Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the leading international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture. It is an independent charitable trust and registered m...
The house is open every day until 24 December and then will close, opening for the new season in March.
Georgian treasure house, landscaped gardens...
This local nature reserve has been enjoyed for its woodland walks for a number of years. Originally planted for its commercial value, this woodland consis...
See the flower garden burst into colour in spring, take a ride on the miniature railway in summer, stroll amongst age-old Horse Chestnut trees in autumn a...
Take a stroll along the lakeside path, take a ride on the Pugneys Light Railway (available on selected weekends – www.pugneyslightrailway.co.uk) or make t...
Located 4 miles south-east of Wakefield, Anglers Country Park is a perfect place to explore for nature lovers, walkers, dog walkers, cyclists, picnickers ...
The Hepworth Wakefield Garden, designed by internationally acclaimed landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith, is a beautifully landscaped garden free for all...
In 2018 the year that marked the centenary of the end of the First World War, a new memorial sculpture was unveiled in Featherstone, West Yorkshire to com...
Clarence Park is the location for Wakefield’s original castle but the real highlight has to be the restored Bandstand which hosts live music in a pi...
Holmfield Park is the smallest of the three parks that make up Wakefield Park and is situated on the corner between Denby Dale Road and Thornes Road. This...
If you’re looking for an exciting adventure in the outdoors, head over to Haw Park Woods. Journey through the beautifully dense woodland, explore pa...
Newmillerdam Country Park is a park for all seasons: ducklings on the lake in spring, the heady scent of flowers in summer, crisp leaves underfoot in autu...
A stunning woodland with a meandering beck trickling through – step into Stoneycliffe Wood, a semi-natural ancient woodland site, to enjoy bluebells...
Hemsworth Water Park is one for the whole family to enjoy.
Little visitors will love building sandcastles on the beach and jumping, sliding and swi...
Spanning 65-hectares and providing enticing meadow and woodland to walk, run and cycle, Fryston Country Trails offer a wonderful showcase of green space i...
Less than one mile from the city centre, the Southern Washlands Nature Corridor comprises open water, swamp, marshy grassland, neutral grassland scrub and...
If you’re a big fan of nature and like to get out into the great outdoors, you’ll love RSPB Fairburn Ings.
Nestled between Wakefield, York an...
Located in the residential suburbs of north-west Wakefield, Alverthorpe Meadows and Wrenthorpe Park consists of grassland, woodland and ponds – a &#...
Pontefract Park has a large and enclosed playground full of exciting activities for the children, a lake for boating and fishing and wide open spaces to r...
Bullcarr Mires, also known as Pot Hills Marsh, is mainly wetland surrounded by grassland. Look out for a number of wetland species including Kingfisher an...
Formerly a drift mine, landscaped in 1991 and transformed into a country park consisting of wide open spaces, woodland, amenity grassland and ponds, manag...
Step into a world of colourful nature as you stroll around Upton Country Park.
Located to the south of Pontefract, the park sits on a belt of magne...
Brockadale is in the valley of the River Went as it flows through a craggy, steep-sided gorge formed after the last ice-age when glacial melt-water burst ...
Head south out of Wakefield and you’ll soon come across the ancient Seckar Wood Nature Reserve.
For over 300 years Seckar Wood was part of the Went...