Broadlands Park and Marina

I would actually say 3.5 out of 5. Good location for travelling around Suffolk and the nearby marina and park are lovely. Its a shame the gym is permanently closed as I have used it several times in the past. We were in lodge 61 and upon arrival saw that the balcony furniture was tired and falling apart and well past its shelf life. I sat on one chair precariously expecting it to collapse at any second. We called reception who sent maintenance with a bench seat very quickly which was impressive and helped out but didn’t help when sitting at the table to eat el fresco unfortunately. Re the lodge itself, the carpet was soiled, considering you pay £40 for pets as enhanced cleaning is required apparently this carpet needs a deep clean. The bathroom walls are also starting to crack and needs attention.

Broadlands Holiday Park in Oulton Broad is a lovely place to visit. The accommodation is well placed for visiting the local areas and further afield. We are a family of 2 adults and 3 children (under 10) Carlton Marshes is walking distance where there are beautiful walks and opportunities to bird and deer watch. There is also a park that the children can enjoy. The holiday village has a great swimming pool where all three of our children have practiced their swimming. It's one of the reasons they love going back at every opportunity. The accommodation is well equipped, self catering with plenty of utensils and crockery for our family. The staff on site are welcoming and friendly and nothing is too much trouble even when we leave things behind and they arrange for it to be returned to us Just around the corner is a great play park, and water sports are available locally too. Very much looking forward to our next visit.

The Chalet I was in (number 7) for which I paid just over £300 for three nights is in a extremely poor condition and so badly in need of a complete makeover something I doubt has been done since it was built 60 odd years ago. The decoration was very poor and quite badly done in some places especially the bathroom. There was a shower over the bath but stepping into the bath for anyone is quite dangerous as there are no non slip treads in there. The wooden towel rails and shelf in there were very tired and stained. The lounge curtains were hanging off the rail and were about 2 feet too long. The lounge sofas are very tired and falling apart and uncomfortable to sit on they also look like they’ve never ever even had a wipe over to clean them. The dining table looked like it had never had a polish in its life and was also stained and tired. I must admit I felt the whole place was just generally tired …something I would not expect for paying £100 a night to stay there. Even the front door was very dirty outside and the glass was very dirty with stains all over it. The bedroom wasn’t too bad except I had to ask for a sheet to cover me as the duvet was too thick and also grubby looking although it did have a duvet cover on it. The kitchen and equipment are also yellowed with age and mismatched with odd numbers of cutlery plates etc. On the plus side the park itself is lovely and it’s very close to shops and restaurants plus a lovely park. All in all though it was quite a disappointing stay for the price it was and not at all as the chalet photos shown.