The food at the Wellbeck Cafe was about average; perfectly edible but nothing special. Paninis aand toasties came in at between �4 to �5, sandwiches were �3 to �4. Main meals were �6 to �7. Note that they only start serving main meals after 12.

The cafe itself is attractive, being in a beamed room in the main section.

A major problem with the cafe is the size of the queues. Just after midday there was a queue with a wait to be served of about 15 minutes. The queues were caused simply by a lack of staff behind the counter. This was disappointing and spoiled an otherwise good cafe. Watching the queue when we tasted our food it was clear that many people were irritated by the length of the wait.

Admittedly minor, but we did have one other adverse comment. Getting a sandwich out of the plastic wrap was near impossible! They were sealed up so well that we had to resort to a knife to get our sandwich uncovered.

There was a smallish range of houseplants for sale at the Dukeries which looked in good condition.

The display looked more like an afterthought than a purpose built display. Prices were about average.

The indoor sales area stocked an excellent range of garden furniture, attractively laid out. Other garden goods, such as feeds and tools were well stocked.

The gift sales area was a bit disappointing. It was badly lit and the gifts rather randomly displayed. The range of greetings cards was comprehensive for a garden centre of this size.

Maidenhead Aquatics provided the aquatics facilities. They are unfailingly good and this was no exception. This was one of their medium sized outlets and the range of fish, feed and hardware was top quality.

There was a medium sized pet centre which should cover most people's needs.