Lapland New Forest (and Lapland West Midlands) Reviews & Discussion!

Hi I've just joined as I found this forum when searching for info on New Forest Lapland.

We're tempted to go as it does look good but I've never heard of it before so I think it's new this year. I've checked the company name at Companies House & there are no filed accounts and the company was first registered in August this year, so not sure whether to book or not........if I do I'll make sure I do it by credit card.

Has anyone else heard of them?

 

I've only just heard of this and it sounds like it would be amazing..

i want to go

 

Hello All, I found this forum via Google, and also thought that Lapland was iffy. to cut a long story short, I Email Dorset council. who forwarded it onto the trading standards, this is their reply:

Thank you for your recent email.
I am aware of a planning application for this event which is being
actioned by East Dorset County Council. One of the applicants is a
director of Matchams Leisure Park which is where, assuming the application
is successful and the event goes ahead, it will be held. I am afraid I
have no further information about the proposed venture.
I hope the above information is of some help.

 

I think I'll hang on to my money a bit longer then.

 

£25 for laplandnewforest seems a bargain to me. If they do in the forest what i have seen them do in their garden centre at xmas time then this i cant wait to see. We're booking tomorrow. I think midweek will be a better option though as the weekends will be very busy there.

 

Thank you for the thanks ( if thats right)
But I am still not convinced. after some more googling, I found an newpaper online saying:

A WINTER wonderland has been promised for Matchams Park this Christmas.

Nine log cabins, an outdoor ice rink, and giant inflatable slides are some of the attractions planned for an area of land next to the Hurn Road raceway.

Animals “from reindeer to rabbits”, special effects, and “elves” to lead visitors from a 1,300-capacity car park to Santa Claus are also mentioned in a planning application submitted to East Dorset District Council.

Hot and cold seasonal food will be available to visitors, say the applicants, who promise a bustling Christmas market.

The application has been made by Matchams (South Coast) Ltd, which hopes to attract 3,000 visitors a day to the park between November 28 and December 24.

Tickets for the Christmas park will cost £30 for individuals and £25 each for members of family parties, with applicants expecting visits to last between four and six hours.

People living in nearby Matchams Close have been kept informed of the plans by their residents' association, say the applicants. Environment watchdog Natural England and St Leonards and St Ives Parish Council are among those invited by the district to have their say.

An application for a temporary change of use for an area of the park from a facility for motorsport is expected to go before district planners on November 4.

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So, what happens if they dont get the go ahead?

 

Is this actually in the new forest? Cos i only live a few mins away? XXX

 

I want to go but we have no kids

 

I can't wait to take Caitlyn when she's a bit bigger!

 

I'm trying to think of some kids i can borrow for the day

 

I went to the one in Kent last year and as before it's pretty much all sold out. This year they are charging £75 a ticket!! I have just been on the New Forest website and theres no problem booking a ticket even the weekend before Christmas.
I reckon they'll go bust because no one trusts their money in these troubled times. Hope I'm wrong though, it's such a good idea and Kent was a blast.

 

Pay on ur credit card then u have security to get the money back thro ur credit card company. XXX

 

I have registered on this forum just to back-up on some points.

This is event is 100% going ahead. A huge sum of money has been imputted into this project - enough to confirm they will not cancel the event.

I am looking to be attending with my team this year as Roaming Photographers and I am in constant contact with Directors of the event - I am assured the event is happening, and you will not loose your money.

I hope this settles some minds, and it will be a great day out I am sure. I have full trust in this event and I am spending over £300 a weekend to come down and work as a photographer - We are coming down for four weekends.

 

Sounds great girls sounds like it would be a fanastic day and amazing for the kids and the (Adults)