The Woodlands Event Centre

Good, clean, polite

Whist check in is at 3 we needed to drop off our bags to attend a wedding an hour or so earlier. There was a room available but we would have had to pay £25 for early check in. Seemed an inflexible approach. The room was good, clean and comfortable. Good value for money. Breakfast was disappointing and definitely not good value for money. Uninspiring cold display. It was hard to put a complete cooked breakfast on a plate as items were continually missing so had to wait for the items to come out of the kitchen. You had to decide to eat it hot with what was there or eat it cold while waiting for items. Seemed to be a lack of staff. However, we appreciated what we did eat was freshly cooked rather than having sat on the hot trays for a long time. Paper cups for hot drinks, I think, is unacceptable when breakfast costs £18pp. I would stay at the hotel again if needed but would not opt for breakfast.

The rooms are basic but have nice shower rooms. The double beds are set up with 2 single mattresses which makes sleeping very uncomfortable due to the large gap down the middle. I liked that they have signs on the room saying they are committed to recycling but then at lunch you’re given hard to recycle cartons rather than plates. Add in the milk in the room was 2 months out of date and I wasn’t impressed

I stayed here with over a hundred colleagues as part of a national annual conference. It was convenient having a room in the same building as the conference rooms as I did not have far to go at the end of a long day. There are a number conference rooms of varying sizes which was useful for break out areas/ smaller meetings. The phone signal and general connectivity is terrible and really let the venue down. Our plenary sessions were disrupted by videos that could not be played, poor audio and trying to make a phone call was very difficult. This really needs to be sorted. My room was basic but not very clean. There was a long hair in the shower, sticky bathroom floor with some suspicious looking stains. I asked for this to be cleaned on my way to dinner, returned to find it was exactly the same. All our rooms were single occupancy but the single beds had not been put together to make a double for more comfort, unsure why and when I requested this, it still was not done. The ventilation is poor, the smoke alarm went off as I dried my hair with the blow dryer. Staff turned up promptly to investigate and I overheard them say it was likely a shower that had triggered the alarm which suggests a known problem. As a mother reviewer mentioned the shower pressure is non existent, it was like trying to have a shower with. cup of water. The food offerings were poor and I was pleased to return home to my own bed after two nights. Next time I might be better off staying at the nearby Premier inn where some colleagues stayed.

We spent some time at the Woodlands conference centre in March and cannot wait to return! Staff were incredibly friendly and accommodating, the food was exceptional and conference facilities were also brilliant. Laura on the reception desk was an absolute star dealing with several small problems that arose during our stay and was especially attentive in ensuring the remainder of our trip went without a hitch. We look forward to seeing Laura and the team again soon!

We had booked a stay in the Waterfront Hotel in December but were informed after booking that due to renovations our booking was being transferred to the Woodlands Event Centre. The hotel itself is fine and the room was ok (not as nice as the Waterfront) but the shower was absolutely useless. It just dribbled out and took me absolutely ages to ensure all of the shampoo was out of my hair. Really annoying when you are getting ready to go out and my partner also needed to try and have a shower! We did receive a bottle of wine to compensate the fact we were moved from the Waterfront which was a nice gesture but I was slightly annoyed that we were not offered any money back as the facilities are nowhere near as good as the Waterfront which we had paid a premium for.