible no help from staff. Thr funfare is not affiliated with the train rides so you gotta get tickets for diffrent hints. So strange I don't get it. Overall its OK for a local one but not worth a revisit. If your over 10 I'd suggest to miss this entirless unless you really want to go ice-skating. My daughter 2yo did enjoy the rider. The plane one especially.
Would give 0 stars if I could. Staff were extremely rude when refusing us a refund. Nothing was open and the ice rink was a tiny square. My partner and I asked for a refund 30 mins before our booking and we were met with a very rude man who thought the words "with all due respect" disguises his rudeness. We wanted a refund as it was raining and we did not feel the ice rink was worthwhile. We were only offered the option to reschedule and only told about the no refunds policy when we asked for one
My daughter loved the whole atmosphere and ice skating! We attended last year too and it was very well organised. Hope you continue to organise every year as lots of locals can have fun!
