Forest Holidays Blackwood Forest

The cabin we stayed in which was disabled accessible was really nice what let the stay down for us was the road infrastructure around the cabins which is impossible in a wheelchair or small mobility scooter you need a rough terrain scooter to access the grounds

Terrifying late night staff visit. Whilst visiting this lovely place, we had a very intimidating late night visitor saying we were too loud. The man crept up to our veranda and stated we were too loud. We apologised and asked which cabin he was in. He shouted that he was staff. He was rude and intimidating, had a beard, and had a red and black hoodie pulled up over his head. It was a horrible experience for a group of women, and not at all what we would expect. He made us feel worried and anxious and unsafe. If someone had made a complaint we would expect a knock at the door or a phone call, not a midnight creeper. We’re really sad and upset that this has happened.

Staff are very good. Linen was good. Hot tubs are new, but our cabin was so very dated and needed a complete refurbishment 😟 The bathrooms need total refurbishment. The kitchen is dated and needs renewing. The windows were filthy. The decking was not cleared of leaves at all. Timber decking and balustrade areas are literally rotting. Our hot was not private enough. The maintenance is very poor. Torn mattress cover. Definitely not value for money. We paid what was effectively £500 a night. You could get more for your money than this. It’s a con and was a total disappointment for us. Ruined our Xmas.

Outstanding family holiday from start to finish. The lodge was spacious and had everything we needed kitchen and linen wise. The hot tub and log burner was a touch of comfort and luxury. The staff were outstanding every single of them, they couldn’t do enough for us, from resolving little niggles instantly . To helping with our daughter’s bike, to arranging for us to borrow board games on a rainy day and throwing in little extras when it was needed. I am literally booking our next stay as we speak!! We enjoyed quiet family time with Nike rides, feeding our array of cabin decking bird visitors, toasting marshmallows in the log burner, lovely walks and bike rides, and of course the amazing Wednesday (or Saturday) night quiz at the forest retreat (amazing food there if you don’t want to cook). We loved the fact it was not like the over commercialised center parcs. And just luxurious peace and quiet with the family. The entertainment package was worth it. The bike hire too, as there are great family friendly paths to follow. We didn’t do any of the archery etc activities as only did four nights and we just wanted to chill but next time we will try as they all looked well organised! It was so magical! Highly recommend and we can’t wait to go back!

I've just come back from a long weekend break with 6 friends, plus my dog and we had an amazing time. The cabin was lovely, forest beautiful but we were all extremely impressed by the friendly and helpful staff who all went above and beyond to help us out several times over the weekend, particularly Jodi!!! On a friendly and helpful scale of 1-10, the team at Blackwood Forest are 20s.

Gang of blokes pissed up shouting until early hours in hot tub and others Wouldn't recommend this if you want some peace an quite First night daughter not great thought a nice break in forest would be lovely Blame forest holidays for booking groups Beware