The River centre itself is very good with good amenities and clean and tidy grounds and facilities. The onsite indoor swimming pool was a great way to cool off in the heat, be warned, you cannot just turn up and swim but have to pre-book your 1 hour slot. I found this very easy and sensible as it stopped the pool becoming over crowded. The on site restaurant is perfectly adequate and serves great tasting and good value breakfast, lunches and dinners. The restaurant is also dog friendly and has a small games area to keep the kids occupied. The centre hires small day cruisers and kayaks etc. which was great fun and again, very reasonably priced. The day cruiser took some getting used to to moor up but became fairly competent by the end of the day. We cruised up and down the broads and eventually made our way back via Oulton Broad which has a large marina and guest moorings just outside the Wheery Hotel (cost £10 but you then receive £5 off any main meal). Accommodation on site was a mixture of campers, yurts and small individual chalet/cabins. We however were in the Farm House just across the road from the centre. We travelled as 2 families (4 adults and 6 kids and a dog between us), there was plenty of room to accommodate us but felt the Farm House itself seemed very tired and could maybe benefit from a bit of TLC. The Farm House did benefit from a hot tub however this had been placed upon the foundations where the previous conservatory had once been, meaning that it was located less than a meter outside the garden patio doors, and the wooden access step was even closer still! This resulted in a few bruised shins from kids and adults alike when trying to navigate past! In my opinion the hot tub should of been located in a much more suitable location slightly further from the house. The rest of the garden was laid to lawn with a small patio area to the side. One of the biggest issues was lack of any outside shelter. The patio tables did not even have a parasol meaning that during the midday sun, with no breeze it was unbearable. I suggest that some out door shaded areas are required including maybe a veranda over the hot tub. If you plan a BBQ, there is none supplied and we relied upon a disposal BBQ from the supermarket placed on the patio. Normally i would expect a bbq area with a brick or metal stand to support a disposal bbq. The lawn itself was ok but had a lot of prickly weeds throughout which our 3 year old twins unfortunately found out. I tried by best to go around removing as many as possible to ensure no more little feet got hurt. Inside the Farm House was quite poorly stocked and if i am honest very dusty on arrival. The bathrooms and kitchen were clean but there was not enough cups and glasses etc to cater for the 10 people that the property can accommodate. Even the dinning table only could only seat 6? Beds were comfortable but the rooms were unbearably hot. We removed all duvets and slept with sheets only but even this wasn't enough and i was forced to go to the supermarket and purchase some tower fans to keep us cool. Note we did have all the windows open on the first night but then found upstairs in particular was swarmed with hundreds of flies and midges etc. It would be nice if fans were supplied as standard and that doors and windows had fly screens fitted. As i have found in most rentals, the kitchen knives here are soo blunt that they are practically useless, also the kitchen bin was tiny and with 10 people staying, the small bin was continuously filling up. Please just put in a decent size bin! The dishwasher was totally rubbish and actually made everything worse than when it started. We put pans in the bottom rack and cups and bowls in the top and after the wash cycle anything on the top rack was backed with reminisce from the pans. Back to the old ways of washing and drying by hand. I suggest a new dishwasher is required. Do not take this review as wholly negative as we did have a great time and the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves, i just feel that had the few minor issues above not been present then it would of made it far more pleasant stay and guaranteed our return. For me, the lack of any out door shade or shelter was un-necessary and a bit of an oversight. We would love to return but only when some of the issues above have been resolved.