An all weather lakeside stroll. A wall through dog friendly grass pal, through to mixed woodland. The watersports centre often features wind surfers and kayakers. Wending your way back throughwoodland... read more you return to the carpark area and the small cafe and rangers lodge. The walk has access to Congleton town. Dense woodlands and the backdrop to the area are the first steps of the cheshire peack district.

  Lovely views, mainly flat. Bad disabled toilet  - Went to try out Astbury Mere Country Park today with some other wheelies. The majority of the place was great, flat, accessible and lovely views. There was only 1 point... read more going round that I had a little issue, with a bit of a curb. But once I figured out the correct angle, I was OK. Car park was good, only 2 disabled bays, but the rest was unmarked, so you could potentially use more space if needed. Plus, it's only 60p for 2 hours, or £1.50 for any longer. Very cute little cafe next to the car park, that serves dog ice cream. There was a ramp to get inside, with wjat looked like a nice wide door. At the little cafe, there was even a space at the picnic bench for a wheelchair 👏🏻

The big down point was the toilet, unfortunately. The door wasn't exactly wide, my hand rails scraped on the door/frame, trying to get in and out. Inside is not the most spacious, larger chairs would struggle to turn easily. Then the emergency pull cord was tied around a grab bar (actually tied in a knot 🤦🏼‍♀️). What use is that?

  Fantastic kayaking party for my sons 13th Party! All the boys had the best time kayaking today. The instructor was brilliant with the boys and made the event safe and... read more lots of fun! Changing facilities and lockers to put phones etc in.
Highly recommend and will definitely be returning to do more water activities in the future.

  Friends have often mentioned this place and I met up with one recently having never been before. I was pleasantly surprised and visited again with family shortly afterwards.

Plenty... read more of parking and just 50p for 4 hours.

The walk around the mere is about a mile so we did a few laps on both occasions.

There are plenty of joggers and dog walkers, I didn't experience any of the problems encountered by previous reviewers with dogs off leads etc. Interestingly the trustee replied to a reviewer in 2018 saying that it was going to be compulsary for dogs to be kept on leads?

Used the café on our second visit, again the staff seemed very friendly to me in contrast to a previous review I read on here. We had coffees and tea cakes, pretty efficient despite there only being 2 or 3 staff and a few queing. Reasonable prices and good quality too I thought.

  What a great place. Visited for the first time as new to the area but what a surprise Astbury Mere Country Park proved to be. Looks to be well managed... read more and maintained and nobody should begrudge the miniscule 50p parking charge although be being so close to town, walking in is free. We had dogs with us and yes we did pick up, and judging by our walk so did virtually every other dog owner. You'll always get some that don't but I've scene far worse places and paid far more money for the privilege!

  Impressed with the amenity value but would like to see more open vistas instead of just bushes everywhere.  - Impressed by the transformation from a sand quarry to a park with visitor centre and very cheap car parking. Not too impressed however by the way trees and copious, invasive,... read more tall bushes have been allowed rampage and spoil the view of the lake from the many seats and benches as you enter from the car park end.
There may be better views further around the lake, but being of limited walking ability they are inaccessible to me.
Ok for fishermen and dog walkers but not me I'm afraid until they attend to the culling of excessive vegetation.

  Public water that’s not for the public  - Great if you want to walk along a paved path and not go anywhere near the water. Signs and fences all around the lake sign saying that the lake is... read more privately owned and only accessible to anglers angling club and water sports centre and you can’t get anywhere near it. Not sure how when it’s owned by the Astbury Mere trust.

  Great place to get some fresh air any time of the day. We go running around the mere after the main gates are closed. It is open 24 hours for... read more pedestrians and dog walkers.

  Coffee and walk - Peaceful easy place to meet for coffee and a walk. Well maintained footpaths, pleasant coffee stop with good coffee and friendly staff

  We were travelling south on the M6 and took a diversion due to some traffic issues. We were passing through Congleton and noticed the sign to Astbury Mere.
There was... read more a good size carpark with plenty of spaces even on a busy Saturday morning. The charge for car parking was 50p for four hours. The toilets were open but when we visited, in early May, the café and visitors centre were closed.
We enjoyed a very relaxing pleasant walk around the lake on a wide flat path before resuming our journey.