We visited this site for 2 nights, we had a lovely welcome from Steve who was extremely helpful with places to visit etc. The walk to the pub is a good 30 minute walk, but well worth it, as you can go right down by the water and enjoy a pint! You can walk along the river bank to Tewskbury, which is lovely,we saw lots of baby ducks, geese and goslings. It is a long walk but flat and easy walking. We certainly didn't have any problems with the gate?! There is a toilet also if you wanted to use it, yes it is a wooden shed, but it is immaculate! I have seen far worse! We didn't explore by the lakes as we have a dog. Lovely spot for a stop over as we did on our way back down the country from up North! 😀😀